New Europe in transition / / edited by Peter Anderson, Georg Wiessala, and Christopher Williams

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822320603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2002
• ISBN: 1-4411-6989-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (338 p.)
• Disciplina: 341.242/2
• Soggetti: European Union countries Foreign relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-317) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Tables; Contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: The global context; 1 Globalization and democracy in Europe; Part II: The European Union in transition; Pre-note: the interwoven economics dimension; 2 Institutions and issues; 3 Legal features and challenges of the European Union; 4 The global reach of the European Union; 5 The problems and prospects of the European Union''s social dimension; 6 The problems and possible future development of a European identity in the European Union; Part III: Problems and prospects of selected EU member states; 7 The problems and future of Germany8 The problems and future of France; 9 Britain - still not a ''team player?''; 10 New wine in old bottles? The problems and future of the new Italian Republic; 11 The problems and future of Spain; 12 The problems and prospects of Portugal; 13 Denmark''s responses to global challenges; Part IV: The challenge of the new Europe; 14 NATO and the OSCE: key problems and prospects; 15 The United Nations in the former Yugoslavia; 16 The European Union and Central and Eastern Europe; 17 The new Russia: from Cold War strength to post-communist weakness and beyond; 18 The problems and prospects of the transition economiesConclusions; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: The essays address the key questions currently confronting Europe seeking to provide a broad-based introduction to the post-millennial politics of this complex continent. These questions are addressed on ; three levels: first, at the level of the major institutions which straddle large parts of Europe - NATO, and the OSCE, and the E.U.; second, from the perspective of a large sample of European countries, including parts of the former Soviet Union; and third, with regard to the economic, cultural, and social dimensions of European society, both East and West.