
Disintegrating Europe
The Twilight of the European Construction
Noriko Hama(Author)
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 11. March 1996
Book
Hardback
136 pages
978-0-275-95582-3 (ISBN)
Description
Since the Maastricht Treaty of December 1991, Europe has experienced rising nationalism and regionalism-both centrifugal effects working against union-and above all scepticism toward the Union concept itself. As certain of the member states fragment, or turn inward, a turning-point in history has been reached: it is the end of the post-War Europe. As such, is it even necessary for Europe to be united at all? Is the unification ideal too large a political concept? Is the ideal of European unification dying, and have the concepts enshrined in the Maastricht Treaty become museum pieces? These are among the incisive questions asked by writer-economist Noriko Hama, in Disintegrating Europe. This approach is dramatic, readable, and compelling, and represents the first time that so qualified an economic commentator has attempted a 'big picture' view of the future of the European unification project.
Predicting that the crumbling cornerstone of unity makes the present course untenable, the author provides an alternative vision for 21st Century Europe resting on the market mechanism as seen in East Asia. This, she argues, would serve as an 'engine of growth' to replace the now-faltering engine of the newly-united Germany, which instead will continue to wrestle with its deflationary absorption of East Germany.
Predicting that the crumbling cornerstone of unity makes the present course untenable, the author provides an alternative vision for 21st Century Europe resting on the market mechanism as seen in East Asia. This, she argues, would serve as an 'engine of growth' to replace the now-faltering engine of the newly-united Germany, which instead will continue to wrestle with its deflationary absorption of East Germany.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
376 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-95582-3 (9780275955823)
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Person
NORIKO HAMA is Mitsubishi Research Institute's first resident economist and chief representative in London. In this capacity she covers macroeconomic developments in Europe, as well as commenting on events in Japan. Hama writes regularly on current issues in newspapers and economic journals. She is a frequent commentator for the BBC's World Service Radio and Television broadcasts, as well as other current affairs programmes such as the CNN's World Business News and BBC's Newsnight.
Content
Preface Prologue: Twilight of the Union Turn-of-the-Century Europe Britain: senior citizen tries to run too fast Germany: which way out of the unification trap? France: the franc fort straitjacket Europe's Business: Business or Politics? No economic gain, no way forward Europe and the British yardstick The Crumbling Cornerstone of Unity On the brink of exchange-rate wars Divided we stand: internal regionalism to the fore Implosion or Explosion? Can deepening bring competitiveness? Widening without disintegration: a feasible option? The Atlantic alliance adrift In Search of New Heroes References Index