Integration of the Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) into the European Union (EU) has become more a question of timing than a question whether it will or should be made. Since one of the objectives of the EU is to establish a system ensuring competition in the internal market is not distorted the question arises if the CEECs can be integrated into such a competitive system. Which rules of competition are appropriate to improve the economic integration of the CEECs and to promote at the same time the enduring transition process? The relationship between competition policy and...

Ziel der Arbeit ist es, die aktuelle Debatte uber die Globalisierung, wie sie sowohl in der breiten Offentlichkeit als auch auf akademischer Ebene in der Internationalen Politischen Okonomie gefuhrt wird, auf ihre Grundlagen in der politischen Philosophie zuruckzufuhren: die paradigmatischen Konzeptionen des Verhaltnisses von Politik und Okonomie in der Ideengeschichte.

Integration of the Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) into the European Union (EU) has become more a question of timing than a question whether it will or should be made. Since one of the objectives of the EU is to establish a system ensuring competition in the internal market is not distorted the question arises if the CEECs can be integrated into such a competitive system. Which rules of competition are appropriate to improve the economic integration of the CEECs and to promote at the same time the enduring transition process? The relationship between competition policy and...