What Kind of Europe [Paperback]

As the European Union moves towards enlargement,What Kind of Europe?pinpoints the crucial issues which will shape its future as a regional, economic, and political entity. Loukas Tsoukalis is one of the world's leading scholars on European integration; in this book he writes for any reader interested in the key democratic choices facing Europe's citizens.


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Preface
1. What Kind of Europe
Part 1: Taking Stock
2. The Gap Between Politics and Economics - Or Perception and Realit
3. Winners and Losers
4. ... and the Rest of the World - Americans and Others
Part 2: The Main Challenges Ahead
5. Economic Governance and Models of Capitalism
6. EMU: A Unifying Factor
7. ExtendingPax Europa
Part 3: Conclusions
8. What is at Stake?
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Extremely well-written, this book touches lightly and deftly on many of the internal and external pressure building as the EU proceeds along its path to an unknown destination. Thus, it is a book to be recommended to the general reader who does not wish to become enmeshed in the exquisite minutiae of EU history and policy. An excellent overview of the main economic policies of the EU--not in great detail, but sketching their origins and major evolutions. They contain a highly readable account of the EU's historical development that will be very informative for general readers. The exposition is complemented by a wealth of statistical data, intelligently presented, which lays out the broad economic trends of the past fifty years. --Political Science Quarterly

This is not just one more book on the theory of European integration, nor a specialized study of the intricacies of E.U. governance and policymaking. It is, quite simply, the most readable, comprehensive and balanced account yet of an extraordinary experiment in interstate cooperation. --ForeignlC0