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The political challenge to the post-World War II order in shipping has been issued in the context of the North-South debate, but American power and interest are central to current developments. In the bulk and tanker sector the United States retains a strong interest in stability and successfully defends the existing order. In the liner sector, on the other hand, the United States has participated in recent assaults on the postwar order, producing great tension between Europe and America. There is a strong correlation between this growing maritime conflict and the political processes anticipated by the general theory of hegemonic stability. But "hegemony" and "power" are distinct concepts. Instability in international shipping arises neither from America's loss of power in shipping nor from challenges from Europe and the Third World. Rather, instability reflects American attempts to establish a closer identity between the existing regime and short-term national interest.

Die Nachkriegsordnung im internationalen Seeverkehr wird nach wie vor wesentlich durch die Dominanz und die nationalen Interessen der USA bestimmt. Im Massengut- und Tankerverkehr sind die USA an der Sicherung des status quo interessiert, im Linienverkehr an einem Aufbrechen des bisherigen Regimes zu ihren Gunsten. Die Theorie der "hegemonic stability" eignet sich zur Beschreibung und Analyse der damit verbundenen politischen Prozesse. Die Instabilität im internationalen Seeverkehr ist Ausdruck der Bestrebungen der USA, das bestehende Regime und ihr kurzfristiges nationales Interesse enger in Einklang zu bringen. (SWP-Spb)

Cover -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Argument and structure of the book -- 1 Traditional Narratives, Traditional Theory -- The widening perspective -- The deepening perspective -- The interstate bargain perspective -- The liberal tradition and European integration -- Realism and the intergovernmentalist critique -- Conclusion -- 2 Critical Political Economy -- An alternative narrative: socioeconomic epochs -- The Red Queen Syndrome -- Open Marxism: basic functions and form of capitalist governance and the EU -- The EU and inter-capitalist rivalry: the legacies of Servan-Shreiber, Mandel, and Poulantzas -- Regulation theory: Fordism, finance-led accumulation, and the repression of social democratic alternatives -- The Amsterdam School: accumulation strategies and hegemonic projects -- Conclusion -- 3 The Single Market: Consolidating Neoliberalism -- The single market project: 'Europe 1992' -- Explaining the relaunch -- The relaunch and Europe's social model of capitalism? Possibility of synthesis? -- The single market, neoliberalism, and finance-led growth -- Conclusion -- 4 Origins and Development of the Emu: Money and Finance in the European Union -- Monetary and financial developments in Europe -- Liberal theories in trouble: the 'economics' of the EMU and financial liberalization -- The 'politics' of the EMU and financial liberalization -- Post-Keynesian and regulation theoretical alternatives -- The (non-)optimal currency area problem -- Whither Rhineland capitalism? -- Social forces in the making of European money and finance -- Conclusion -- 5 The Welfare State: Whither the 'Social Dimension'? -- European welfare capitalism -- EU social policy -- Debates over the social dimension: the pessimists versus the optimists -- Conclusion -- 6 Core and Periphery in an Enlarged European Union.