The main argument of this book is that the revival of European integration in the mid-1980s and the emergence of a "New Europe" have to be analyzed against the background of globalization and the transnational restructuing of social forces since the early 1970s. The book brings together a range of diverse - but similar - critical perspectives that draw from the work of Antonio Gramsci to provide an alternative to established neo-functionalist and intergovernmentalist approaches. It is argued that these critical perspectives can more adequately analyze various aspects of European integration within the recent context of globalization.
The main argument of this book is that the revival of European integration in the mid-1980s and the emergence of a "New Europe" have to be analyzed against the background of globalization and the transnational restructuing of social forces since the early 1970s. The book brings together a range of diverse - but similar - critical perspectives that draw from the work of Antonio Gramsci to provide an alternative to established neo-functionalist and intergovernmentalist approaches. It is argued that these critical perspectives can more adequately analyze various aspects of European integration within the recent context of globalization.
Foreword; R.W.Cox Notes on the Contributors Acknowledgements Acronyms PART I: THEORETICAL CONCEPTS AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES Introduction: Neo-Gramscian Perspectives in International Political Economy and the Relevance to European Integration; A.Bieler & A.D.Morton The Sociology of Theorising and neo-Gramscian Perspectives: The Problems of 'School' Formation in IPE; A.D.Morton PART II: TRANSNATIONAL CAPITAL AND THE NEO-LIBERAL RESTRUCTURING OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL RELATIONS OF PRODUCTION Constitutionalising Capital: EMU and Disciplinary Neo-Liberalism; S.Gill The Struggle over European Order: Transnational Class Agency in the Making of 'Embedded Neo-Liberalism; B.van Apeldoorn PART III: EUROPEAN TRADE UNIONS AND THE PROBLEMS OF NEO-LIBERAL INTEGRATION European Constitutionalism and Industrial Relations; H.J.Bieling Strength Through Unity? A Comparative Analysis of Splits in the Austrian, Norwegian and Swedish Labour Movements over EU Membership; A.Bieler & S.Torjesen Neo-Liberal Regionalismand the Management of People's Mobility; H.Pellerin & H.Overbeek PART IV: EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND THE EXPANSION OF NEO-LIBERALISM BEYOND THE EU The Enlargement of the European Union Towards Central and Eastern Europe: The Role of Supranational and Transnational Actors; O.Holman What Happened to the European Option for Eastern Europe?; K.van der Pijl PART V: CONCLUDING REMARKS Conclusion: Thinking About Future European Social Relations; A.Bieler & A.D.Morton Bibliography Index
ANDREAS BIELER is at the Department of International Politics, University of Aberystwyth. He is author of Globalization and Enlargement of the European Union and co-editor (with Richard Higgott and Geoffrey Underhill) of Non-State Actors and Authority in the Global System.ADAM MORTON is at the Department of International Politics, University of Aberystwyth. His work has appeared in the European Journal of International Relations (with Andreas Bieler), the journal Politics and in an edited volume by Barry K.Gills, Globalization and the Politics of Resistan
ANDREAS BIELER is at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge. He is the author of Globalization and Enlargement of the European Union and co-editor (with Richard Higgott and Geoffrey Underhill) of Non-State Actors and Authority in the Global System. - ADAM MORTON is at the Department of International Politics, University of Aberystwyth. His work has appeared in the European Journal of International Relations (with Andreas Bieler), the journal Politics and in an edited volume by Barry K.Gills, Globalization and the Politics of Resistance. AE(00): Foreword by Robert W.COX
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