作者: Mark Baimbridge , Philip B. Whyman , Brian Burkitt
DOI: 10.1177/030981680709300105
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摘要: Over the past two decades, left has increasingly embraced European integration as a bulwark to globalisation. However, view that EU provides potential for realising progressive social and economic policy is problematic, since its approach antithetical traditional democratic-socialist objectives. Thus, either redouble efforts realise fundamental reform of EU's institutions framework, or consider nationally-orientated alternatives which inevitably question nature UK-EU relationship. This paper outlines number these options evaluates their benefits costs from within political-economy framework.