Claudia Sternberg is Senior Research Associate at University College London’s European Institute, UK. Her monograph The Struggle for EU Legitimacy (2013) won the UACES Best Book Prize.  Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni is a researcher at the European Institute of the London School of Economics (LSE), UK. Previously, she worked at the European Commission in Brussels and Athens.  Kalypso Nicolaïdis is Professor of International Relations and Director of the Centre for International Studies at the University of Oxford, UK. She is Chair of Southeastern European Studies at Oxford and Council Member of the European Council of Foreign Relations.

“The language used is very evocative, making this short book both rich and suggestive, as well as accurate. Through the lens of mutual recognition, the authors are able to say something different on a very well known topic as the Euro crisis. They analyse relations between states from a very interesting perspective, taking into consideration the importance of national stereotypes. This makes it an interesting read … .” (Vanessa Bilancetti, JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 57 (6), November, 2019)

• Chapter 1  The Setting:  Mutual Recognition and the Greco-German Euro Crisis.- Chapter 2  The Players:  Greeks vs Germans.- Chapter 3  The Name of the Game: Shaping Europe through Self and Other.- Chapter 4  The Ethos of the Game: Recovering the Promise of Mutual Recognition.