European Regionalism and the Left
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
European Regionalism and the Left
By (Author) Gerard Strange
Edited by Owen Worth
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
1st November 2012
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
320.94
Physical Properties
Hardback
224
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
Written against a background of global economic and political turmoil, including crisis and uncertainty surrounding the European Union, European Regionalism and the Left offers new critical insights into a range of fundamental problems facing the project of European integration. Issues covered include: the limits and possibilities of European Monetary Union; the impact of European regionalism on the political organisations of the European left; European regionalism and the crisis of social democracy; Russia and the limits to EU regionalism; and the contradictions of Eurocentric politics in an age of globalisation. The book brings together contributions from international scholars drawing on a rich diversity of critical approaches to international political economy, European integration studies, European politics and social theory. Unlike many earlier critical studies of this subject, European Regionalism and the Left consciously eschews any specific radical theoretical narrative or research programme in favour of an open-ended critical engagement with the political economy of contemporary Europe. As such it attempts to open up left analyses of Europe to broader traditions of critical inquiry. -- .
Reviews
"this strikes me as an extremely interesting and valuable volume which will appeal not only to scholars of European integration and political economy, but also those working in the field of International Political Economy. Its succinct and accessibly written chapters and breadth of coverage also mean that it is likely to serve as a useful primer for university courses on the EU. Finally, its suggestions for improving the effectiveness of the left make it useful reading for such organisations as progressive political parties, trade unions and other like-minded social movements in Europe."
(Gabriel Siles-Brgge, Political Studies Review Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2014)
Author Bio
Gerard Strange is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Western Australia
Owen Worth is a Lecturer of International Relations at the University of Limerick, Ireland
