This book contains: 1. Europe Union 2020 strategy for a new growth 2. Social investments 3. Long-term investment 4. To build a base camp for European industries facing globalization.
The debates on regionalism have been polarized between European Union (EU) scholars and non-EU scholars, with the assumption being that regionalism within the EU and other regions of the world are quite distinct, with little to be learnt from dialogue with each other. This book challenges such assumptions and calls for a genuine debate between scholars of regionalism. This book demonstrates …
What purpose does the EU serve? Why and how was it set up? How does it work? What has it already achieved for its citizens, and what new challenges does it face today? As it expands to embrace 25 or 30 countries how must the European Union change? In an age of globalisation, can the EU compete successfully with other major economies? Can Europe continue to play a leading role on the word stage?…
The 1980s have been a decade of upheaval for the European Community and its member states. Internal and external factors have made rapid change imperative. The member states have seen themselves to be under threat from outside competition which has impelled them to seek closer cooperation over an ever-increasing range of issues. A deep-seated uneasiness persists, however, over both the EC's cap…
In Head to Head, one of America's most influential economists provides his dynamic assessment of the emerging economic landscape: the rules of this new three-way competition; the strengths and weaknesses of the players; the information we need to win. Head to Head is full of surprises; one attribute of the new competition is that radical new skills and radical new ways of thinking are vital to …