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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Alan W. Cafruny and Magnus Ryner Klappentext Arguing convincingly that mainstream theory lacks the tools to adequately explain European integration, this challenging book draws upon critical political economic theory to develop a more comprehensive and consistent analysis of the processes of integration. Although not claiming that states have ceded their role as 'masters of the treaties, ' the contributors develop innovative case studies of national and transnational processes to illustrate the salience of trans-European business networks and the primacy of neoliberalism as central organizing concepts of the post-Maastricht European project Zusammenfassung This volume draws on one of the key strands of theoretical innovation in international relations - critical political economy or transnational historical materialism - to develop a comprehensive and consistent analysis of processes of European integration. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Study of European Integration in the Neoliberal EraAlan W. Cafruny and Magnus RynerPart I: The European Union and Neoliberal HegemonyChapter 1: Theories of European Integration: A CritiqueBastiaan van Appeldoorn, Henk Overbeek, and Magnus RynerChapter 2: A Neo-Gramscian Approach to European IntegrationStephen GillChapter 3: Structure and Process in Transnational European BusinessOtto Holman and Kees van der PijlChapter 4: The Geopolitics of U.S. Hegemony in Europe: From the Breakup of Yugoslavia to the War in IraqAlan W. CafrunyPart II: Neoliberal Hegemony and the StateChapter 5: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Commitments: Italy, the United Kingdom, and the Process of European Monetary IntegrationLeila Simona TalaniChapter 6: Diminishing Expectations: The Strategic Discourse of Globalization in the Political Economy of New LabourColin Hay and Matthew WatsonChapter 7: The Changing Political Economy of France: Dirigisme Under DuressBen CliftChapter 8: Disciplinary Neoliberalism, Regionalization, and the Social Market in German RestructuringMagnus RynerPart III: The European Union beyond Neoliberalism?Chapter 9: "Competitive Restructuring" and Industrial Relations within the European Union: Corporatist Involvement and BeyondHans-Jürgen Bieling and Thorsten SchultenChapter 10: Cultural Policy and Citizenship in the European Union: An Answer to the Legitimation Problem?Giles Scott-SmithChapter 11: Europe, the United States, and Neoliberal (Dis)Order: Is There a Coming Crisis of the Euro?Alan W. Cafruny...
