Dr. Angela Wigger

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Dr. Angela Wigger

Assistant Professor International Relations

 

Contact Information

Department of Political Science
Radboud University Nijmegen
Thomas van Aquinostraat 5.1.34
PO.Box 9108
6500 HK Nijmegen
Tel.:                 31(0) 24 3611978        
Fax:  31(0) 24 3612379
e-mail: a.wigger@fm.ru.nl



CV

Angela Wigger  studied Political Science at the Universität Bern, Switzerland and at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where she obtained her Master’s degree in March 2003 (cum laude). From April 2003 until March 2007 she wrote her PhD dissertation with the title ‘Competition for Competitiveness: The Politics of the Transformation of the EU Competition Regime’ at the Department of Political Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Since September 2007, she joined the Department of Political Science at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, where she teaches International Relations, International Political Economy and European Governance.

 

 

 

Research Interests

European and Global Competition Policy
International Political Economy (IPE)
International Relations (IR)
European Union Politics
Corporate Governance Regulation        

Financial Market Regulation  

 
                                               

Teaching

International Political Economy (IPE)

International Relations (IR)

International and Transnational Governance

Politics and Governance in the European Union


 

Publications 

 

Wigger, A. (2008): Competition for Competitiveness: The Politics of the Transformation of The EU Competition Regime. Dissertation at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. 

 

Wigger, A. (2008): Exporting Europe’s Core Business? The External Dimension of EU Competition Policy. In: J. Orbie, (ed.) Europe's Global Role: External Policies of the European Union. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing.

 

Wigger, A. and A. Nölke (2007) ‘The Privatisation of EU Business Regulation and the Erosion of Rhenish Capitalism: The Case of Antitrust Enforcement'. Journal of Common Market Studies. Vol. 45(1). 487-513.

 

Wigger, A. (2007): Towards A Market-Based Approach: The Privatization and Micro-Economization of EU Antitrust Law Enforcement. Chapter 6. In: B. van Apeldoorn, A. Nölke and H. Overbeek ‘The Transnational Politics of Corporate Governance Regulation’, Routledge. The same chapter has also been published at the Working Papers Political Science: Studies in the Transnational Political Economy of Corporate Governance 5, No. 2006/05, vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. 

 

Wigger, A. (2005): La crociata sulla convergenza: le politiche sulle leggi e pratiche della concorrenza globale. Il lavoro pubblico, No. 79, 15 June. 

 

Wigger, A. (2004): 'Revisiting the European Competition Reform: The Toll of Private Self-Enforcement’ Working Papers Political Science No. 2004/07, Studies in the Transnational Political Economy of Corporate Governance 5, ISSN 1569-3546 Amsterdam. 

 

Wigger, A. (2004): Review on the book by Indra de Soysa (2003) ‘Foreign Direct Investment, Democracy and Development: Assessing the Contours, Correlates, and Concomitants of Globalization’ (London: Routledge) in:  Political Studies Review, Vol. 2, Nr. 3, September 2004.

 

 

           

            Work in Progress

 

Articles

 

‘Revisiting 50 Years of Market-Making: The Neoliberal Transformation of EC Competition Policy’, co-authored with Hubert Buch-Hansen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. 

 

Contribution to Edited Volumes

 

‘Liberating Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions’ Chapter in the planned edited volume by H.Overbeek ‘Liberating European Capital. Politics and Contradictions of the Neo-Liberal Project for Europe’ (preliminary titles). 

 

Book Project

‘The Politics of 50 Years of European Competition Policy: From the Era of Embedded Liberalism to the Era of Neoliberalism’ (working title), co-authored with Hubert Buch-Hansen, Copenhagen Business School in Denmark (e-mail address: hbh.ikl@cbs.dk)