The European Union and Global Capitalism: Origins, Development, Crisis

ISBN-13: 9781403997524 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 256 str.

Otto Holman; Magnus Ryner; Neill Nugent

Opis

This book draws on critical theory to introduce readers to ways of exploring questions about the EU from a political economy perspective, questions like: Does the EU help or hinder Europe's 'social models' to face the challenges of globalization? Does the EU represent a break from Europe's imperial past? What were the causes of the Eurozone crisis?

Spis treści

Introduction.- 1. Traditional Narratives: Traditional theory.- 2. Critical Political Economy .- 3. The Single Market: Consolidating neoliberalism .- 4. Origins and Development of EMU: Money and finance in the European Union.- 5 The Welfare State: Whither the social dimension.- 6. Core and Periphery in an Enlarged European Union.- 7. The American Challenge Revisited: The lengthening shadow of U.S. hegemony.- 8. The European Union, the Global South, and the Emerging Powers.- Conclusion: The ordo-liberal iron cage.

O autorze

Magnus Ryner is Professor of International Political Economy at King's College London, UK.

Alan Cafruny is Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs at Hamilton College, USA.