The new edition of this successful text analyses the current economic issues facing a rapidly changing Europe. The authors combine policy, history and data to present a global perspective of the EU, written with a range of students taking an introductory module in European Economics in mind. With new material on the economic relationship between the EU and the US, Enlargement and the Lisbon process the authors consider the changing landscape and Europe's development as a major global player. The authors use history, theory and analysis including comparative data to evaluate Economic policies ranging from the Common Agricultural Policy and Competition Policy to Social Policy and Monetary Policy and to assess issues such as unemployment and foreign aid. The contributors are drawn from a range of Universities such as Vienna, Manchester, Brussels, LSE and Purdue, as well as institutions such as the IMF and the European Central Bank.

About the Author
Mike Artis is a professorial fellow of Economics, a co-Director of IPEG and Director of its Regional Economics Centre. He has recently held a Professorship at the European University Institute, Florence (1995-2003) and a George Fellowship at the Bank of England (January-July, 2005). Frederick Nixson is Professor of Development Economics in the School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester. Before coming to Manchester, he spent five years in East Africa. Since then he has worked extensively in a number of countries including Vietnam, Mongolia, India, China and more recently the Yemen. His main research interests are in the fields of industrialisation and trade policy, macroeconomic policy and pro-poor growth, privatisation and poverty alleviation and the history of development economics. He has worked as a consultant for a number of organisations, including the Asian Development Bank, UNDP and the EU. He has authored, co-authored and co-edited 15 books.

Reviews
Review from previous edition The main strength of the material is the way in which it combines reasonably theoretical approaches with presentationa and discussions of EU policy. * Geoffrey D. Gooch, Department of Management and Economics, Linkoeping University, Sweden *
This book provides a clear analytical framework to understand developments within the EU, not just a description of EU policies. Chapters 5, 9, 12, 13 and 14 are all particularly strong in this regard. * Dr Jonathan Perraton, Department of Economics, University of Sheffield. *



Book Information
ISBN 9780199298969
Author Michael Artis
Format Paperback
Page Count 460
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 909g
Dimensions(mm) 245mm * 188mm * 25mm