Free Trade versus Democracy and Social Standards in the European Union: Trade-Offs or Trilemma?

This article aims at conceptualising, in analytical as well as normative-theoretical terms, the tensions between free trade, democratic and social standards, and national sovereignty that are named in Dani Rodrik´s “globalisation trilemma” for the case of the European Union (EU). It is argued that t...

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Main Author: Claudia Wiesner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cogitatio 2019-11-01
Series:Politics and Governance
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Online Access:https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/2272