The Automotive Industry and European Integration

This book chronicles the divergent growth trends in car production in Belgium and Spain. It delves into how European integration, high wages, and the demise of GM and Ford led to plant closings in Belgium. Next, it investigates how lower wages and the expansion strategies of Western European automakers stimulated expansion in the Spanish auto industry. Finally, it offers three alternate scenarios regarding how further EU expansion and Brexit may potentially reshape the geographic footprint of European car production over the next ten years. In sum, this book utilizes history to help expand the knowledge of scholars and policymakers regarding how European integration and Brexit may impact future auto industry investment for all EU nations.

Autorentext
A.J. Jacobs is in the Department of Sociology at East Carolina University, USA. He is author of Automotive FDI in Emerging Europe and The 'New Domestic' Automakers in the U.S. and Canada.

Inhalt
Table of Contents Part I: Overview and Background1.     The Beginnings of the European Union and Overview of the Book2.     Car Production and the Four Phases of European Integration, 1958-2017 Part II: Foreign Carmaker Assembly Plants in Belgium3.     Introduction to Part II: The Early Belgian Car Industry4.     Ford Motor in Belgium5.     General Motors in Belgium6.     A History of Renault Haren-Vilvoorde7.     The Multiple Roads to VW's Audi Brussels in Forest8.     Volvo and Other Foreign Carmakers in Belgium9.     Conclusion to Part II- The Future of the Belgian Car Industry Part III: Foreign Carmaker Assembly Plants in Spain10.   Introduction to Part III: The Early Spanish Car Industry11.   Ford Motor in Spain12.   General Motors in Spain13.   Renault Valladolid and Palencia 14.   A History of VW's Spanish Car Plants, Part I: 1940-198915.   A History of VW's Spanish Car Plants, Part II: 1989-201816.   PSA Peugeot-Citroen's Car Plants in Spain Part I: 1951-198917.   PSA Peugeot-Citroen's Car Plants in Spain Part II: 1989-201818.   Conclusion to Part III- The Future of the Spanish Car Industry Part IV: Future of Car Industry in an Expanding or Brexit EU19. EU Expansion, Brexit, and Near-term Prospects for European Car Plants

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