The main argument of this book is that the revival of European integration in the mid-1980s and the emergence of a "New Europe" have to be analyzed against the background of globalization and the transnational restructuing of social forces since the early 1970s.

Foreword; R.W.Cox Notes on the Contributors Acknowledgements Acronyms PART I: THEORETICAL CONCEPTS AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES Introduction: Neo-Gramscian Perspectives in International Political Economy and the Relevance to European Integration; A.Bieler & A.D.Morton The Sociology of Theorising and neo-Gramscian Perspectives: The Problems of 'School' Formation in IPE; A.D.Morton PART II: TRANSNATIONAL CAPITAL AND THE NEO-LIBERAL RESTRUCTURING OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL RELATIONS OF PRODUCTION Constitutionalising Capital: EMU and Disciplinary Neo-Liberalism; S.Gill The Struggle over European Order: Transnational Class Agency in the Making of 'Embedded Neo-Liberalism; B.van Apeldoorn PART III: EUROPEAN TRADE UNIONS AND THE PROBLEMS OF NEO-LIBERAL INTEGRATION European Constitutionalism and Industrial Relations; H.J.Bieling Strength Through Unity? A Comparative Analysis of Splits in the Austrian, Norwegian and Swedish Labour Movements over EU Membership; A.Bieler & S.Torjesen Neo-Liberal Regionalismand the Management of People's Mobility; H.Pellerin & H.Overbeek PART IV: EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND THE EXPANSION OF NEO-LIBERALISM BEYOND THE EU The Enlargement of the European Union Towards Central and Eastern Europe: The Role of Supranational and Transnational Actors; O.Holman What Happened to the European Option for Eastern Europe?; K.van der Pijl PART V: CONCLUDING REMARKS Conclusion: Thinking About Future European Social Relations; A.Bieler & A.D.Morton Bibliography Index