The European Union
Subtitle: economics and policies
By: Ali M. El-Agraa, with invited edited contributions
Edition: 9th ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 489
ISBN-13: 9781107007963; 9781107400115
Subjects: Economic policy; European Economic Community; European Union
Description: Provides a comprehensive introd. to the economics and policies of the EU.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-470) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: General introduction : the EU within the context of regional integration worldwide / Ali El-Agraa; title: Pt. I: EU history, institutions, and legal dimension. A history of European integration and the evolution of the EU / Ali El-Agraa; title: EU institutions / Ali El-Agraa; title: The legal dimension in EU integration / Imelda Maher; title: The EU economy : bare essentials / Ali El-Agraa; title: Pt. II: EU market integration : theory and practice. The theory of economic integration / Ali El-Agraa; title: The economics of the single market / Brian Ardy and Ali El-Agraa; title: Factor mobility / David Mayes; title: Measuring the economic impact of European integration / Ali El-Agraa; title: Pt. III: EU monetary integration. The theory of monetary integration / Ali El-Agraa; title: The development of EU economic and monetary integration / David Mayes and Ali El-Agraa; title: The operation of EMU / David Mayes; title: Pt. IV: The single European market : policy integration. Competition policy / Wolf Sauter; title: Industrial and competitiveness policy : the Lisbon Strategy / Brian Ardy; title: Tax harmonization / Brian Ardy and Ali El-Agraa; title: Transport policy / Kenneth Button; title: Energy policy and energy markets / Stephen Martin and Ali El-Agraa; title: Environmental policy / Ian Barnes; title: Pt. V: EU budget and structural policies. The general budget / Brian Ardy and Ali El-Agraa; title: The Common Agricultural Policy / Ulrich Koester and Ali El-Agraa; title: Common Fisheries Policy / Ali El-Agraa; title: Regional policy / Harvey Armstrong; title: Social policies : the employment dimension / Brian Ardy and Ali El-Agraa; title: Pt. VI: EU external relations. External trade policy / Miriam Manchin and Ali El-Agraa; title: The EU and the developing world / Ali El-Agraa; title: Pt. VII: The future of the EU. The future of the EU / Ali El-Agraa.