European Economic and Political Issues

Abstract:

This series is intended to present an ongoing forum for substantiate discussion of current political and economic developments in Western Europe, with papers being selected for their quality, relevance and timeliness. The volume is aimed at students, researchers and professionals.

The papers in this volume are:

• The politics of the European Trade Union Confederation: the first twenty-five years (Dr. Keith Abbott, Deakin University)
• Regions, institutions and agrarian change in early modern Sweden (Rosemary Hopcroft, University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
• Marketing sustainable farming products: the case of foods with designation of origin in Europe (Georges Giraud, ENITA of Clermont-Ferrand)
• The International Graduate School Zittau: educating across the borders (Rebecca N. Smith, Rosemarie Konschak and Bernd Markert, International Graduate School Zitau)
• Euro-Atlantic Security Institutions: NATO, the WEU, the EU and the OSCE (Marie F. Boyer)
• NATO and the European Union: economic capacity of new member countries and opportunity costs (John P. Hardt and Milana I. Gorshkova)
• Sovereignty and authority in the making of one Europe: from cultural diversity to market identity (M. B. Ramose)
• European Monetary Union and the Euro: how will the United States be affected? (Arlene Wilson)