Federal Solutions to European Issues

Paperback. Sticker to inside cover from Royal Institute of Public Administration Library. Slightly sunned spine. Slight crease to corner cover. This collection of papers by a group of eminent contributors, not all of whom are convcinced 'federalists', looks more closely and realistically at the social, political, institutional, economic and industrial issues that beset our complext industrial societies. Their ideas and proposals not only de-mystify the concept of federalism, but show that federalism, meaning the division of powers, responsibilites, and functions among different levels of government, is already with us. Since federalism provides a basis for the more rational use of our resources, it is not so much a negative attack on the nation state as we know it, but rather an attempt to consider how the nation state may be adapted to increase it chances of fulfilling political and economic expectations. The aim of the book is thus to integrate areas of thought too often kep separate. The contributions cover major issues affecting Western Europe as a whole, its nation states, and its regions. Their approach is often radical, but the solutions they propose are soundly based on practical politics. 225 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…