New Europe in Transition

Peter Anderson is senior lecturer in European and International Studies at the University of Central Lancashire. Georg Wiessala is Senior Lecturer in European Studies at the University of Central Lancashire.

• Core themes - the impact of globalisation across Europe, Peter Anderson et al. Section 1 The problems and prospects of Europe's major institutions: the problem and the future of the EU, Philippa Sherrington; enlargement - the EU and eastern Europe, Karen Henderson; the legal dimension of the EU, Georg Wiessala; the external relations of the EU, Georg Wiessala; western and eastern Europe and the problems and future of Nato and the OSCE, Peter Anderson; the UN in east/west Europe and its interactions with European and European-based institutions, David Travers. Section 2 The problems and prospects of the former Soviet Union and a representative selection of EU States: the problems and future of the former Soviet Union, Chris William's; the problems and future of Germany, Joanna McKay; the problems and future of France, Robert Harmsen; the problems and future of Italy, Peter Anderson; the problems and future of Britain, Peter Anderson; the problems and future of Spain, Keith Jenkinson; the problems and future of Denmark, Alastair, Thomas, Frands Pedersen; the problems and future of Portugal, Jack Hampson. Section 3 Problems and prospects within key aspects of Europe's cultural, economic and social dimensions: the problems and possible future developments of the notion of a European identity within the EU, Geoffrey Edwards; the problems and future of the western and eastern European economies, Pete Anderson; th social dimensions of the EU and the former USSR, Jack Hampson, Chris William's. Conclusion: overall picture, Peter Anderson et al.

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