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.
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 t...
Richard A. Higgott Andreas Bieler Geoffrey R. D. Underhill
Traditionally in International Relations, power and authority were considered to rest with states. But recently, in the light of changes associated with globalisation, this has come under scrutiny both empirically and theoretically. This book analyses the continuing but changing role of states in the international arena, and their relationships with a wide range of non-state actors, which possess increasingly salient capabilities to structure global politics and economics.
Traditionally in International Relations, power and authority were considered to rest with states. But recently, in the light of changes associated wi...
This book provides a critical engagement between contending historical materialist approaches that have played a crucial role in shaping post-positivist International Relations theory. It analyzes globalization as a process of state formation and argues that its fate depends on the neo-liberal recomposition of labour relations. .
This book provides a critical engagement between contending historical materialist approaches that have played a crucial role in shaping post-positivi...
This book examines the main challenges facing the world labor force and possible responses from trade unions.
The working classes across the world are feeling the effects of globalization and the race to the bottom that it encourages. Core jobs for workers in the developed world are being outsourced to countries where pay and conditions are terrible and union membership is often forbidden. Much of the work of the world economy is now taking place in a burgeoning informal sector, making worldwide organization of labor very difficult.
Case studies from 11 different countries,...
This book examines the main challenges facing the world labor force and possible responses from trade unions.
Feng Shui ist vor mehr als 5000 Jahren in China entstanden und heit wrtlich bersetzt Wind und Wasser. Diese alte Lehre beschftigt sich mit Energien, die man nicht sehen und anfassen, aber deren Auswirkungen man spren kann. Wenn Wind und Wasser im Fluss sind und sich verbinden, dann profitieren dadurch der Mensch und seine Lebensumgebung. Endlich mal etwas Neues auf diesem Gebiet. Dieses Buch wird auch Anfnger erfreuen. Auf neue Weise wird Auskunft ber diese alte Lehre von Harmonie, Glck und Erfolg gegeben und altes Wissen mit modernen naturwissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen verbunden. Es ist in...
Feng Shui ist vor mehr als 5000 Jahren in China entstanden und heit wrtlich bersetzt Wind und Wasser. Diese alte Lehre beschftigt sich mit Energien, d...
This book provides a detailed investigation and comparison of the trade unions of five EU member states: Austria, Britain, France, Germany and Sweden, and their positions on Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Several European-level trade union organisations are also examined. The focus of this project, however, is not limited to EMU as a case study. Rather, EMU is regarded as a vehicle to assess trade unions' options and possibilities to respond to global structural change in general and to participate in the formation of the future economic-political system of the EU in particular. Two...
This book provides a detailed investigation and comparison of the trade unions of five EU member states: Austria, Britain, France, Germany and Sweden,...
Globalisation has put national labour movements under severe pressure, due to the increasing transnationalisation of production, with the production of many goods being organised across borders, and the informalisation of the economy. Through a range of case studies, this volume examines the possibilities and obstacles to transnational solidarity of labour in a period of global restructuring and changing global political economy. It brings together a range of international and transnational case studies, examining successful and failed transnational solidarity covering inter-trade union...
Globalisation has put national labour movements under severe pressure, due to the increasing transnationalisation of production, with the production o...
'Free trade' strategies have increasingly become a problem for the international labour movement. While trade unions in the North especially in manufacturing have supported free trade agreements to secure export markets for their companies, trade unions in the Global South oppose these agreements, since they often imply deindustrialisation. Especially the expansion of the free trade agenda into services, public procurement, investment, intellectual property rights as well as investor to state dispute settlement provisions are considered to be problematic. The purpose of this volume is to...
'Free trade' strategies have increasingly become a problem for the international labour movement. While trade unions in the North especially in manufa...
