Competitiveness and Cohesion in EU Policies

Edited by Ronald Hall, Alasdair Smith, and Loukas Tsoukalis

An important study of the advantages and pitfalls of the EU's move to greater harmonization

Competitiveness and Cohesion in EU Policies

Edited by Ronald Hall, Alasdair Smith, and Loukas Tsoukalis

Description

This volume examines the tension between competitiveness/liberalization and the reduction of regional inequalities within the European Union on the verge of territorial expansion. Areas covered include the Single Market, external trade policy, enterprise policies, research and technological development, the Common Agricultural Policy, transport policy, telecommunications policy, social and employment policy, and structural policies.

Competitiveness and Cohesion in EU Policies

Edited by Ronald Hall, Alasdair Smith, and Loukas Tsoukalis

1. Introduction, Michael F. Dunford, Ronald Hall, Alasdair Smith, Loukas Tsoukalis
2. The Single Market, Niall Bohan, Jean-Yves Muylle
3. External Trade Policy, Robert C. Hine, Pier-Carlo Padoan
4. Competition, Competitiveness and Enterprise Policies, Michael F. Dunford, Helen Louri, Manfred Rosenstock
5. Research and Technological Development, Margaret Sharp, Tiago Santos Pereira
6. Common Agricultural Policy, Secondo Tarditi, George Zanias
7. Transport Policy, Francis McGowan
8. Telecommunications Policy, Maurice Baslé, Peter Martin Holmes, Achilleas Kemos, Olivier Léon, David Young
9. Social and Employment Policy, Nikos Koutsiaras
10. Structural Policies, Andrea Mairate, Ronald Hall
11. Conclusions, Ronald Hall, Alasdair Smith, Loukas Tsoukalis

Competitiveness and Cohesion in EU Policies

Edited by Ronald Hall, Alasdair Smith, and Loukas Tsoukalis

Author Information

Contributors:

Maurice Baslé (University of Rennes I)
Niall Bohan (European Commission)
Michael Dunford (University of Sussex)
Ronald Hall (European Commission)
Robert C. Hine (University of Nottingham)
Peter Holmes (University of Sussex)
Achilleas Kemos (University of Rennes I)
Nikos Koutsiaras (University of Athens)
Olivier Léon (University of Rennes I)
Helen Louri (Athens University of Economics and Business)
Andrea Mairate (European Commission)
Francis McGowan (University of Sussex)
Jean-Yves Muylle (European Commission)
Pier Carlo Padoan (University of Rome)
Tiago Santos Pereira (University of Sussex)
Manfred Rosenstock (European Commission)
Margaret Sharp (University of Sussex)
Alasdair Smith (University of Sussex)
Secondo Tarditi (University of Siena)
Loukas Tsoukalis (London School of Economics and Political Science)
David Young (University of Sussex)
George P. Zanias (Athens University of Economics and Business)