TY - BOOK AU - Neal,Larry AU - Barbezat,Daniel TI - The economics of the European Union and the economies of Europe SN - 0195110684 AV - HC241. N4 1998 U1 - 330.940559 PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - European Union KW - European Union countries KW - Economic conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface --; Abbreviations and Acronyms --; Chronology of the European Union --; Map 1. The Per Capita Income Levels in Europe, 1992 --; Map 2. Europe: The EU Members, Non-members, Next Members, and the Rest --; Pt. I; The Economics of the European Union --; 1; The European Union Today: What Lies Behind It? What Lies Ahead? --; 2; European Economic Integration, 1945-1958: All Plans Lead Toward Rome --; 3; The Customs Union: A Step Forward or a Step Backward? --; 4; Creating a Single European Market: Goods, Services, Labor, Capital --; 5; The Budget of the European Union: Accounting for Unity --; 6; The Common Agricultural Policy: Economic Efficiency vs. Self-suffiency --; 7; The European Monetary System: Deutsche Mark uber Alles --; 8; External Trade Policies: The EU and the Rest of the World --; Pt. II; The Economies of Europe --; 9; Germany: From Division to Reunification --; 10; France: The Germans, the Colonies, the Provinces --; 11; Italy: The Mezzogiorno, the Northern League, Scala Mobile, and la Dolce Vita --; 12; Great Britain: Decolonization, Declining Regions, and the Thatcher Legacy --; 13; Benelux and Denmark: Economic Unions, Decolonization, and the Perils of Openness --; 14; Ireland, Greece, Portugal, and Spain: The First Outsiders Rejoin Europe --; 15; Austria, Finland, and Sweden: Part of the Outer Circle Joins In --; 16; Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, and Turkey: The Opt Outs and the Locked Out --; 17; The Next Expansion: From the Mediterranean to the Black Sea to the Baltic --; Index ER -