Globalisation, European Integration and Institutional Changes
Zielenkiewicz, M.
Abstract:
In the process of globalization there not only exchange of goods and capital flow takes place, but also a permeation of certain ideas, values, and systemic solutions. Theoretically it should cause some institutional changes. Is that actually true? And what is the direction of this changes? The second issue is that countries are not involved in the process of globalization with the same intensity. In addition, the EU countries are not only involved in globalization, but also in more intensive integration, which theoretically should accelerate the institutional changes. The aim of the paper is to examine the impact of European integration on globalization and the relationship between globalization and chosen elements of institutional environment. The institutional environment is defined as both: a part of the public regulation sphere as well as less formal rules (the level of corruption, the approach to gender equality, political accountability, etc.). The first part of the research is a comparative analysis of the intensity of globalization in the countries which participate in the European integration process and in those that do not participate in integration. The second part examine the relationship between different areas of globalization and chosen elements of institutional environment. The study is based on statistics published by international organizations, and is conducted with usage of cluster analysis, distance matrices, panel analysis and other methods of statistical description.
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APA citation
- Zielenkiewicz, M. (2013). Globalisation, European Integration and Institutional Changes. International Journal of Social Sciences, II(2), 145–169.