Globalisation and Enlargement of the European Union: Austrian and Swedish Social Forces in the Struggle Over Membership

ISBN-13: 9780415213127 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 208 str.

Dr Andreas Bieler

Opis

On January 1 1995, Austria and Sweden joined the European Union (EU). This book examines why these two countries joined at such a moment and studies their accession against the structural background of globalization.
In this cutting-edge analysis, Andreas Bieler argues that conventional neo-functionalist and intergovernmentalist theories fail to explain such structural change as they take existing power structures as given. Therefore, he develops a neo-Gramscian perspective as an alternative approach to European integration.

Spis treści

1.Introduction: theories of integration and Austria's and Sweden's accession to the European Union - a critique and alternative
2. Austria and Sweden in an era of global structural change
3. Social forces and the struggle for application in Austria and Sweden
4. The conflict over the EU referenda in Austria and Sweden
5. Austria's and Sweden's accession to the EU and the changing security structure
6. The future enlargement of the EU towards Central and Eastern Europe
7. Conclusions: globalisation, EU enlargement and the limits of neo-liberalism

O autorze

Andreas Bieler