España en Europa, 1945-2000

del ostracismo a la modernidad

Situarse a la altura de los primeros países de Europa, integrarse en sus organismos y contribuir a la construcción europea; éstos han sido los objetivos prioritarios de España a lo largo de los cambios formidables que ha experimentado desde los años del ostracismo en la ...

The political economy of european integration

theory and analysis

This book provides an accessible introduction to diverse political economy perspectives on different aspects of European integration. It presents a critical appraisal of how scholars in the EU and US use theory to understand European integration.

R&D, innovation and competitivness in the european chemical industry

R&D, Innovation and Competitiveness in the European Chemical Industry explores the science & technology base and the dynamic performance of the European "system of innovation" in the chemical industry, with particular attention to its contribution to economic growth through innovation and competitiveness, and its ability to translate its research into commercially useful products. It also analyses the forces that encourage the diffusion of chemical innovations on downstream user industries and among large and small firms. The studies presented in this book represent an analysis of the issues and questions raised by the Green Paper on Innovation presented by the European Commission, for the specific case of the European chemical industry. R&D, Innovation and Competitiveness in the European Chemical Industry will be of interest to industry and government experts related to the chemical industry, scholars; both faculty and graduate students interested in growth, corporate strategy and the management of innovation.

Managing European Union enlargement

In May 2004 the European Union will undergo the largest expansion in its history when ten countries--Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia--become members. The number of new members and their diversity make this "big bang" enlargement particularly challenging ...

El sueño europeo

cómo la visión europea del futuro está eclipsando el sueño americano

Los estadounidenses viven y mueren de acuerdo con la ética del trabajo y los dictados de la eficiencia. Los europeos valoran más el tiempo libre e incluso la ociosidad. América siempre se ha visto a sí misma como un gran crisol de culturas. Los europeos ...

European business & marketing

The second edition of European Business and Marketing has been fully revised to incorporate much modern thinking in Europe. It includes material on the Euro and the enlargement of the European Union and the development of global companies with a European base. European Business and ...

Current economic issues in EU integration

This book examines selected pertinent topics on issues relating to current and future EU developments. In its initial sections, the book focuses on an array of wide ranging micro (agriculture, industry and competition) and macro (EMU, regional convergence and enlargement) issues. A final section is ...

Le nouvel état de l'Europe

les idées-forces pour comprendre les nouveaux enjeux de l'Union

L#Europe est décidément à l#ordre du jour. Alors que l#Union vient de s#ouvrir à dix nouveaux pays, en majorité issus de l#ex-bloc soviétique, les élections pour le renouvellement du Parlement européen auront souligné l#insuffisance des débats portant sur l ...

The interaction of monetary policy and wage bargaining in the European Monetary Union

lessons from the endogenous money approach

Sebastian Dullien gives a novel explanation for unemployment and inflation in the Euro-Zone. He argues that unemployment stems from a lack of cooperation between unions and monetary authorities: In an economy with endogenous money as EMU, wage setters are responsible for price stability while the ...

Economic transition in Central and Eastern Europe

planting the seeds

Analysing the key problems facing the transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe, this accessible book describes the legacy of the central planners, the progress achieved so far and the need for further reforms. It documents the outstanding successes and failures, and analyses why certain ...

The European Union encyclopedia and directory 2005

This nine volume set of regularly revised titles provides in-depth analysis of all the regions of the world.

Employment policy and the regulation of part-time work in the European Union

a comparative analysis

This book originates from the research project #New discourses in labour law# held at the European University Institute. A detailed analysis of part-time work regulation is presented for seven European countries, in order to ascertain how internal domestic choices of the legislatures have merged into ...

Unidad económica y descentralización política

(libre circulación de mercancías y control judicial de EEUU y en la Unión Europea)

Esta obra analiza en profundidad la muchas veces contradictoria interpretación doctrinal y jurisprudencial de los preceptos constitucionales que en dos regímenes políticos compuestos, como son el de los Estados Unidos y el de la Unión Europea, garantizan la libre circulación de mercancías entre sus subdivisiones ...

Procedural politics

issues, influence, and institutional choice in the European Union

Under what conditions, in what ways, and with what effects do actors engage in politics with respect to, rather than merely within, political institutions? Using multiple methods and original data, Procedural Politics develops a theory of everyday politics with respect to rules - procedural politics - and ...

Economía mundial y globalización

La globalización de la economía mundial,entendida como la interconexión a escala mundial en tiempo real,gracias al avance tecnológico en el transporte y telecomunicaciones,ha impulsado las fuerzas competitivas y ha permitido la aparición de nuevos competidores que irrumpen con fuerza en los mercados ...

Social Europe

living standars and welfare states

Social Europe analyses the diverse dynamics of the lives of people across Europe. It is the first quantitative analysis of its kind to make a systematic comparison of life chances across the fifteen countries of the EU. This wide perspective enables the researchers to illustrate ...

Europe

an unfinished adventure

More than ever before, our conflict-ridden, drifting planet needs the qualities that Europe, unique among the continents, has developed in more than two millennia of history: its self-criticism, its urge to self-transcendence, exploration and experiment, its conviction that alternative and better forms of human togetherness ...

Claves para un nuevo mercado de trabajo

una aplicación a la Unión Europea

El mercado de trabajo constituye uno de los pilares básicos de la economía. En un mundo cada vez más globalizado como resultado de las nuevas tecnologías, se compite a escala planetaria, tanto para obtener ventajas competitivas de primer orden (I+D+i) como de segundo ...

European integration and industrial relations

multi-level governance in the making

This book comprehensively analyzes the impact of continuing European integration on industrial relations institutions and outcomes. It organizes an immensely rich body of theoretical and empirical material to sustain its core argument that the governance of industrial relations is increasingly multi-level. Cross-national influences are shown ...

An agenda for a growing Europe

the Sapir report

Over the past decade European economic integration has seen considerable institutional success, but the economic performance of the EU has been varied. While macroeconomic stability has improved and an emphasis on cohesion preserved, the EU economic system has not delivered satisfactory growth performance. This book ...