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Book Description

Nearly seven decades ago, six countries in Western Europe (Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands) decided to take economic cooperation to the next level. The vision of the EU founding states, epitomized by the Schuman Declaration in 1950, was to tie their economies so closely together that war would become impossible. Robert Schuman, author of the plan, believed Europe could not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It would have to be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity. The countries within the ÒEuropean CommunityÓ benefited enormously from free trade and common economic policies, in particular structural funds designed to foster convergence by funding infrastructure and investments in poorer regions. This book examines how similar transitions and integration into the European Union are experienced in individual central and eastern European states through the use of country scans in the regional blocks of CEE, SEE, and CIS.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Chapter 1. The European Context for Integration and Accession
  7. Chapter 2. The Role of the European Union in Eastern European Economies
  8. Chapter 3. Eastern Europe Regional Bloc: CEE and CIS
  9. Chapter 4. The Economic Impact of Integration
  10. Chapter 5. Challenges for Entering Eastern European Markets
  11. Chapter 6. Political Risk in Eastern Europe
  12. Chapter 7. Future Considerations and Challenges
  13. Appendix A: A Brief Scanning of the CEE Countries
  14. Appendix B: A Brief Scanning of the CIS Countries
  15. Endorsements
  16. References
  17. Index
  18. Adpage
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