The definitive survey of the countries and territories of Western Europe, comprising expert analysis and commentary, up-to-date economic and sociopolitical data and extensive directory information. General Survey Essays by leading experts on the area cover issues of regional importance. The Country Surveys offer individual chapters on each country, comprising: an overview of the geography and population; a chronology of major developments; a map; essays by expert contributors on the history and economy of each country; an extensive statistical survey of economic and demographic indicators, including area and population, health and welfare, agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, industry, finance, trade, transport, tourism, communications media and education; a comprehensive directory of the most significant institutions in the areas of government and politics, society and media, and business and commerce, including contact details. Regional Information a directory of research institutes specializing in the region bibliographies of books and periodicals covering the region.
Europa Publications' regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field:
Theo Aiolfi.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies, CY Cergy Paris University, France.
Torben M. Andersen.
Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Marcus Boeick.
Assistant Professor in Modern German History and Fellow and Director of Studies in History of King's College, University of Cambridge.
Lino Briguglio.
Professor of Economics, and Director, Islands and Small States Institute, University of Malta, Malta.
Marc Buehlmann.
Director, Annee Politique Suisse, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Stefano Camatarri.
Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
Guenther K. Chaloupek.
Former Director of Economic Policy Section, Austrian Chamber of Labour, Vienna, Austria.
Flemming Juul Christiansen.
Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Denmark.
Erica Consterdine.
Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University, United Kingdom.
Andrew Cottey.
Senior Lecturer and Jean Monnet Chair in European Political Integration, Department of Government and Politics, University College Cork, Ireland.
Xavier Cuadras Morato.
Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
Elena Danescu.
Research Scientist, Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Jakob de Haan.
Professor of Political Economy, University of Groningen, Netherlands.
Jeroen Dewulf.
Queen Beatrix Professor in Dutch Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Nicholas Dickinson.
Bingham Early Career Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Balliol College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Michael J. Geary.
Professor of Modern History and Jean Monnet Chair in History of European Integration, Department of Historical and Classical Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.
Richard Gillespie.
Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Roegnvaldur Hannesson.
Professor Emeritus, Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, Norway.
Melanie Haener-Mueller
Institut fuer Schweizer Wirtschaftspolitik, University of Lucerne, Swizerland.
Anna-Lena Hoegenauer.
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Mads Dagnis Jensen.
Associate Professor, Department of International Economics, Government and Business, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
Mikko Kuisma.
Program Lead and Lecturer, University of Tuebingen, Germany.
Timo Kuosmanen.
Professor Economics, University of Turku, Finland.
Mart Kuldkepp.
Associate Professor of Scandinavian History and Politics, Department of Scandinavian Studies/ European Social and Political Studies, University College London, United Kingdom.
David Lea.
Writer and analyst on European political and economic affairs.
Miguel Lebre de Freitas.
Assistant Professor, Nova School of Business and Economics and University of Aveiro, Portugal.
Kurt Richard Luther.
Emeritus Professor of Comparative Politics, Keele University, United Kingdom, and Visiting Professor, Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Muiris MacCarthaigh.
Professor of Politics and Public Policy, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom, and adjunct Professor at the Geary Institute for Public Policy, University College Dublin, Ireland.
Gylfi Magnusson.
Professor, Finance and Economics, School of Business, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Lars Magnusson.
Professor in Economic History, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Lorenzo Mascioli.
European University Institute, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Fiesole, Italy.
Tommy Moeller.
Professor of Political Science, Stockholm University, Sweden.
Jeremy Moulton.
Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of York.
James L. Newell.
University of Urbino, Italy, and Co-Editor of Contemporary Italian Politics, Routledge, United Kingdom.
Stefania Oskarsdottir.
Associate Professor, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Andrea L. P. Pirro.
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Bologna, Italy, and Editor, East European Politics and Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy.
Min Reuchamps.
Professor of Political Science, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
Carmen Sammut.
University of Malta, Malta.
Christoph A. Schaltegger.
Institut fuer Schweizer Wirtschaftspolitik, University of Lucerne, Swizerland.
Marcel Schelbert.
Institut fuer Schweizer Wirtschaftspolitik, University of Lucerne, Swizerland.
Christian Schweiger.
Visiting Professor and Chair, Comparative European Governance Systems, Institute for Political Science, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany.
Marco Simoni
Adjunct Professor, Luiss Business School, Rome, Italy.
Paul Smith.
Head of French, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Francisco Torres.
Visiting Professor, Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Portugal.
Linda Yueh.
Fellow by Special Election in Economics, St Edmund Hall, Oxford, United Kingdom
PART ONE General Survey
The European Union: Navigating an Uncertain Future MICHAEL J. GEARY
Economic Perspectives in Western Europe, the European Union and the Eurozone CHRISTIAN SCHWEIGER
European Foreign and Security Policy ANDREW COTTEY
Climate Action in the European Union and Western Europe JEREMY MOULTON
The Politics of Migration in Western Europe ERICA CONSTERDINE
The Far Right in Western Europe ANDREA L. P. PIRRO
Overtourism in Western Europe: Issues and Prospecs LINO BRIGUGLIO
PART TWO Country Surveys Sections with geography, chronology, history and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country
ANDORRA
AUSTRIA History KURT RICHARD LUTHER Economy GUENTHER K. CHALOUPEK
BELGIUM History MIN REUCHAMPS and STEFANO CAMATARRI Economy DAVID LEA
DENMARK History FLEMMING JUUL CHRISTIANSEN and MADS DAGNIS JENSEN Economy TORBEN M. ANDERSEN
DANISH EXTERNAL TERRITORIES THE FAROE ISLANDS GREENLAND
FINLAND History MIKKO KUISMA Economy TIMO KUOSMANEN
FINNISH EXTERNAL TERRITORY THE ALAND ISLANDS
FRANCE History PAUL SMITH Economy THEO AIOLFI
GERMANY History MARCUS BOEICK Economy CHRISTIAN SCHWEIGER
ICELAND History STEFANIA OSKARSDOTTIR Economy GYLFI MAGNUSSON
IRELAND History MUIRIS MACCARTHAIGH Economy MICHAEL GEARY
ITALY History JAMES L. NEWELL Economy LORENZO MASCIOLI and MARCO SIMONI
LIECHTENSTEIN
LUXEMBOURG History ANNA-LENA HOEGENAUER Economy ELENA DANESCU
MALTA History CARMEN SAMMUT Economy LINO BRIGUGLIO
MONACO
THE NETHERLANDS History JEROEN DEWULF Economy JAKOB DE HAAN
NORWAY History MART KULDKEPP Economy ROEGNVALDUR HANNESSON
NORWEGIAN EXTERNAL TERRITORIES SVALBARD JAN MAYEN
PORTUGAL History MARCO LISI Economy MIGUEL LEBRE DE FREITAS and FRANCISCO TORRES
SAN MARINO
SPAIN History RICHARD GILLESPIE Economy XAVIER CUADRAS MORATO
SWEDEN History TOMMY MOELLER Economy LARS MAGNUSSON
SWITZERLAND History MARC BUEHLMANN Economy CHRISTOPH A. SCHALTEGGER, MELANIE HAENER-MUELLER and MARCEL SCHELBERT
THE UNITED KINGDOM History NICHOLAS DICKINSON Economy LINDA YUEH
UNITED KINGDOM CROWN DEPENDENCIES - THE CHANNEL ISLANDS Guernsey Islands of the Bailiwick of Guernsey Jersey THE ISLE OF MAN
UNITED KINGDOM OVERSEAS TERRITORY - GIBRALTAR
THE VATICAN CITY
PART THREE Regional Information
RESEARCH INSTITUTES
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS)
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS)