TY - BOOK AU - Bieler,Andreas TI - Globalisation and enlargement of the European union: Austrian and Swedish social forces in the struggle over membership T2 - Routledge/Warwick studies in globalisation SN - 0203253221 AV - HC240.25.A9 B54 2000eb U1 - 337.1/42 21 PY - 2000/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - European Union KW - Austria KW - Sweden KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - International KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Economics KW - Economic history KW - fast KW - Business & Economics KW - hilcc KW - Economic History KW - Economic conditions KW - 1945- KW - Autriche KW - Conditions économiques KW - Suède KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-191) and index; Chapter 1 Introduction: theories of integration and Austria's and Sweden's accession to the European Union-- a critique and alternative -- Theories of integration and Austria's and Sweden's accession to the European Union--a critique and alternative -- chapter 2 Austria and Sweden in an era of global structural change -- chapter 3 Social forces and the struggle for application in Austria and Sweden -- chapter 4 The conflict over the EU referenda in Austria and Sweden From the EEA via Maastricht and membership negotiations -- chapter 5 Austria's and Sweden's accession to the EU and the changing security structure -- chapter 6 The future enlargement of the EU towards Central and Eastern Europe -- chapter 7 Conclusions: globalisation, EU enlargement and the limits of neo-liberalism A neo-Gramscian perspective as an alternative -- Globalisation, EU enlargement and the limits of neo-liberalism N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=79890 ER -