Scholars of political science and economics present 14 essays addressing the concerns and fears regarding the rapid changes as Europe moves toward integration. Among them are the different effects of European Union policy on member states and their citizens, difficulties with improving social welfare in the context of a free-market economy, the effects of a single currency and a monetary union, the desire for and opposition to a more federal and more democratic Europe, the impact of an aging population, issues of health care and crime, and the outcome of the communications revolution. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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