POLS 262 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Execution Unit, Consumerism
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The eu, at least from a contemporary perspective, was a state driven project. Influenced by big european states, created by them because it was viewed to be in their interest, to enhance political and social integration in europe, and the eu"s apparatus itself was in fact a pseudo-westphalian state. Researched the role that business associations played in economic union in. Look at the network of business associations, researching over 500 different. His argument was that european business associations had developed an expertise/network that enhanced european integration: to open borders for the utilities of goods and services, etc. 60 years researching the activity of these business associations. It was not the idea of foreign ministers, presidents, and prime insisters to try to facilitate enhanced european co-operation. In an attempt to standardize accounting processes across europe, problems ensued. Germany was putting forward it"s standardized accounting processes at what they argued to be the best ones.