Critical political economy of the European polycrisis / edited by Andreas Bieler (Professor of Political Economy, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham, UK) and Vincenzo Maccarrone (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bieler, Andreas, editor.

Maccarrone, Vincenzo, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union--Politics and government--21st century.

European Union.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"This book analyses the intertwined crises facing the European Union within their global context through the lens of critical political economy. Challenging conventional narratives of European integration, it explores the power structures, inequalities, and socio-political implications that underpin modern European politics. Expert authors examine the many factors contributing to the European polycrisis, from the global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic to the impending climate catastrophe. Illustrating how new disruptions have intensified existing issues, they assess how the polycrisis has shaped policies, policy-making and institutions across Europe. The book evaluates the role of gendered and racist oppression in processes of European integration, as well as the impact of the rise of the far right. Combining feminist, decolonial and ecological perspectives with a focus on exploitation and class, it demonstrates how the EU transforms and is being transformed by its position in the global political economy. Critical Political Economy of the European Polycrisis is an essential read for students and scholars of political economy, European politics and international relations. It is also a valuable resource for policy-makers involved in negotiating the many crises faced by the EU"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Contesting European integration in times of polycrisis: An Introduction / Andreas Bieler and Vincenzo Maccarrone

Part I: Critical political economy of the polycrisis of the European Union

2. Towards a critical political economy of migration, borders, and racism in the European Union / Nikolai Huke

3. Europe's new fiscal governance in context: A state-theoretical perspective / Magnus Ryner

4. The new EU industrial policy mitigating the investment crisis: Crowding in financial capital and crowding out democracy and labour / Angela Wigger

5. Mandatory corporate sustainability due diligence and its limitations: The persistence of unequal exchange / Riccardo Fornasari and Vincenzo Maccarrone

6. The housing crisis and the contradictions of neoliberal residential capitalism in Europe: A critical approach / Giuseppe Montalbano and Lindsay B. Flynn

Part II: Critical political economy of the polycrisis in and beyond the European Union

7. A feminist political economy approach to affordable housing and social reproduction in the polycrisis / Stefanie Wöhl

8. Healthcare systems commodification between national and EU economic governance: Greece, Italy, and Romania from the economic to the COVID-19 crisis (2008-2022) / Costanza Galanti and Stella Christou

9. Crises, conditionality, and the commodification of local public services: The case of Italy / Darragh Golden

10. Garment-footwear industry and the devaluation of labour: Uneven and combined production networks in Europe's peripheries / Francesco Bagnardi

Part III: Critical political economy of the European ecological crisis

11. The EU between neoliberal and reformist green finance: A regulationist and global perspective / Ewa Dziwok and Johannes Jäger

12. Solving the European crisis in social reproduction? Sustainability and justice in the european semester after the green deal / Rosalind Cavaghan

13. Derogating, de-risking, and pooling: Processes of energy union (dis)integration / Rubén Vezzoni

Part IV: Critical political economy of European foreign policy

14. Greening the European economy at the expense of other world regions? Tracing the EU's quest for green hydrogen in chile / Julia Eder and Jakob Rammer

15. Driving unequal exchange: EU 'free trade' policy and the eu: Mercosur negotiations / Andreas Bieler

16. Re-routing globalization: Polycrisis, Europe's decline and the crisis of atlanticism / Alan W. Cafruny and Vassilis K. Fouskas

17. Turkey's EU membership debate within a historical conjuncture of European polycrisis / Elif Uzgören

Part V: Critical political economy of the rise of the far right in Europe

18. The road to god-knows where? The polycrisis and the European radical right / Owen Worth

19. A lasting legacy? A critical political economy perspective on berlusconism and its afterlives / Daniela Caterina, Adriano Cozzolino, Gemma Gasseau and Davide Monaco

20. Constructing illiberal counterhegemony: Orbán's transnational project as consequence and cause of Europe's polycrisis / Jasper P. Simons, Miklós Sebők and Ilona Szabó

21. Conclusion: Where next for the eu? / Andreas Bieler and Vincenzo Maccarrone.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035347940 (e-book)

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