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A third way for Europe? Discourse, regulation and the European question in Britain

Painter, J.

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Abstract

Recent developments within the regulation approach have highlighted the importance of discourse in securing the conditions for the stabilisation of new modes of regulation. This paper considers the discursive construction in the UK of Britain's relationship to European integration. Despite claims that the politics of the 'Third Way' offer an innovative and coherent framework for New Labour's political strategy, the evidence suggests that discourses of national sovereignty and pragmatic economic national self-interest dominate. In conclusion it is suggested that the development of transnational discursive formations is a necessary precondition for the consolidation of regulatory forms and processes that break with previous nationally focused modes of regulation.

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Painter, J. (2000). A third way for Europe? Discourse, regulation and the European question in Britain. Journal of Economic and Human Geography, 91(3), 227-236. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9663.00112

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Aug 1, 2000
Deposit Date Mar 6, 2009
Journal Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Print ISSN 0040-747X
Electronic ISSN 1467-9663
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 91
Issue 3
Pages 227-236
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9663.00112
Keywords Discourse, Europe, United Kingdom, Regulation approach, Third Way, Sovereignty.


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