Convergence or diversity? : internationalization and economic policy response / edited by Brigitte Unger, Frans van Waarden.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Introduction: An interdisciplinary approach to convergence / Brigitte Unger and Frans van Waarden -- Pt. 1. Pressures of economic internationalization and directly affected policy fields. 2. Financial market liberalization and monetary policy / Claus Thomasberger. 3. European integration and fiscal policy options / Brigitte Unger. 4. International trade, multinational enterprises, and industrial policy choice / Christian Bellak. 5. Labour mobility and migration policy: Lessons from Japan and the US / Saskia Sassen -- Pt. 2. Distributive policies. 6. State competition with tax policy / Edith Kitzmantel and Erhard Moser. 7. A pendulum swing in conceptions of the welfare state / Anton Hemerijck and Wieger Bakker. 8. The 'social dumping' threat of European integration: A critique / Hugh Mosley. 9. Poverty regimes and life chances: The road to anomia? / Godfried Engbersen -- Pt. 3. Allocative policies and policy styles.

10. European health and safety regulation: No 'race to the bottom' / Volker Eichener. 11. European integration, workers' participation, and collective bargaining: A Euro-pessimistic view / Berndt Keller. 12. 'Leaders' and 'laggards' in European clean air policy / Adrienne Heritier. 13. Environmental policy in the European Union: The struggle between Court, Commission and Council / R. Daniel Kelemen. 14. Persistence of national policy styles: A study of their institutional foundations / Frans van Waarden.