European Integration and the Transnational Restructuring of Social Relations
The Emergence of Labour as a Regional Actor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6283084 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Bieler (0000-0002-4475-4213, University of Nottingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 461-484 |
| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9886 • E-ISSN: 1468-5965 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.0021-9886.2005.00565.x |
| OpenAlex | W2096239389 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 31 |
Informed by a neo-Gramscian perspective able to conceptualize transnational class formation, this article assesses whether European trade union organizations have developed into independent supranational actors, or whether they are merely secretariats in charge of organizing the co-operation of their national member associations. The first hypothesis is that those trade unions which organize workers in transnational production sectors, are likely to co-operate at the European level, because they have lost control over capital at the national level. Trade unions, organizing workers in domestic production sectors, may be more reluctant because their sectors still depend on national protection. The second hypothesis is that trade unions are more likely to co-operate at the European level if they perceive such an engagement as furthering their influence on policy-making in comparison with structural possibilities at the national level. Additionally, in line with the critical dimension of neo-Gramscian perspectives, it will be assessed whether European co-operation implies acceptance of neo-liberal economics, or whether unions continue to resist restructuring
Capital (architecture · Dimension (graph theory · Economic system · Economics · European integration · European union · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Restructuring · Trade union · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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Researching Resistance to Neoliberal Globalization
Anatomy of a ‘Critical Friendship’
Transnational Trade Union Action in Europe
The social purpose of new governance
Class Struggle over the EU Model of Capitalism
Economic union without social union
What kind of hegemony? The European Union in its region
The Spaces of Capital
Labor History Symposium
Degrees of Inclusion
Regulation Theory and the Political Economy of the European Union
The Europeanization of Wage Policy and Its Consequences for Labor Politics
Co-option or resistance? Trade unions and neoliberal restructuring in Europe
From ‘embedded liberalism’ to ‘negotiated openness
The ambiguity of resistance
Sticks and carrots in the making of integration
Weak Labour, Strong Interests
The Grimly Comic Riddle of Hegemony in IPE
Europeanisation and social movements
The construction of a trans-European labour movement
Neoliberal hegemony, transnational capital and the terms of the EU's eastward expansion
The Brave New World of European Labor
Global Political Economy
The Political System of the European Union
Contesting Global Governance
The Retreat of the State
Varieties of Capitalism
The Futures of European Capitalism
Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism
An Introduction to Varieties of Capitalism
Social Forces in the Making of the New Europe
Ideologies of Globalization
Transnational Capitalism and the Struggle over European Integration
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Imagining the European Economy
Globalisation, Regionalism and Labour Interests in the New International Political Economy
Social Forces, States and World Orders
Gramsci, Hegemony and International Relations
Swedish Trade Unions and Economic and Monetary Union
The struggle over EU enlargement
Trade unions for EMU
Questioning Cognitivism and Constructivism in IR Theory
European Collective Bargaining
Labour, neo-liberalism and the conflict over economic and monetary union
The Gordian Knot of Agency—Structure in International Relations
Institutional Re(turns) and the Strategic - Relational Approach
A critical theory route to hegemony, world order and historical change
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,05 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |