Part I: ECONOMY 1. Competitiveness Introduction The stages of economic integration Economic integration as a means to achieve competitiveness The impact of economic integration Conclusion 2. Cohesion Introduction National and regional disparitites in the EU European development policies The efficiency of European development policies after the reform of the Structural Funds Conclusion Part II: SOCIETY 3. Ageing Introduction Demographic change in the EU The factors behind ageing Policies aimed at tackling demographic change Conclusion 4. Migration and xenophobia Introduction Migration and its forms Mass migration in post-war Europe The renewal of migration in the 1990s The European response to migration Conclusion 5. Unemployment and social polarization Introduction Employment change in the post-industrial age The roots of persistently high unemployment The impact of labour market flexibility on unemployment Conclusion Part III: POLITY 6. Enlargement Introduction Change in central and eastern Europe The different transitions in central and eastern Europe Enlargement and European integration Conclusion 7. Regionalism and regionalization Introduction Regional devolution in Europe The transfer of power from the nation state to the regions The roots of the regionalization process Towards a 'Europe of the Regions'? Conclusion

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

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