“In Kaltenthaler’s study, Germany’s stances towards European monetary integration are reassessed in the light of domestic institutional settings. . . . In this work, Kaltenthaler not only confirms that ‘institutions matter,’ he also provides a carefully researched survey of Germany’s politics in the area of European monetary integration.” - Daphne Josselin, International Affairs
"This insight is valuable analytically . . . ." - Mattias Kaelberer, Comparative Politics
"Kaltenthaler advances a provocative explanation for the German contribution to the construction of Europe’s single currency. In doing so, he raises fundamental questions about the complex interconnections of national security and political economy, high and low politics."—Andrew Moravcsik, Harvard University
"Karl Kaltenthaler addresses timely and highly significant topics and usefully illuminates the dynamic relationship between France and Germany as key partners in shaping Europe’s emerging new monetary regime. Germany and the Politics of Europe’s Money is empirically rich and informative and constitutes an important theoretical contribution to political science literature."—Donald Hancock, Vanderbilt University
“In Kaltenthaler’s study, Germany’s stances towards European monetary integration are reassessed in the light of domestic institutional settings. . . . In this work, Kaltenthaler not only confirms that ‘institutions matter,’ he also provides a carefully researched survey of Germany’s politics in the area of European monetary integration.”
-- Daphne Josselin International Affairs
"This insight is valuable analytically . . . ."
-- Mattias Kaelberer Comparative Politics