Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements and the Political Economy of an Uneven and Combined Europe

Gregory Schwartz

Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements and the Political Economy of an Uneven and Combined Europe

School of Management

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Abstract

This paper charts changes in work and employment in the Ľviv Region as part of DCFTA. Based on an extended case study involving workers, employment agencies and employers, it considers how changes in labour market participation, economic activity, labour contracts and occupational structure affect the expanded European political economy and its relative global position. The paper argues that, while DCFTA appears to benefit Ukraine and the EU, institutional configurations that consolidate informality, flexibilisation, low wages and minimal social guarantees can also lock-in the structural asymmetry of CEE economies in the EU, thus threatening the fragile stability reached within the EU.

Original language	English
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 2016
Event	Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Summer Convention: "Images of the Other" - Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, Ukraine Duration: 26 Jun 2016 → 28 Jun 2016 http://aseees.org/summer-convention

Conference

Conference	Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Summer Convention
Country	Ukraine
City	Lviv
Period	26/06/16 → 28/06/16
Internet address	http://aseees.org/summer-convention

Structured keywords

MGMT theme Work Futures
MGMT Work Organisation and Public Policy
MGMT International Business Management and Strategy

Keywords

EU Economic Policy
labour geography
global production networks
FDI
economic transition
management strategies

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