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• PART I: ECONOMY
• 1. Competitiveness
• Introduction
• The stages of economic integration
• Economic integration as a means to achieve competitiveness
• The impact of economic integration
• Conclusion
• 2. Cohesion
• Introduction
• National and regional disparitites in the EU
• European development policies
• The efficiency of European development policies after the reform of the Structural Funds
• Conclusion
• PART II: SOCIETY
• 3. Ageing
• Introduction
• Demographic change in the EU
• The factors behind ageing
• Policies aimed at tackling demographic change
• Conclusion
• 4. Migration and xenophobia
• Introduction
• Migration and its forms
• Mass migration in post-war Europe
• The renewal of migration in the 1990s
• The European response to migration
• Conclusion
• 5. Unemployment and social polarization
• Introduction
• Employment change in the post-industrial age
• The roots of persistently high unemployment
• The impact of labour market flexibility on unemployment
• Conclusion
• PART III: POLITY
• 6. Enlargement
• Introduction
• Change in central and eastern Europe
• The different transitions in central and eastern Europe
• Enlargement and European integration
• Conclusion
• 7. Regionalism and regionalization
• Introduction
• Regional devolution in Europe
• The transfer of power from the nation state to the regions
• The roots of the regionalization process
• Towards a 'Europe of the Regions'?
• Conclusion.
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At the beginning of the 21st century the European Union faces twin challenges: the institutional challenge, linked to the processes of greater integration and expansion, and the structural challenge, which will in the medium-run determine the place of the EU in the world. This textbook deals with this latter set of challenges, focusing on economic aspects, such as competitiveness and cohesion, as well as on other important issues such as ageing, migration, social polarization, and the emergence of regionalism and nationalism.
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• Introduction - Europe and the Mediterranean
• problems facing the Mediterranean region
• the early agreements, 1961-1972
• the global Mediterranean policy, 1972-1989
• the redirected Mediterranean policy, 1989-1994
• the Euro-Mediterranean partnership, 1994-1998
• the future of Euro-Mediterranean relations
• appendix 1 - the Barcelona declaration and work programme
• appendix 2 - country-by-country tables and graphs
• appendix 3 - final declaration of the Euro-Mediterranean parliamentary forum.
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A detailed study of the European Union's Mediterranean policy from the 1960s to the present, covering the Maghreb and Mashreq countries, Turkey, Malta, Israel, the occupied territories and Cyprus.
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Leading international economists assess the effects of the 2004 expansion of the European Union. In May 2004 the European Union will undergo the largest expansion in its history when ten countries -- Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia -- become members. The number of new members and their diversity make this "big bang" enlargement particularly challenging. Not only do these countries vary widely in language, culture, and geography, but also their per capita income is less than half that of existing members. EU officials believe that expanded integration will serve the EU's objectives of peace, stability, prosperity, and democracy; but the less abstract questions of costs and benefits of enlargement are more complex. Each of the chapters in this CESifo volume addresses a different aspect of EU expansion. The contributors, all leading international practitioners and scholars, consider such topics as the effect of euro zone expansion on European Central Bank monetary policy making; using the euro as an external anchor for a national currency; worker migration and income differentials; the Swiss experience with immigration policy in a direct democracy framework; detailed sector analysis using a computable general equilibrium model of the world economy; investment and job creation and destruction in incumbent member countries; and the asymmetric effects of enlargement on high- and low-income incumbent countries. Taken together, the chapters provide useful guidance in shaping the EU policies of the future.
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Introducing new theoretical developments to the study of the European Union's international capacity, this book moves beyond the traditionally narrow focus on the Common Foreign and Security Policy, and instead considers the foreign policies of the Member States and processes such as enlargement as part of a broadly EU foreign policy. The book offers readers a theoretical map from which they can orient themselves and assess the comparative utility of various approaches to their own studies.
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• Political economy: political economy-- public choice school - welfare effects, tariff and quota-- the collective good analysis - group action, full market liberalization, status quo, asymmetrical political pressure-- institutional economics - formal and informal institutions, lobbyism, corruption-- economic growth - modern economic growth theories, production factors, free-trade-- critics - societal norms, excess co-operation-- social capital - definition, why social capital?, measurement, building social capital
• EU disease. European Union: Rome Treaty-- cost-sharing-- EU institutions - voting rules, the EU Commission, the Council, the European Parliament, Court of Justice, staff and budget-- common agricultural policy-- lobbyism - interest groups, regulating lobbyism-- corruption - 1999 crisis, Paul Van Buitenen, corruption perceptions index-- SC measurement - world values survey, Western and Eastern Europe-- economic growth - EU protectionism, enlargements, EU, Eastern Europe and United States-- conclusion. Interest group theory and the case of environmental regulation: environmental regulation-- green paper and directive proposal-- why CO2 first?-- potential gains from CO2 trade in the EU-- industrial rent-seeking-- bureaucratic rent-seeking - cost maximization, free access resource, choice of policy instrument-- lobbyism and allocation rule measuring lobbyism, industrial interest groups, bureaucracy, explanations-- design - target group and price manipulation, allocation, mix with other instruments, control system-- conclusion and policy recommendation. International climate negotiations and wind energy: introduction-- Kyoto agreement - flexible mechanisms and ratification, burden-sharing and Kyoto target levels-- the Hague failure - United States withdrawal, supplementary principle, carbon sinks, control system, carbon leakage-- net gains for countries-- participation of the United States-- wind energy as backstop technology - switch point, empirical results-- wind turbine pioneers-- subsidies and the wind turbine market - subsidies, wind energy market, future market development-- conclusion.
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This text offers a generic explanation of the political economy of the EU, demonstrating how the present institutional set-up makes it vulnerable to lobbyism, corruption and the destruction of social capital. Svendsen contends that this "EU disease" may be avoided by strengthening the power of the EU Parliament at the expense of the EU Commission. The book also discusses issues surrounding policy design, international negotiations on climate change and renewable energy sources. Using an interdisciplinary framework, the author examines how the contemporary institutional set-up of the EU will determine future economic performance and will adversely affect policy outcomes. He looks at whether fundamental EU policies, such as CAP, are consistent with economic growth or whether these policies will instead distort markets, leading to economic decline. Focusing in detail on international climate negotiations and wind energy, the author explores the way in which the design of a policy proposal can be affected by the interactions between interested groups and the institutions and bureaucrats of the EU.
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• Introduction : the European Union, state autonomy and national social policy / David Hine
• Understanding regulatory growth in the European Community / Giandomenico Majone
• Defending the social contract : the EU between global constraints and domestic imperatives / Martin Rhodes
• The impact of the European Union on unemployment and unemployment policy / Richard Jackman
• Social dumping within the EU / David Goodhart
• Putting the cart before the horse? : labour market challenges ahead of monetary union in Europe / Jens Bastian
• Social partnership at the EU level : initiatives, problems and implications for member states / Michael Gold
• The European Union and women's rights : from the Europeanization of national agendas to the nationalization of a European agenda? / Sonia Mazey
• Training policy : steering between divergent national logics / Susan Milner
• EC action and initiatives in environmental protection / David Freestone and Aaron McLoughlin
• Conclusion : the European Union, member states and social policy / Hussein Kassim and David Hine.

Beyond the Market: The European Union and National Social Policy considers the extent to which the European Union has impacted on the formation and content of social and environmental policy in the member states, focusing on the four larger members: Germany France the UK Italy. The contributors use theory and empirical evidence to highlight the factors that influence the formation and content of social policy and why some states have been able to resist EU social policy initiatives successfully and maintain their autonomy. Jean Bastian LSE; David Freestone University of Hull; Michael Gold Royal Holloway and Bedford College, London; David Goohart Editor of Prospect Magazine; David.
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Beginning with the basic background and perspectives needed for non-European audiences, the authors of this text focus on the most striking aspects of European integration such as trade, agriculture, and monetary unification. Part I of the book ends with a capstone chapter that describes current weaknesses in a wide range of EU policy affairs. Part II covers insights on national and regional responses to the European Union policy recommendations, because the bulk of relevant expenditures are made by individual countries and not the EU itself. Students can appreciate difficulties, as well as the significant areas of agreement among EU countries. The book concludes with a discussion of the future of the European Union in an evolving world economy.
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Analysis of European Labour Markets.
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• Introduction - EU foreign policy - a theoretical framework, A. Cafruny and P. Peters. Part 1 A general overview and foreign policy: dynamic interaction, conflict and policy development in the European Commission, P. Peters
• judicial politics and the EC external relations - the role of the European Court of Justice, S. Tesoka
• stability and security in post-Cold War Europe - the role of the European Union, M. Leigh
• the cost of staying out of the European Union - third states and foreign multinationals lobbying the EU decision making processes, F. Bindi. Part 2 Foreign policy in the second and third pillar: the EU common foreign and security policy and the enlargement - consequences for the East and the Atlantic Alliance, T. Grunert
• transgressing borders - safe third countries and the emergent European refugee regime, S. Lavenex
• the European Union and the war in the former Yugoslavia - the failure of collective diplomacy, A. Cafruny
• Europeanization of the Mediterranean region - EU's relations with the Magreb countries, K. Lahteenmaki and C. Smith. Part 3 Economic and monetary integration and the world economy: the international aspects of EU's exchange rate policy - European integration and dollar dominance, A. Verdun
• the political economy of European monetary union - between economic logic and political imperatives, B. Winkler. Part 4 International trade and industrial policy: the institutional challenges and paradoxes of EU governance exernal trade - coping with the post hegemonic trading system and the global economy, J. Mortenson
• the EU car industry - structural changes and challenges for foreign and domestic producers, S. Labory
• the development of a European foreign policy - the energy charter treaty and the consequences for the international political economy of energy markets, A. Smith
• protectionism in a globalized food system - the impact of the CAP on the world market, M. Hennis
• EU telecommunications policy and the challenge of globalization, J. Enser. Part 5 Conclusions: a development towards a European foreign policy - a synthesis from the cases studies and the consequences for the next decade, A. Cafruny and P. Peters.
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The contributors to this volume describe and evaluate the nature and extent to which the European Union plays an independent role in international affairs. It has a dual focus upon economics and politics and provides comprehensive coverage of a broad range of Union policies in both the economic and political spheres.
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