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To authenticate to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5965.2010.02114.x Byline: NICOLE LINDSTROM (1) Abstract: Abstract Concerns that eastward enlargement will spur a race to the bottom in wages and social protection figured prominently in two cases before the ECJ: Laval and Viking. Each case considered whether industrial action to uphold collective bargaining agreements violate single market laws. Government observations divided between old and new Member States, with the former supporting the unions' position and the latter the employers'. With the ECJ ultimately ruling with the employers and against the expressed preferences of most old Member States and unions, the rulings furthered the cause of liberalization in the enlarged EU, but also mobilized political opposition. Author Affiliation: (1)University of York Article note: Nicole Lindstrom, Department of Politics, University of York, Derwent College, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, email nl518@york.ac.uk

Max Koch Roads to Post-Fordism: Labour Markets and Social Structures in Europe Ashgate, 2006, 190 + viiii pp. ISBN: 0-7546-4308-5 (hbk) 50 £ First published as the author's Habilitation (second [...]

The role of Balkanist discourse in Tudman's Croatia that provides a useful theoretical framework through which to explore the deployment of Balkanist stereotypes against Croatia by Western leaders is discussed. The Balkanist interpretations and representations played an important role in the construction of Croatian national identity and the mobilization of Croatians around a variety of political agendas.

Research reveals that the infectious Erp family of lipoproteins from Borrelia burgdorferi are exposed to the outer environment, which facilitate interactions between the bacteria and the host tissues. Protease resistance of some Erp proteins suggests that protease cleavage sites are hidden in such proteins.

The article advances a new explanation of the role of administrative capacity in compliance with European Union (EU) rules. I argue that strong administrative capacity fosters not only compliance but creative compliance where capable civil servants aid determined governments in following formal EU rules while challenging their substance. I develop this argument by comparing two new member states that increased levels of state aid post-crisis but on different types: 'neoliberal' Estonia reporting proportionally more on 'bad' vertical aid than purportedly 'illiberal' Hungary. Drawing on original empirical data, I explain that Hungary has engaged in more creative compliance due to more cohesive ideological commitment to state intervention (a will) and stronger administrative capacity to achieve objectives while minimizing EU scrutiny and sanction (a way). Creative compliance with single market rules presents another challenge to the EU's ability to enforce uniform rules to ensure a 'level playing field' within the single market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper examines UK government positions on the regulation of transnational labour in the context of Brexit. Through an analysis of EU regulations on posted workers - the practice whereby a company based in one EU member state sends workers to carry out a service in another EU member state - the paper argues that the UK has consistently advocated further liberalisation of transnational labour markets in EU level decision-making, a position consistent with promoting increasingly 'flexible' labour markets at home. Brexit marks a turning point. Demands from British workers for stronger protection against liberalising pressure help explain the UK's recent shift towards relaxing its opposition to 'market-correcting' EU initiatives like the revised posted worker directive. Brexit provides a window of opportunity for the revitalisation of 'Social Europe' in the EU-27, without a longstanding veto player at the bargaining table, but one more likely focused more on upholding national labour protections than initiating new supranational policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]