A new Europe in the changing global system / edited by Richard Falk and Tamas Szentes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Falk, Richard A.

Szentes, Tamás.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Europe.

Globalization.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Cold War's end has had varied impacts on European security and development prospects. This book gathers political, cultural, and economic assessments in focusing on the prospects and problems facing Eastern Europe in its integration with the global market economy. Distinguished scholars from a range of disciplines and geographical backgrounds reflect on the centrality of the recent European experience to the global community today.

Contents:

Introduction / Richard Falk

PART ONE: INTRODUCTORY

1: Opening Address: Who Are We Europeans? / / ́Arpád Göncz

2: Keynote Address: Europe and the World System in a Historical Perspective/ Domokos Kosary

PART TWO: THE WIDER CONTEXT

3: Europe in a World of Regions / Björn Hettne

4: A World in Chaos / Samir Amin

5: Structural Issues of Global Governance: Implications for Europe / Robert Cox

6: Failure in Europe: Regional Security after the Cold War / Richard Falk

PART THREE: THE LEGACY OF COMMUNIST RULE

7: Nationalism and Ethnicity in Europe / George Schopflin

8: The European Communities and Eastern and Central Europe / Tibor Palánkai

9: Transfer of Technology: Some Lessons from the International Economy / Charles Cooper

10: Science and Technology in Central and Eastern Europe / Vladislav Kotchetkov

11: Democratization of Eastern and Central Europe and the Relations between North and South / Lal Jayawardena

PART FOUR: TRANSITION TO A NEW EUROPE

12: Europe: Hope with Many Uncertainties / Carlos Blanco

13: The Agenda of European Politics in the 1990s / Mihály Simai

14: The New Dimensions of European Economies: Integration and Disintegration in the Post-1992, Post-communist Era / Albert Bressand

15: The Future of EC Institutions: Reform Process in the 1980s / Gianni Bonvicini.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-585-25851-1

OCLC:

923703740