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What happened to Europe?

Richard Bellamy (UCL): The Inevitability of a Democratic Deficit. From Interdisciplinary Political Studies, a special issue on Europe. From New Left Review, Michel Aglietta on the European vortex. From Monthly Review, Samir Amin on the implosion of the European system. What happened to Europe? Amartya Sen on democracy and the decisions of bankers. Scott McLemee reviews The Crisis of the European Union: A Response by Jurgen Habermas. Peter Bofinger, Jurgen Habermas, and Julian Nida-Rumelin on how only deeper European unification can save the eurozone. The introduction to Reforming the European Union: Realizing the Impossible by Daniel Finke, Thomas Konig, Sven-Oliver Proksch and George Tsebelis. From Foreign Affairs, C. Fred Bergsten on why the euro will survive. European leaders who think closer integration will fix the euro crisis rarely use the word "federalism", but why not? An interview with Andre Glucksmann on the failure of European intellectuals and why pursuing a United States of Europe is "the wrong goal". What would Ayn Rand do about the euro crisis?