Globalisation and Enlargement of the European Union: Austrian and Swedish Social Forces in the Struggle over Membership

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ISBN: 9780415213127 | 0415213126
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 8/10/2000

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On January 1 1995, Austria and Sweden joined the European Union (EU). This book analyzes why these two countries joined at such a moment when in fact the EU's development towards neo-liberal economic policy - embodied in the Internal Market and covergence criteria of the Economic and Monetary Union - endangered the traditional Keynesian economic policy making, and at a time when the steps towards a Common Foreign and Security Policy threatened their neutrality.

List of tables

vii

Foreword

viii

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Introduction: theories of integration and Austria's and Sweden's accession to the European Union - a critique and alternative

(17)

Introduction

(2)

Some limitations of integration theories

(5)

A neo-Gramscian alternative

(10)

Austria and Sweden in an era of global structural change

(35)

The processes of globalisation

(8)

The post-war economic and political systems in Austria and Sweden

(9)

The impact of the processes of globalisation on Austria and Sweden

(11)

Globalisation and the configuration of social forces in Austria and Sweden

(5)

Conclusion

(1)

Social forces and the struggle for application in Austria and Sweden

(35)

The struggle over the Austrian application to the EU

(17)

Sweden and social democratic hegemony: the struggle postponed

(15)

Conclusion

(3)

The conflict over the EU referenda in Austria and Sweden

(34)

From the EEA via Maastricht and membership negotiations to the referenda

(7)

The referendum struggle in Austria

(7)

A debate at last: social forces mobilise in Sweden

102

(13)

The referendum campaign

115

(5)

Conclusion

120

(2)

Austria's and Sweden's accession to the EU and the changing security structure

122

(16)

Neo-realism, neutral states and the end of the Cold War

122

(1)

Austria: the silent redefinition of neutrality

123

(7)

Sweden: neutrality redefined as non-alignment

130

(6)

Conclusion

136

(2)

The future enlargement of the EU towards Central and Eastern Europe

138

(15)

A neo-Gramscian perspective on future EU enlargements

138

(2)

Globalisation and the transformation of Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary

140

(8)

Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and the question of EU membership

148

(5)

Conclusions: globalisation, EU enlargement and the limits of neo-liberalism

153

(12)

A neo-Gramscian perspective as an alternative approach to European integration

153

(3)

Social forces behind the Austrian and Swedish accession to the EU

156

(2)

The possibilities for a counter neo-liberal project

158

(7)

Notes

165

(4)

Bibliography

169

(23)

Index

192

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Globalisation and Enlargement of the European Union: Austrian and Swedish Social Forces in the Struggle over Membership

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