Magnus Ryner – författare

This book revisits Cox and Harrod''s conception of ''unprotected workers'' through theoretical reflection and empirical explorations of the rise of millennialism, prostitution and the sex industry, the politics of migration, the interstices of class and gender, and trade union politics.

This challenging book argues convincingly that research on European integration has lagged behind important theoretical developments in the fields of international relations, international political economy, and international organization. The contributors contend that prevailing theories of integration—despite their considerable differences—all suffer from an excessive focus on institutions and ideas, while overlooking the ways in which these institutions and ideas have promoted a neoliberal agenda during the last decade. To overcome these weaknesses, this volume draws on one of the key strands of theoretical innovation—critical political economy or transnational historical materialism—to develop a more comprehensive and consistent analysis of processes of European integration. Although not claiming that states have ceded their role as "masters of the treaties," the contributors develop innovative case studies of national and transnational processes to illustrate the salience of trans-European business networks and the primacy of neoliberalism as central organizing concepts of the post-Maastricht European project.Contributions by: Baastian van Apeldoorn, Hans-Jürgen Bieling, Alan W. Cafruny, Ben Clift, Stephen Gill, Colin Hay, Otto Holman, Henk Overbeek, Kees van der Pijl, Magnus Ryner, Thorsten Schulten, Giles Scott-Smith, Leila Simona Talani, and Matthew Watson.

This book draws on critical theory to introduce readers to ways of exploring questions about the EU from a political economy perspective, questions like: -Does the EU help or hinder Europe''s ''social models'' to face the challenges of globalization? - Does the EU represent a break from Europe''s imperial past? - What were the causes of the Eurozone crisis?

This book revisits Cox and Harrod's conception of 'unprotected workers' through theoretical reflection and empirical explorations of the rise of millennialism, prostitution and the sex industry, the politics of migration, the interstices of class and gender, and trade union politics.

This book revisits Cox and Harrod's conception of 'unprotected workers' through theoretical reflection and empirical explorations of the rise of millennialism, prostitution and the sex industry, the politics of migration, the interstices of class and gender, and trade union politics.

This book draws on critical theory to introduce readers to ways of exploring questions about the EU from a political economy perspective, questions like: -Does the EU help or hinder Europe's 'social models' to face the challenges of globalization? - Does the EU represent a break from Europe's imperial past? - What were the causes of the Eurozone crisis?

This book draws on critical theory to introduce readers to ways of exploring questions about the EU from a political economy perspective, questions like: -Does the EU help or hinder Europe's 'social models' to face the challenges of globalization? - Does the EU represent a break from Europe's imperial past? - What were the causes of the Eurozone crisis?

Vi lever idag i en alltmer globaliserad värld. Detta innebär en på många sätt öppnare värld, men samtidigt en allt osäkrare sådan. Globaliseringen har medfört ett intensivare utbyte av varor, arbetskraft och kapital, men samtidigt fungerar ekonomin och i synnerhet finansmarknaderna under en allt svagare insyn från demokratiskt valda regeringar. Marknadskrafterna kan därmed sägas ha tvingat politiken på reträtt, och det som återstår förefaller ibland vara en nostalgisk föreställning om den representativa demokratins väsen samt en mängd strömlinjeformade och intetsägande alternativ. Men är detta verkligen sant? Har globaliseringen faktiskt lett till en urholkning av politikens essens och en mer alternativlös värld? Syftet med denna antologi är att presentera olika samhällsvetenskapliga inlägg och reflektioner kring politikens villkor och innehåll i dagens globaliserade värld. boken fäster speciell uppmärksamhet vid de politiska partiernas förändrade förutsättningar men diskuterar även politikens förändring på en institutionell och nationell nivå. Författarna kommer från Finland, Storbritannien och Sverige och representerar ett brett akademiskt perspektiv på globaliseringens problematik.