Globalisation and enlargement of the European union : Austrian and Swedish social forces in the struggle over membership /
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-function...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2000.
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| Series: | Routledge/Warwick studies in globalisation ;
2. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=79890 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 196 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-191) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203253221 9780203253229 020346124X 9780203461242 0415213126 |