Varieties of neoliberalism? Restructuring in large industrially dependent regions across Western and Eastern Europe
认为欧洲一体化并未导致单一的新自由主义模式,而是产生了多种新自由主义形式,通过分析不同国家的政策逻辑、策略及其对大型工业依赖地区就业和增长的影响来论证。
The recent travails of the European Constitution, now Reform Treaty, illustrate the divergence of views on European integration. To many commentators and academics, European integration has come to represent the establishment of a neoliberal Europe characterized by a ‘negative’ form of integration. This neoliberalization of European economies has been underpinned by the perceived threat of globalization and global competition leading to the wholesale restructuring of European economies over the past three decades. However, this article does not assume that globalization and neoliberal integration have homogenization effects; rather, it argues that neoliberalization as a process has produced varieties of neoliberalism across Europe and not one hegemonic form of capitalism. To make this argument, the article focuses on the rationale behind neoliberal policies in different European countries, the specific strategies these countries have pursued and the impacts that these strategies have had on employment and growth in large industrially dependent regions.