The European Challenge: Geography and development in the European Community - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198741774 ISBN 13: 9780198741770

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1994

Synopsis

This timely volume examines how the advent of the European Community as a geopolitical entity has affected the geography and development of its member states, showing how the Community has influenced wide-ranging social and economic changes. The 1986 Single European Act has fundamentally changed the way in which resources are viewed, utilized, and managed in Europe. The globalization of economic processes is increasingly being matched by a Europeanization of political decision-making. All this has to be set against a growing concern about the need to manage available resources effectively, both for production and consumption. These concerns are expertly addressed in this book, which also offers an excellent introduction to the political evolution of the EC and the infrastructure for regional development. The book concludes with provocative and illuminating speculations about the future of the Community and Europe as a whole. The result of a collaboration in an EC ERASMUS teaching exchange program, the book features contributors whose national perspectives collectively provide a uniquely varied view of the late 20th-century geography of the EC countries.

About this title

About the Author

Mark Blacksell, Reader in Human Geography, University of Exeter. Allan M. Williams, Department of Geography, University of Exeter.

Review

`A timely publication which presents new material in a stimulating format.'
B. Plummer, London Guildhall University

`The book is truly European - the regional dimension is particularly good.'
Irene Hardill, Nottingham Trent University

`Very good and up-to-date basis and overview - very useful overall text for a varied group of students.'
R. Bennett, London School of Economics

`It is up-to-date and well produced.'
B. Ilbery, University of Coventry

`Very useful overview.'
Dr Andy C. Pratt, London School of Economics

`I like the non-English summaries etc. A useful insight into how various European countries/cultures approach the "same" discipline.'
R. Hudson, Durham University

`A very useful, up-to-date text which will be invaluable to European Studies students who opt for Geography Modules.'
D. Lockhart, University of Keele

`a wide-ranging book'
Geography

`The book contains much useful description of EU policy issues and the wider environment in which they operate ... One final pat on the back for the authors and publishers: the guides to further reading at the end of each chapter are useful ... and the inclusion of summaries of the book in
five other European languages might set a very useful precedent.'
Regional Studies

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0198741774
• ISBN 13: 9780198741770
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 444
• Editor: Blacksell Mark, Williams Allan M.