Europe and Globalization

Globalization Has Provoked Passionate Debate And Street Demonstrations Reminiscent Of May 1968. The Central Question Of Europe And Globalization Is What Did Europe Do For Globalization In The Past, And What Is Globalization Doing For Europe Today? The Contributors To The Volume Assess This Complex Process, And Europe's Role Within It. Bringing Together A Team Of Leading International Scholars From Different Disciplinary Backgrounds, This Is A Valuable And Wide-ranging Contribution To The Debate.--jacket. Introduction / Henryk Kierzkowski -- The Myth Of Exploding Income Inequality In Europe And The World / Xavier Sala-i-martin -- Globalization And The European Economy: Medieval Origins To The Industrial Revolution / Ronald Findlay -- Europe And The Causes Of Globalization, 1790 To 2000 / Kevin H. O'rourke -- Europe And The Standardization Of The Law: Past And Present / Marcelo G. Kohen -- Nationalizing The Globe, Globalizing The Nation / Andre Liebich -- A Leader In Institutional Design? Europe And The Governance Of Trade And Monetary Relations / Vinod K. Aggarwal, Cedric Dupont -- Europe In The Global Financial Market / Alfred Steinherr -- Corporate Diversification, Internationalization And Location Of Technological Activities By Mncs In Europe / John Cantwell, Lucia Piscitello -- Economic Policy, Income Convergence And Structural Change In The Eu Periphery / Frank Barry -- Globalization, Europeanization And Trade In The 1990s: Export Responses Of Foreign And Indigenous Manufacturing Companies / Frances Ruane, Julie Sutherland -- Central Europe: 'a La Recherche Du Temps Perdu' / Henryk Kierzkowski -- Globalization And The European Welfare State At The Opening And The Closing Of The Twentieth Century / Tony Atkinson -- Globalization, Competitive Governments, And Constitutional Choice In Europe / Albert Breton, Heinrich Ursprung -- Periphery, Centre, Mass: Alternative Histories Of Europe's Role In Globalization / David Sylvan. Edited By Henryk Kierzkowski. This Book Has Been Conceived To Honour And Celebrate The 75th Anniversary Of The Establishment Of The Graduate Institute Of International Studies In Geneva--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13:,9780333998397 0333998391 1 Contents 2 Introduction 16 1 The Myth of Exploding Income Inequality in Europe and the World 26 2 Globalization and the European Economy Medieval Origins to the Industrial Revolution 47 3 Europe and the Causes of Globalization 1790 to 2000 79 4 Europe and the Standardization of the Law Past and Present 102 5 Nationalizing the Globe Globalizing the Nation 119 6 A Leader in Institutional Design Europe and the Governance of Trade and Monetary Relations 129 7 Europe in the Global Financial Market 158 8 Corporate Diversification Internationalization and Location of Technological Activities by MNCs in Europe 177 9 Economic Policy Income Convergence and Structural Change in the EU Periphery 200 10 Globalization Europeanization and Trade in the 1990s Export Responses of Foreign and Indigenous Manufacturing Companies 222 11 Central Europe A la recherche du temps perdu 244 12 Globalization and the European Welfare State at the Opening and the Closing of the Twentieth Century 264 13 Globalization Competitive Governments and Constitutional Choice in Europe 289 14 Periphery Centre Mass Alternative Histories of Europe鈥檚 Role in Globalization 317 Index 334 Annotation Globalization has provoked passionate debate and street demonstrations reminiscent of May 1968. The central question of Europe and Globalization is 'what did Europe do for globalization in the past, and what is globalization doing for Europe today?' The contributors to the volume assess this complex process, and Europe's role within it. Bringing together a team of leading international scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds, this is a valuable and wide-ranging contribution to the debate