Contradictions and Limits of Neoliberal European Governance

Introduction: Towards a Critical Political Economy of European Governance PART I: THE NATURE AND LIMITS OF THE EUROPEAN NEOLIBERAL PROJECT The Contradictions of 'Embedded Neoliberalism' and Europe's Multi-level Legitimacy Crisis: the European Project and its Limits; B.van Apeldoorn Neoliberal European Governance and the Politics of Welfare State Retrenchment: A Critique of the New Malthusians; M.Ryner Geopolitics and Neoliberalism: U.S. Power and the Limits of European Autonomy; A.Cafruny PART II: CASE STUDIES OF EUROPEAN SOCIO-ECONOMIC REGULATION Global Finance and the European Economy: The Struggle over Banking Regulation; H.-J.Bieling & J.Jäger 'New Europeans' for the 'New European Economy': Citizenship and the Lisbon Agenda; S.Hager Organic Intellectuals at Work? The High Level Group of Company Law Experts in European Corporate Governance Regulation; L.Horn PART III: THE WIDENING OF NEOLIBERAL GOVERNANCE: TRANSNATIONAL CAPITALISM IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE Corporate Tax Reform in Neoliberal Europe: East Central Europe as a Template for Deepening the Neoliberal European Integration Project? A.Vliegenthart & H.Overbeek Race to the Bottom? Transnational Companies and Reinforced Competition in the Enlarged European Union; D.Bohle The Rise of the Competition State in the Visegrád Four: Internationalization of the State as a Local Project; J.Drahokoupil PART IV: CONTESTING NEOLIBERAL GOVERNANCE: RESISTING RESTRUCTURING IN NATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL ARENAS A National Case-study of Embedded Neoliberalism and its Limits: The Dutch Political Economy and the 'No' to the European Constitution; B.van Apeldoorn Globalization and Regional Integration: The possibilities and Problems for Trade Unions to Resist Neo-liberal Restructuring in Europe; A.Bieler