For every pithy conceptualization of complex events, there are additional lenses through which to examine them. This book brings different perspectives to bear on the complexity, diversity, and uncertainty of events in the Arab world. It explains and interprets the societal transformations occurring in the Arab Muslim world.
Comparing the European Union's strict regulation of state aid to business with the virtually unregulated investment competition in the United States and Canada, this title documents Europe's relative success in controlling - and decreasing - subsidies to business, even while they rise in the United States.
The European Union is the most successful supranational organization in history. It has reconciled former enemies, established a single market and a common currency, and reintegrated Central and Eastern Europe into the West.
Deals with the development of social policy in the EU. The authors examine the substance of particular policies, such as industrial relations, immigration, agriculture, and gender equality. They emphasize the distinctive nature and dynamics of integrating policy in a "multi-tiered" system - one in which individual member states share policymaking ......
Throughout the postwar era a special relationship between France and Germany has often been the catalyst for European integration. The two countries have achieved jointly the leadership that neither could sustain alone.
In a relatively short time, the EU has become one of the important actors on the world stage. This book explores the goals and effectiveness of the EU's external actions after adoption of the Lisbon Treaty. It brings together scholars and policymakers who provide a view of the EU's foreign policy merits and challenges.
In a relatively short time, the European Union has become one of the world's most powerful and important bodies. Its critical role in international affairs extends to several different areas: economics; culture; the environment; and, of course, international security and foreign affairs.
Federiga Bindi provides, for the first time, an in-depth analysis of Italy's role within the European Union (EU) in this inaugural volume of a book series published jointly by the Brookings Institution Press and the Scuola Superiore della Pubblica Amministrazione (Italian National School of Public Administration, or SSPA).
