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An Integrated Europe: Undermined by Transactional Interests

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Globalisation generates a paradox of power by simultaneously strengthening and weakening the State (Phillips, 1998). As Evans (1992) further highlights, economic globalisation restricts State power, but transnational capital needs capable States as much, or even more than, as domestically oriented business does.

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Kakabadse, A., Kakabadse, N. (2014). An Integrated Europe: Undermined by Transactional Interests. In: Schepers, S., Kakabadse, A. (eds) Rethinking the Future of Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137024015_9

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