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Zusatztext The book is an important step forward in the effort to understand the contours of Europeanization and the relationship between Europeanization and globalisation. Klappentext In this path-breaking book! the author argues that European countries' political-economic policies! practices! and discourses have changed profoundly in response to globalization and Europeanization! but they have not converged. Although national policies may now be more similar! especially where they follow from common European policies! they are not the same. National practices! although moving in the same general direction toward greater market orientation! continue to be differentiable into not just one or even two but three varieties of capitalism. And national discourses that generate and legitimate changes in policies and practices not only remain distinct! they matter. The book is a tour de force which combines sophisticated theoretical insights and innovative methods to show that European countries generally! but in particular Britain! France! and Germany! have had very different experiences of economic adjustment! and will continue to do so into the future. Zusammenfassung This work details the changes related to globalization and Europeanization that have led to major shifts in European countries' political-economic policies, practices and discourse, but not to convergence. It illustrates European countries' very different experiences of economic adjustment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: European Pathways to the Adjustment Part I: The Policies of Economic Adjustment The Challenges of Globalization and Europeanization: The Impact on National Autonomy and Control The Economic Dynamics and Institutional Mechanics of Policy Adjustment in Britain, Germany, and France Part II: The Practices of Economic Adjustment Still Three Models of Capitalism? The Impact of Changing Policies and Growing Pressures on Economic Practices The Dynamics of Adjustment in Economic Practices in Britain, Germany, and France Part III: The Politics of Economic Adjustment Discourse as Framework for Analysis: Policy Construction and Legitimation for Changing Policies and Practices The Role of Discourse in the Political Dynamics of Adjustment in Britain, France, and Germany Conclusion: The Futures of European Capitalism ...
