Idea of a United Europe

JAMAL SHAHIN is a Researcher in the Department of European Studies at the University of Hull, working on the impact of the Internet in a European context. He teaches on courses dealing with European political economy since 1989, and the political economy of information and communications technologies. Recent publications include The Internet: A Case Study for Global Governance (1999). - MICHAEL WINTLE is Head of European Studies at the University of Hull. His current research interests are in European identity and especially the visual representation of Europe, European industrialization, and the modern social and economic history of the Low Countries. Recent publications include Under the Sign of Liberalism (1997) and An Economic and Social History of the Netherlands (2000).

• List of Figures, Tables and Maps Notes on the Contributors Introduction: The Idea of a United Europe; J.Shahin & M.Wintle The Question of European Identity and the Impact of the Changes of 1989-90; M.Wintle Order and Constitutional Disorder: Lessons from the UK: S.Lee The Corridor Model: Towards the Further Development of an EU Social Policy; K.Busch Gender and Employment in East Germany: Continuity, Change and Comparison; R.Alsop The Epicentre of Reunification: Berlin in Germany and Europe since the End of the Cold War; R.Roowaan 'Policy Push' for European Integration: Implications of the Information Society; X.Dai 'New' Europe and International Society: Conflicting Forces in an Informationalized World; J.Shahin Bibliography Index