Examining EMU : neoliberal hegemony and the future of the 'Social Market Europe'
| dc.contributor.author | Wylie, Lloy Amber Christine | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-15T20:18:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-08-15T20:18:50Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2002 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
| dc.degree.department | Department of Political Science | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts M.A. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis examines whether European integration will uphold or undermine the model of 'Social Market Europe'. Regional integration, combined with changes in the international economy and ideological shifts regarding appropriate social and economic policy, have substantially redefined the character of Europe. This thesis examines a wide range of literature that addresses economic transformation and the development of neoliberal hegemony over the past three decades. The material addressed throughout the thesis points to the conclusion that developments in European integration have weakened the social market model identified as a key feature of continental Europe. Rather than institutionalising the social market model on the supranational level, European integration, and EMU in particular, provides the obligation and legitimacy for the reduction of the redistributive aspects of the social market at the national level. Neither the political will nor popular pressure is there to effectively defend, let alone extend 'social market Europe'. | |
| dc.format.extent | 93 pages | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1828/20211 | |
| dc.rights | Available to the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.title | Examining EMU : neoliberal hegemony and the future of the 'Social Market Europe' | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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