A Ruined Fortress? Neoliberal Hegemony and

Arguing convincingly that mainstream theory lacks the tools to adequately explain European integration, this challenging book draws upon critical political economic theory to develop a more comprehensive and consistent analysis of the processes of integration. Although not claiming that states have ceded their role as masters of the treaties, the contributors develop innovative case studies of national and transnational processes to illustrate the salience of trans-European business networks and the primacy of neoliberalism as central organizing concepts of the post-Maastricht European project. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Preface	p. vii
Abbreviations and Acronyms	p. ix
Introduction: The Study of European Integration in the Neoliberal Era	p. 1
The European Union and Neoliberal Hegemony
Theories of European Integration: A Critique	p. 17
A Neo-Gramscian Approach to European Integration	p. 47
Structure and Process in Transnational European Business	p. 71
The Geopolitics of U.S. Hegemony in Europe: From the Breakup of Yugoslavia to the War in Iraq	p. 95
Neoliberal Hegemony and the State
The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Commitments: Italy, the United Kingdom, and the Process of European Monetary Integration	p. 123
Diminishing Expectations: The Strategic Discourse of Globalization in the Political Economy of New Labour	p. 147
The Changing Political Economy of France: Dirigisme under Duress	p. 173
Disciplinary Neoliberalism, Regionalization, and the Social Market in German Restructuring	p. 201
The European Union beyond Neoliberalism?
"Competitive Restructuring" and Industrial Relations within the European Union: Corporatist Involvement and Beyond	p. 231
Cultural Policy and Citizenship in the European Union: An Answer to the Legitimation Problem?	p. 261
Europe, the United States, and Neoliberal (Dis)Order: Is There a Coming Crisis of the Euro?	p. 285
Index	p. 307
About the Contributors	p. 323
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A Ruined Fortress? Neoliberal Hegemony and Transformation in Europe

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