Fighting for a neoliberal Europe

Swiss business associations and the Unice, 1970–1978

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ID8420399
AuthorsLudovic Iberg (0000-0002-4011-4876, Institute of Political Studies, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume65
Issue2
Pages366-381
Publication date2023-02-17
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBusiness History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00076791.2021.1892643
OpenAlexW3136410095
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited17

The 1970s were a defining moment for the European business associations, which were faced with the most important social upheavals of the post-war period, a major economic crisis and the British process of accession to the EEC. This article aims to broaden our knowledge of how Swiss business leaders contributed, during this tumultuous period, to lead the European institutions towards further economic liberalisation. This article intends to demonstrate that their main strategy to promote their own interests was to rely on and even accentuate the contradictions between the main European business circles. Moreover, this article aims to highlight the gradual emergence, during the period, of a bloc of European employers and to investigate the role of the main Swiss trade association in what has been known as the ‘neoliberal turn’

Accession · Economics · Economy · European integration · European union · International trade · Liberalization · Period (music · Political economy · Political science · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · European Socioeconomic and Political Studies · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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