Europe Today: A Twenty-first Century Introduction Book

Preface     vii
Map of Europe     ix
European Union Statistical Information     x
Membership in Key International Organizations in Europe     xi
Timeline of Events Leading to the Current State of the European Union     xiii
Introduction   Ronald Tiersky     1
Country Studies
France: Hopes and Fears of a New Generation   Ronald Tiersky   Nicolas de Boisgrollier     21
United Kingdom: New Labour, New Britain?   Jonathan Hopkin     57
Germany: The Berlin Republic Still in Transition   Helga A. Welsh     91
Italy: A Troubled Democracy   Mark Gilbert     127
Scandinavia: Still the Middle Way?   Eric S. Einhorn   John Logue     161
Russia: European or Not?   Bruce Parrott     209
European Integration and the European Union
The European Union: From Community to Constitution?   John Van Oudenaren     247
The European Economy and Economic Governance   Erik Jones     283
EU Law   Imelda Maher     317
EU Enlargement: The Return to Europe   John Van Oudenaren     343
The New Central and Eastern European Member States in 2004   Graham Bowley     369
Beyond European Security: Europe, the United States, and NATO   Jeffrey Simon   Sean Kay     405
European and U.S. Approaches to Counterterrorism: Two Contrasting Cultures?   Wyn Rees   Richard J. Aldrich     437
Glossary     465
Index     471
About the Contributors     485