Behind the Myth of European Union


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The vision of the original arhitects of the European Community was to create a Europe of economic prosperity and social harmony. Economic integration has come ever closer, but sustained growth and a reduction in social disparities seen as far away as ever. This book examines the prospects for the real cohesion in Europe and find that, far from promroting it, many of the Community's current policies are divisive. The neo-liberal philosophy at the moment is producing policies which favour relatively wealthy regions and major corporations at the expense of less favoured regions and peoples.




Eurocritical


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This book critically analyses the crisis of the euro currency from 2008 to the present. It argues that an understanding of this crisis requires an understanding of financial and economic crises in individual countries participating in the euro. It goes on to describe and explain the crises in four countries – Greece, Ireland, Spain and Italy – showing how they differ and together challenge the euro currency by requiring a varied policy response from Europe. Eurocritical is a guide for scholars, students and practitioners of finance and economics.







Macchine o maccheroni? La Cassa per il Mezzogiorno e lo sviluppo economico italiano


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La letteratura sulla Cassa per il Mezzogiorno appare sconfinata: una ricostruzione puntuale delle vicende dell'intervento straordinario, che per oltre un quarantennio ha operato come strumento delle strategie per il Sud, richiede un impegno di lunga lena. Tuttavia, anche senza effettuare una minuziosa cronistoria, è possibile un giudizio più equilibrato su tutta l'epoca dell'azione "aggiuntiva" dello Stato per il recupero del divario meridionale, superando le semplificazioni di molti scritti sull'argomento. Al tempo stesso, una visione di lungo periodo fa emergere un percorso capace di collegare il caso della Cassa, molto controverso e difficile, ma considerato anche un modello tra i più avanzati a livello internazionale, a un tema affascinante e complesso, come quello delle politiche di sviluppo adottate per affrontare i problemi dell'arretratezza economica, nei Paesi meno progrediti, e per avviare a soluzione i dilemmi del dualismo economico, in Italia come in altre realtà più evolute







Library of Congress Catalog


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Beginning with 1953, entries for Motion pictures and filmstrips, Music and phonorecords form separate parts of the Library of Congress catalogue. Entries for Maps and atlases were issued separately 1953-1955.










After the Three Italies


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After the Three Italies develops a new political economy approach to the analysis of comparative regional development and the territorial division of labour and exemplifies it through an up-to-date account of Italian industrial change and regional economic performance. Responds to recent theoretical debates in economic geography, involving economists, geographers and planners. Builds the foundations for a new theoretical approach to regional economic development and the territorial division of labour. Draws on the results of a recent ESRC funded research project, as well as on a large range of official data sets. Provides an up-to-date picture of Italy‘s economic performance and of its recent development relative to other European countries and the rest of the world. Analyses Italy's internal differentiation and its persistent regional inequalities. Examines the regional impact of the recent evolution of the car, chemicals, steel and clothing industries. Leads to a new and more complex picture of Italian development.