This book draws on critical theory to introduce readers to ways of exploring questions about the EU from a political economy perspective, questions like:
-Does the EU help or hinder Europe's 'social models' to face the challenges of globalization?
- Does the EU represent a break from Europe's imperial past?
Introduction 1. Traditional Narratives: Traditional theory 2. Critical Political Economy 3. The Single Market: Consolidating neoliberalism 4. Origins and Development of EMU: Money and finance in the European Union 5 The Welfare State: Whither the social dimension 6. Core and Periphery in an Enlarged European Union 7. The American Challenge Revisited: The lengthening shadow of U.S. hegemony 8. The European Union, the Global South, and the Emerging Powers Conclusion: The ordo-liberal iron cage.
Magnus Ryner is Professor of International Political Economy at King's College London, UK. Alan Cafruny is Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs at Hamilton College, USA.