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First published in 1986, The Politics of the Communications Revolution in Western Europe deals with the political implications of the communications revolution, specifically with impacts on political debate and agenda, the policy process, the role of the state, and European integration.

First published in 1988, Local Authorities and New Technologies seeks to address some of the key issues facing local government in the related areas of economic rejuvenation, new technology and European Community support.

First published in 1990, The Political Economy of Communications explores the central theme of the relationship between politics and markets in policy development.

First published in 1989, Combating Long-Term Unemployment seeks to inform debate by analysing policy responses to the problem of long-term unemployment and by focusing on the role of local initiatives in a European context.

One of the boldest economic, monetary, and political projects in modern history, the Euro-Zone represents the single most important step in European Integration since 1957. In this first major study, Kenneth Dyson examines the major political questions raised by the birth of the Euro-Zone on January 1, 1999 and argues for a more politically informed analysis and assessment of its nature, operation, and prospects.

This book offers the first in-depth and systematic analysis of the challenges of the Euro Area and the eastward enlargement of the European Union. Combing country and sectoral case studies with a thematic treatment, it focuses in particular on how the prolonged process of accession to the Euro Area is affecting domestic economic policies in the accession states of east central Europe.

European Economic Governance and Policies brings together for the first time -- and offers analytical commentary on -- the classic documents relevant to the process of constructing and developing European economic governance based on Economic and Monetary Union.

The book examines the historical significance and contemporary relevance of a body of thought about rejuvenating liberalism that has tended to be neglected in the English-speaking world in favour of the rise of social liberalism.

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The negotiations for economic and monetary union in the European Union represented a massive change for Europe and for the world. This book identifies why the historical agreement at Maastricht in December 1991 was possible and how the agreement was made. It examines the motives that inspired EC political leaders, the strategies that they pursued, and the institutions of the EC which were used to achieve monetary union.

The age of the euro has cast central banks in a newly prominent role in European integration and in macro-economic policy making in Europe. This text examines the effects of the euro as the new European single currency on the central banks of the member states of the European Union.

With the introduction of euro notes and coins in 2002 and the prospect of a UK referendum on the single currency, questions about how Economic and Monetary Union is affecting European states will come ever closer to the centre of political debate right across Europe. This ground-breaking book brings together leading experts in the field to examine the nature of the effects of the euro on EU member states.

These essays examine the Europeanization of the political system of the Federal Republic of Germany across the polity, politics and public policy dimensions. The book's 17 chapters focus on three key themes: the challenge to the power of Germany to determine the course of the integrationist project and to shape European public policies, the increasing constraints in the domestic political arena associated with Europeanization, and domestic con...

The Euro Area is ten years old. This major new reappraisal by some of the world's leading scholars examines the effects of the new European single currency on the member states of the European Union in its first decade.

European Economic Governance and Policies brings together for the first time -- and offers analytical commentary on -- the classic documents relevant to the process of constructing and developing European economic governance based on Economic and Monetary Union.

This volume critically examines the contributions and the legacies of the key figures who played a role in helping to design European monetary union.

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Small firms are at the forefront of the European economy. To develop exports and fight off imports Europe's entrepreneurs have to think European'. This volume guides you through the EC's special policies for small firms.

States, Debt, and Power deals with one of the most pressing political and policy issues of the 21st century: the so-called 'crisis of debt' with its effects on perceptions of state power and of the relevance and value of democratic politics and of European integration.

Why have continental European societies developed the idea of the abstract impersonal state as the fundamental institution of political rule? Why, on the other hand, has this idea played a relatively insignificant part in the history of English-speaking countries? It is to such questions that this major study is addressed. With clarity and conciseness, Kenneth Dyson examines the fascinating tapestry of thought about public authority that the s...