Central and Eastern European Economies: Perspectives and Challenges (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781631575525)

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 "European Community" 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.

Author: Marcus Goncalves, Erika Cornelius Smith
ISBN-10: 163157552X
ISBN-13: 9781631575525
Publisher: Business Expert Press
Language: English
Published: 07/25/2016
Pages: 165
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d