Beschreibung:
By examining the return of the State in economic governance, this book analyzes important obstacles to full-fledged market integration and demonstrates the diversity of economic intervention in 21st century capitalism. It will appeal to anyone interested in the implications of global markets for governments and policy-makers.
1. Economic patriotism: reinventing control over open markets 2. Supranational governance as economic patriotism? The European Union, legitimacy and the reconstruction of state space 3. From nationalism to European patriotism? Trade unions and the European works council at General Motors 4. Homespun capital: economic patriotism and housing finance under stress 5. Supporting the City: economic patriotism in financial markets 6. The phantom of Palais Brongniart: economic patriotism and the Paris Stock Exchange 7. Cities as national champions? 8. Economic patriotism in European agriculture 9. European armament co-operation and the renewal of industrial policy motives