The Political Economy of Monetary Union provides a systematic assessment of the inextricably linked politics and economics of monetary union. The authors explain clearly what monetary union is and its history as both concept and reality. They analyze the evolution of thinking and policy on the single currency in the European Union up to and from the Maastricht model, through decisions on membership and establishment of the Central Bank, to the introduction of the European Monetary Union. They then proceed to assess the organizational and policy implications of the European Monetary Union and its significance within the general processes of European integration. The book represents a unique partnership between a practicing city advisor whose previous work from 1989 onwards influenced official thinking on the concept of a single currency, the need for a clearly defined and phased transition scenario, and an unambiguous legal framework, in collaboration with an acknowledged academic expert on the political and institutional context and structures within which EMU has evolved. The result is a synthesis of economic and political analysis which provides a broad ranging overview informed by telling detail based on direct observation. While drawing on a considerable body of technical and academic research, it provides an intelligible and objective guide to EMU for students and public and private sector practitioners.

The Political Economy of Monetary Union (The European Union Series)

Business & Money

Levitt, Malcolm

Lord, Christopher

Economics

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

It's the holiday season in Dickens Junction, Oregon. Local bookstore owner Simon Alastair is getting ready for the community's annual celebration of Charles Dickens's well-known story. But when a mysterious stranger shows up in the Junction and is murdered hours later, Simon begins to suspect that his little community has been targeted for destruction by a shadowy organization. With the support of Zach, a dashing young magazine reporter, Simon decides to investigate the crime himself. When a second murder follows, Simon must confront the worst questions of all: which of his friends and business associates is a ruthless murderer? And why is everyone suddenly reading Ayn Rand? The Christmas Carol Murders is the first of an exciting new cozy mystery series combining the atmosphere of a classic Agatha Christie puzzle, the deft touch of Charlotte MacLeod, a hint of Oscar Wilde's humor, and the literary spirit of the great Charles Dickens.

The Christmas Carol Murders (Dickens Junction)

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Harrison Thurman Books

The Droodists have arrived in Dickens Junction. Local bookstore owner Simon Alastair has his hands full in his role as co-chair for the latest convention honoring Charles Dickens's uncompleted novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. A movie star, a pesky blogger, dueling scholars, a stage hypnotist, and an old family friend (among others) all have claims on Simon's time. In addition, some Droodists are clearly more--or less--than they appear, including a mysterious young man with the improbable name of Edwin Drood.When a priceless ring and a rare Dickensian artifact go missing, Simon and his reporter-partner Zach Benjamin learn that someone will do anything--including murder--to obtain an object of desire.The Edwin Drood Murders is the new entry in the Dickens Junction mystery series that began with The Christmas Carol Murders, a book that New York Times thriller writer Chelsea Cain called "a love letter to both Dickens and to the small town amateur detectives who've kept the peace in hamlets from River Heights to Cabot Cove."

The Edwin Drood Murders

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Norway’s EU Experience and Lessons for the UK (Dealing with Europe)

Fossum, John Erik

Trondal, Jarle

Olsen, Espen D. H.

Saltnes, Johanne Døhlie

Farstad, Fay Madeleine

Farsund, Arild Aurvåg

Leiren, Merethe Dotterud

Riddervold, Marianne

Svendsen, Øyvind

Reference

Routledge

This title was first published in 2001. This stimulating and well-written text is particularly suitable as a subsidiary text for courses in politics, sociology and ethnic studies.

Revival: Parallel Cultures (2001): Majority/Minority Relations in the Countries of the Former Eastern Bloc (Routledge Revivals)

Politics & Social Sciences

Strietska-Ilina, Olga

Social Sciences

Behind the façade of democracy are a number of unanswered questions, foremost among them how to relate democracy beyond the state especially at the EU level to democracy within the state. This important new text provides a wide-ranging assessment of the theory and practice of democracy at all levels in Europe today.

Democracy in the New Europe (21st Century Europe, 6)

Harris, Erika

Red Globe Press

Democracy appears to have become a universal standard of legitimate rule in Europe today. But behind the facade are a number of unanswered questions, foremost among them how to relate democracy beyond the state, especially at the EU level, to democracy wi

Democracy in the New Europe (21st Century Europe, 2)

What can political parties contribute to the democratisation of the European Union? To help answer this question, this book brings together some of the most recent research into the role of transnational parties in the EUs representative politics. Case studies cover both the transnational party federations of national political parties and the various party groups in ten European Parliament (EP): the Party of European Socialists, the European People’s Party, the groups of the right and the far left are all surveyed in detail. Other chapters examine various modes of party political behaviour at Union level: collaboration between national party leaderships; the process of forming a transnational political party; voting cohesion in the European Parliament; the interaction between the partisan and committee politics of the EP; the relationship between interest groups and party groups in the EP; and approaches to candidate selection. The overall effect is to illuminate what has so far been one of the less visible corners of the EUs political system: that in which political parties are already collaborating at transnational level to make decisions of considerable importance to the public.

Transnational Parties in the European Union (Leeds Studies in Democratization Series)

Bell,David

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