01007pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001900040245008000059260000900139300001400148362000800162520062000170650001900790650001800809773003400827180718b2010   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aParsons, Craig  aRevisiting the single European act (and the common wisdom on globalization)  c2010  ap.706-34.  aJun  aThe European program of liberaliztion launched by the Single European Act (SEA) of 1987 is commonly seen as a powerful instance of "globalization" trends of economic integration, liberalization, and international institution building. This article revisits the origins of the SEA to argue that the extent and success of its liberalizing program depended on a causally distinct push for European institutional reform. A retracing of concrete political patterns behind the SEA greatly streng;thens broader statistical and theoretical challenges to the notion of strong universal trends of globalization. - Reproduced.  aEuropean Union  aGlobalization  aComparative Political Studies