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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823431703321

Autore

Fligstein Neil

Titolo

Euroclash [[electronic resource] ] : the EU, European identity, and the future of Europe / / Neil Fligstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-51523-X

9786611515232

0-19-156218-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

306.094/09045

Soggetti

European cooperation

Group identity - European Union countries

National characteristics, European

European Union countries Social conditions

European Union countries Economic integration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [254]-266) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. The Dynamics of European Society; 2. Constructing Markets and Politics: The Formation of the European Union, 1958-2004; 3. The Economic Transformation of Europe; 4. The Creation of Markets: The Cases of the Defense, Telecommunications, and Football Industries; 5. Who Are the Europeans?; 6. What is European Society?; 7. The Structure of European Politics; 8. Conclusions; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A major new interpretation of European integration. Leading scholar, Neil Fligstein, provocatively argues that European integration has produced a truly transnational European society. - ;The European Union's market integration project has dramatically altered economic activity around Europe. This book presents extensive evidence on how trade has increased, jobs have been created, and European business has been reorganized. However, changes in the economy have been accompanied by dramatic changes in how people from different societies interact. In this book Neil Fligstein argues provocatively