Introduction -- Regional economic development in Europe, 1900-2010 : a description of the patterns -- Country chapte -- Austria -- Belgium -- Denmark -- Finland -- France -- Germany -- Italy -- Netherlands -- Norway -- Portugal -- Spain -- Swden -- Switzerland -- United Kingdom and Ireland --...

The public sector in our society has over the past two decades undergone substantial changes, as has the academic field studying Public Administration (PA). In the next twenty years major shifts are further expected to occur in the way futures are anticipated and different cultures are...

This book critically analyses the crisis of the euro currency from 2008 to the present. It argues that an understanding of this crisis requires an understanding of financial and economic crises in individual countries participating in the euro. It goes on to describe and explain the crises in...

Why did European policy-makers introduce the Banking Union? Which are its main features? How does it affect banks and their customers? This book tries to answer these questions, by providing a clear description of the building blocks of the Banking Union, and by showing that several issues...

“The UK-EU economic relationship has never been more important but also more uncertain. For anyone seeking perspective, this book is the essential guide.” Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee, Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley “Brexit is an...

1. Introduction -- Part I: Shortcomings of Current Theories of EI -- 2. Federalism, Sovereignty and Modernity -- 3. The Obsolescence of Neo-Functionalism -- 4. Liberalism: Do Economics Drive EI? -- 5: How to Solve the Problems of EI-Theory? -- Part II: European Republicanism -- 6. Approaches to...