Synopses & Reviews
Europe is undergoing dramatic economic and political changes. This work discusses structural changes and main problems and developments in relationships between the European Community (EC) and Eastern Europe. Part I deals with the EC, mainly the West European democracies, and gives an historical framework for formation and expansion of this group. Part II deals individually with the East European and troubled Balkan countries. Part III deals with the European countries in the former USSR.
Synopsis
This work is a comparative study of the nation-states of Europe knitted together on an historical framework, resulting in an analysis of how the interplay between politics and economics sets the stage for events in the 1990s and the next century.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-197) and index.
About the Author
NICHOLAS V. GIANARIS is Professor of Economics at Fordham University.
Table of Contents
Tables and Figures
Preface
Introduction
The European Community
Formation and Expansion
Economic Organization
Fiscal, Monetary, and Trade Policies
East European Countries
Poland
Czech and Slovak Republics
Hungary
The Balkan Countries
Russia and Other Former Soviet Republics
Russia
Other Former Soviet Republics
Notes
Bibliography
Index