El poder presupuestario del Parlamento Europeo

«Quien controla el dinero se hace con el poder». Ésta ha sido la clave de la conducta del Parlamento Europeo desde que recibió en los años setenta el poder presupuestario de las Comunidades Europeas, al tiempo que éstas lograban la autonomía financiera respecto de los ...

Les fonds structurels européens en région

Dans le cadre de la prise en compte de la cohésion économique et sociale de l´Union Européenne des Quinze et au vu des perspectives du prochain élargissement, l`actualité souligne l´importance des interventions communautaires au travers de la mise en oeuvre des fonds ...

European regional growth

This book is the outcome of three major influences. First, the ongoing integration of the European regional economies and the need to understand what this means for European economic and social cohesion. Second, the development of geo-economic theories ranging from neoclassical growth theory and endogenous ...

Integration in an expanding European Union

reassessing the fundamentals

The European Union is on the brink of fundamental change. Just as the EU is about to enlarge radically, the Convention on the Future of Europe may transform it into a political entity governed by a constitution. This timely volume brings together a world-class group ...

European integration, 1950-2003

superstate or new market economy?

This title explains integration, the most significant European historical development in the past 50 years, eclipsing in importance even the collapse of the USSR. This movement toward economic and political union has not only helped revive, transform, and rejuvenate a battered civilization, it is opening ...

La nouva dimensione degli interessi Finanziari dell´Unione Europea

Quest#opera scaturisce in larga parte dalle esperienze dirette degli Autori che, maturate in numerosi anni di vita professionale dedicati alla tutela degli interessi finanziari dell#Unione Europea, sono state integrate e rafforzate da una costante ricerca nel settore. Da questo consolidato bagaglio di conoscenze ...

The economics of European agriculture

The Economics of European Agriculture explains the demand and supply characteristics of agricultural markets, as well as government intervention in agriculture, with an emphasis on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan also analyses the fifth enlargement and its implications for agriculture in Europe ...

Stability and growth in Europe

towards a better pact

Monitoring European Integration was established in 1990 as an annual series of reports on the progress of economic integration in Europe. The objective of the reports is to raise the level of public discussion on European policy issues. Monitoring European Integration combines intellectual rigor with ...

Money markets and politics

a study of european financial integration and monetary policy options

The dramatic evolution of financial markets in the 1980s and 1990s, accompanied by increasing institutional integration between nations (most notably in the EU), have fostered a widespread belief that governments - particularly those of small economies - have essentially lost the power to pursue sovereign, independent economic ...

Economic dynamics in transitional economies

the Four-P governments, the EU-enlargement, and the Bruxelles consensus

Examines the post-Communist, transitional economies of Central and Eastern Europe

The new welfare

unemployment and social security in Europe

This volume brings together a group of leading scholars to examine issues relating to unemployment and social security in Europe, focusing on how to promote employment and how to reform social security. The crucial issue of the financing of public pension systems is also addressed ...

Las dimensiones regional y local en el establecimiento de nuevas formas de gobernanza en Europa

The financial regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities and its implementing rules

Council regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 june 2002, Commision Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 december 2002

The Politics of Europeanization

This book traces the influence of the European Union on domestic politics and public policies. Whereas the standard books on domestic politics and European integration look at different countries one by one, this volume embraces an innovative perspective based on specific concepts, indicators, and a ...

The euroarea and the new EU member states

This collection analyses the monetary and exchange rate strategies of the EU accession countries during the EMU (pre-) accession phase and also policy questions that will appear upon Euroarea entry. Written by specialists in the field, it is a must-read for all economists with an ...

The european republic

reflections on the political economy of a future Constitution

This text contributes to the debate on Europe's future, taking a political economy approach to analysing some of the underlying issues. It argues that collective action problems require a courageous step forward in creating coherent governance structures for the Union and that it has ...

The economics of enlargement

In this volume, well-known scholars examine the challenges facing the EU at the start of the Eastern enlargement, whose first wave should be decided at the end of 2002 and implementation in 2004-2006. This enlargement is not to be underestimated as it involves in the ...

Aspectos financiero, administrativo y jurisdiccional de las ayudas de Estado en la Unión Europea

El tema de las «ayudas de estado» (en minúscula porque no comprende tan sólo las medidas adoptadas por el Estado, como entidad, sino también de otros Entes públicos, como las Comunidades Autónomas, Entes Locales, etc.) es un tema novedoso que surge con la integración de ...

The great deception

a secret history of the European Union

As the European Union moves next year towards adopting the constitution which will mark its final emergence as a 'United States of Europe', The Great Deception shows how the most ambitious political project of our time has for more than 50 years been based on ...

Political economy of transition and development

institutions, politics and policies

The economic and political transition in Central and Eastern Europe has now entered its second decade. Although the post-communist countries shared many similarities at the outset of the transition, their economic and political experiences have been strongly divergent. Some countries succeeded in stabilizing their economies ...