Overview
Covers current and pressing issues in the European Union
Discusses shortcomings and challenges the European Union must tackle before further deepening and widening
Contains contributions from scholars and experts across Europe
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book discusses the unprecedented impact of the financial and economic crisis on government finances and economic performance across Europe, which has raised skepticism on the ability of the current course of integration to promote prosperity. Correspondingly, the European Union is about to contract for the first time in its history. This timely book covers the economic issues that challenge the future of integration in Europe.
The chapters are authored by international experts and examine current and emerging challenges and trends for the European Union: economic convergence, monetary policy, competition law, transport policy, the informal sector, employment, recovery and enlargement. Four chapters focus on Greece, which has been the greatest challenge faced by European institutions in the context of the sovereign debt crisis, and one chapter discusses the possible costs of Brexit. The reader will benefit from understanding the key economic challenges, which, if effectively addressed, will lead to deepening the union, or in contrast to a multi-speed Europe.
Reviews
“A timely look on some of the critical issues that will shape the future of the European Union.” (Prof. Yorgos Rizopoulos, University Paris Diderot, France)
“There is certainly much to discuss the future of European integration. This book offers a timely investigation about some of the key challenges the European Union is now facing.” (Prof. Bruno S. Sergi, University of Messina, Italy & Harvard University, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Vasileios A. Vlachos is a member of the Greek Shadow Economy Observatory and the International Conference on International Business. He has also been engaged in research projects about the shadow economy, and FDI in Greece and has been a contributor to Columbia FDI profiles. He has authored several articles in refereed journals and chapters in edited volumes, and has edited books and special issues of refereed journals.
Aristidis Bitzenis is Professor in the Department of International and European Studies at the University of Macedonia, Greece. He is the chair of the Greek Shadow Economy Observatory and the International Conference on International Business. He has supervised research projects about FDI in Greece and the Greek shadow economy and has been a contributor to Columbia FDI profiles. He has authored several monographs, articles in refereed journals, and chapters in edited volumes, and has edited several books and special issues of refereed journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: European Union
Book Subtitle: Post Crisis Challenges and Prospects for Growth
Editors: Vasileios Vlachos, Aristidis Bitzenis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18103-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18102-4Published: 28 June 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18105-5Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-18103-1Published: 14 June 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 281
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: European Economics, European Integration, Economic Policy