The Economics of the European Union and the Economies of Europe

by Neal, Larry; Barbezat, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780195110678
• ISBN10: 0195110676
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-01-08
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Preface


Abbreviations


Chronology of the European Union


Map 1. The Per Capita Income Levels in Europe


Map w. Europe: The EU Members, Non-Members, Next Members, and the Rest


PART I. The Economi

Table of Contents

Preface	vii	(4)
Abbreviations and Acronyms	xi	(2)
Chronology of the European Union	xiii	(5)
Map 1. The Per Capita Income Levels in Europe, 1992	xviii	(1)
Map 2. Europe: The EU Members, Non-members, Next Members, and the Rest	xix
PART I The Economics of the European Union	3	(188)
1. The European Union Today: What Lies Behind It? What Lies Ahead?	3	(22)
2. European Economic Integration, 1945-1958: All Plans Lead Toward Rome	25	(23)
3. The Customs Union: A Step Forward or a Step Backward?	48	(22)
4. Creating a Single European Market: Goods, Services, Labor, Capital	70	(18)
5. The Budget of the European Union: Accounting for Unity	88	(22)
6. The Common Agricultural Policy: Economic Efficiency vs. Self-suffiency	110	(31)
7. The European Monetary System: Deutsche Mark uber Alles	141	(30)
8. External Trade Policies: The EU and the Rest of the World	171	(20)
PART II The Economies of Europe	191	(197)
9. Germany: From Division to Reunification	191	(20)
10. France: The Germans, the Colonies, the Provinces	211	(19)
11. Italy: The Mezzogiorno, the Northern League, Scala Mobile, and la Dolce Vita	230	(18)
12. Great Britain: Decolonization, Declining Regions, and the Thatcher Legacy	248	(26)
13. Benelux and Denmark: Economic Unions, Decolonization, and the Perils of Openness	274	(22)
14. Ireland, Greece, Portugal, and Spain: The First Outsiders Rejoin Europe	296	(24)
15. Austria, Finland, and Sweden: Part of the Outer Circle Joins In	320	(19)
16. Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, and Turkey: The Opt Outs and the Locked Out	339	(25)
17. The Next Expansion: From the Mediterranean to the Black Sea to the Baltic	364	(24)
Index	388