1. The politics of European integration: A European labour movement in the making?
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Taylor, Graham and Mathers, Andy
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POLITICAL science ,LABOR movement ,SOCIAL movements ,LIBERALISM ,LABOR unions ,SOCIOLOGY ,SOCIAL problems ,DELEGATED legislation - Abstract
This paper explores the logical and historical determinants of European integration and reflects on the potential and dangers this presents for labour movement renewal. Through the principle of ‘subsidiarity’ a regulatory gap has been established between political mobilisation at the national level and neo-liberal regulation at the European level. The historical determination of this form is traced through an exploration of the social struggles against neo-liberalism that have developed within member states and transnational mobilizations that bridge this regulatory gap by linking resistance across national boundaries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2002
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