ABSTRACT:
The predicted downward cycle of the European position in the world system threatens to lead to a more assertive and authoritarian pattern of action vis-à-vis migration and vis-à-vis the other big trading blocs. The increasing societal role of corruption and organized crime as well as the lack of democracy within the European Union will increase, and not decrease with EU enlargement.
Contents
Invitation to Debate on the European Union in the World System Perspective
From the Editor (p. 7)
Hans-Heinrich Nolte
The European Union within the Modern World-System (p. 9)
Arno Tausch
The European Union and the World-System (p. 45)
Carlos Escudé
The European Union and Global Security
in the Postmodern World-System (p. 95)
Gernot Köhler
European Unemployment as a World-System Problem (p. 121)
Ewa Maziarz and Anna Pochylczuk
The European Union and Globalising Forces (p. 133)
Aleksander Müller
The European Integration as a Response and an Initiative (p. 153)
Joseph E. Bigio
Taking the Sting Out of Globalization for Europe (p. 175)
Contributors about themselves (p. 195)
