This paper explores the disjunctures in the rhetoric and policy of the European Union (EU) Member States and EU institutions on labour standards, trade and development. Such disjunctures arise from the fact that the EU is seeking to foreground the social dimension of market integration –...

European economic integration with a minimalist social policy at EU level was in part made possible by strong domestic labour market and social welfare institutions. The main contention of this paper is that EU market liberalisation was embedded within institutions of social citizenship at...

This article explores regional integration projects in the global South and constraints upon them. Its focus is on the use of economic sociology of law as a methodological approach through which to rethink the relationship between law, markets and state - and to explore how these interact in the...

This paper interrogates the extent to which, within the European Union, ‘hybrid’ approaches to combating labour market discrimination – combining ‘old governance’ regulatory mechanisms (such as the Race Directive) and alternatives to hard law, such as gender mainstreaming and diversity...

This article explores the tension between competing discourses within the European Union, as this regional trading bloc seeks to capture further gains from market integration, whilst simultaneously attempting to soften the social impact of regional competition within its borders. This article...

This article explores the tension between competing discourses within the European Union, as this regional trading bloc seeks to capture further gains from market integration, whilst simultaneously attempting to soften the social impact of regional competition within its borders. This article...