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Negotiating the limits of the possible: a perspective from Western Europe

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posted on 2023-06-07, 14:40 authored by Andreas AntoniadesAndreas Antoniades
This paper examines the emergence of the discourse of globalisation in Western Europe. It claims that in Western Europe, the question of ‘what is globalisation?’ led to the (existential) questions of ‘what is European?’ and ‘what is possible?’. Here a long list of adjectives (e.g. Anglo-Saxon, Continental, Germanic, Nordic/Scandinavian, Mediterranean) and actors (e.g. political parties, business associations, labour unions, civil society organisations, religious leaders) seem to blend and struggle with each other, trying to communicate or enforce their own views on Europe and globalisation. This struggle gradually evolved into a negotiation on the limits of the possible. To study the nature and direction of these dynamics the paper examines public opinion trends in France, Germany, Greece, Ireland and the UK.

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  • Published

Publisher

Palgrave-Macmillan

Page range

54-69

Pages

221.0

Book title

Regional perspectives on globalization

Place of publication

Basingstoke, UK

ISBN

9780230004665

Series

International Political Economy Series

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  • International Relations Publications

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Editors

Paul Bowles, Noela Invernizzi, Kwong-leung Tang, Scarlet Cornelissen, Henry Veltmeyer

Legacy Posted Date

2008-07-16

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