Product Description: Nation states around the globe are increasingly raising the 'federalism' card as a means of explaining their commitment to democracy, self-determination, and recognition of the rights of all peoples. Yet, the term federalism does not convey the same set of institutions, values and beliefs to all people at all times...read more

Product Description: This volume assesses the implementation of the EU's cohesion policy and the role that the policy has in stimulating ten new member states from eastern and southern European countries to join the EU in 2004 and in attracting another three to four countries that will join in the near future...read more

Product Description: This volume brings together contributions which document how the Italian political scene and policy-making process have changed since 1992. Following the elections of that year and judicial investigations of corruption, the old party system began to crumble.

Traditionally a strong textile area, Tuscany was targetted as an area in need of EC intervention to reverse industrial decline. Its development since then has made it a European Community success story. This volume brings together various different experts to examine the "Tuscan model" of development and its link with European integration. All aspects of the economy, from the textile industry to tourism are examined. It is shown that Tuscany has benefitted from European integration and regional decentralization, with an expanding export market to other EC countries. Crucially, the "principles and practice" approach demonstrates how the model can be applied to other such regions, and the book has applicability beyond the immediate scope of study. Given the absolute necessity of a coherent industrial policy at European level, this volume should be a valuable reference for students, scholars and practitioners alike.

Product Description: Tackling the fundamental theoretical and empirical issues underlying the process of European integration, this book presents two basic arguments. The first is that economic convergence in post-war Europe has reduced the disparities between regions and that this has been an important accelerator of the drive for integration...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The contributions to this volume analyse the role of sub-national institutions in the regional economic development process in the Community's less developed countries: Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy. They are structured on the basis of individual country reports providing background to the debate on decentralization in each national context and the regional role in economic development...read more

Product Description: The sixth volume on contemporary Italian politics, this details events and changes, places them in both an historical and theoretical context and offers analysis by contributing authors. Topics of this review of 1990 include the Italian Communist Party and the effects of the World Cup...read more

Product Description: The acceleration of European integration in the drive to create a single European market by the end of 1992 has focused increasing attention on the impact that the single market will have on the functioning of regional governments and strategies in promoting economic development...read more

Product Description: The Italian Christian Democratic Party is seen to be the most successful political party in any Western democracy. It has been the plurality party in all postwar parliamentary elections and has been in power in an uninterrupted manner since 1945...read more

Product Description: This third volume of "Italian Politics" documents in detail current events and changes, places them in historical and theoretical context, and offers expert analysis by the contributing authors. It is intended that the work will provide the material necessary to identify some of the structural elements of the Italian political system, and will aid in developing an objective model to explain the enigma of Italian politics...read more