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The European Union
Economy, Society, and Polity

Andres Rodriguez-Pose

Price: £24.99 (paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-874286-9
Publication date: 31 January 2002
224 pages, 18 line illus., 234x156 mm

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  • ''...an extraordinarily useful overview of the economic geography/macro-sociology of the EU, not least for its strongly pedagogic intentions (that include on-line maps, data, and overheads that can be used in the classroom to support the text).' Environment and Planning 2003' -

Description
  • A single-authored introduction which gives greater cohesion to the subject than comparable multi-contributor volumes
  • Comparative presentation of economic, political, and social trends in the EU over the last 20 years
  • Analytical and issue-based approach to the geography of the EU
  • Written for the introductory student - a concise, accessible text
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.


Readership: Introductory undergraduate textbook aimed at students of European Geography; also suitable for students of economics and politics

Contents
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

Authors, editors, and contributors


Andres Rodriguez-Pose, Senior Lecturer in Economic Geography, London School of Economics and Political Science


Links to web resources and related information
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More in the same subject area:
Economic geography
Political geography

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