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The trouble with Europe : why the EU isn't working how it can be reformed what could take its place / Roger Bootle.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: viii, 216 p. : ill. maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781857886153
  • 1857886151
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 337.142
Online resources: Summary: After the carnage of two world wars, and the polarization of the globe between the emergent superpowers, Europe's leaders had a noble dream of founding a new union that would contain its members destructive tendencies, but also act as a beacon of free trade, human rights and cooperation. As this organization attracted new countries, including Britain in the 1970s, the European Economic Community eventually became the European Union, and a seemingly inevitable march toward a federal super-state began, culminating in the creation of the totemic, but economically suspect single currency: the euro.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 337.142 BO TR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0015796

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-210) and index.

After the carnage of two world wars, and the polarization of the globe between the emergent superpowers, Europe's leaders had a noble dream of founding a new union that would contain its members destructive tendencies, but also act as a beacon of free trade, human rights and cooperation. As this organization attracted new countries, including Britain in the 1970s, the European Economic Community eventually became the European Union, and a seemingly inevitable march toward a federal super-state began, culminating in the creation of the totemic, but economically suspect single currency: the euro.

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