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Pan-European Industrial Networks as Factors of Convergence and Divergence Within Europe

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Interlocking Dimensions of European Integration

Part of the book series: One Europe or Several? ((OES))

Abstract

This chapter argues first, that the way in which central and east European countries (CEECs) integrate into the wider European economy will have important effects on the long-term growth of the European Union (EU) and central and eastern Europe. Their integration through production networks, formed through linkages within and between transnational corporations (TNCs), is an essential part of the wider European integration, which includes market, as well as institutional (or policy) integration. Next, I argue that micro-level integration in the wider Europe is neither automatic nor without its problems. Deep industrial integration is not the automatic outcome of deep institutional integration. How far institutional integration is compatible with micro-level integration is an issue that needs to be explicitly addressed — the ways in which the two processes interact will determine the emerging industrial architecture of the wider Europe and thus the growth prospects for Europe.

This chapter draws on a project on ‘The Emerging Industrial Architecture of the Wider Europe’ funded by the ESRC ‘One Europe or Several?’ Programme, award number L213252037.

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  1. Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex, UK

    Helen Wallace (Co-Director, Director, Economic and Social Research Council ‘One Europe or Several?’ Programme) (Co-Director, Director, Economic and Social Research Council ‘One Europe or Several?’ Programme)

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Radosevic, S. (2001). Pan-European Industrial Networks as Factors of Convergence and Divergence Within Europe. In: Wallace, H. (eds) Interlocking Dimensions of European Integration. One Europe or Several?. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230514430_3

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