Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- 1. The Age of the Euro: A Structural Break? Europeanization, Convergence, and Power in Central Banking -- Part I: The Changing Context of Central Banking -- 2. Differentiation in the European System of Central Banks: Circles, Core, and Directoire -- 3. The European Central Bank: The Bank That Rules Europe? -- Part II: Eurosystem 'Insider' Central Banks -- 4. National Banks of Belgium and the Netherlands: Happy with the Euro -- 5. Bank of France: The Challenge of Escaping Politicization -- 6. German Bundesbank: Europeanization and the Paradoxes of Power -- 7. Bank of Greece: Latecomer, Uphill Adjustment -- 8. The Banca d'Italia: Between Europeanization and Globalization -- Part III: 'Temporary' Outsiders: Pace Setters and Laggards -- 9. Estonia, Hungary, and Slovenia: Banking on Identity -- 10. Czech Republic and Poland: The Limits of Europeanization -- Part IV: 'Semi-Permanent' Outsiders -- 11. Bank of England: Learning to Live with the Euro -- 12. Denmark and Sweden: Networking by Euro-Outsiders -- Part V: Lessons from Non-European Central Banks -- 13. The Political Economy of Central Banking in Australia and New Zealand -- 14. The US Federal Reserve and the Politics of Monetary and Financial Regulatory Policies -- Part VI: Convergence and Divergence -- 15. Financial Supervision: Internationalization, Europeanization, and Power -- 16. Monetary Policy Strategies -- 17. Scientization of Central Banking: The Politics of A-Politicization -- 18. Transparency and Accountability -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.