Alternative Perspectives on Economic Policies in the European Union [Paperback]

In examining alternative economic policies for the EU after the rejection of the European Constitution, this book covers: macroeconomic policy and the European Constitution; EU financial integration; reform of European regional policy; assessment and alternative proposals on European structural policies; and labour market policies in the EU.Macroeconomic Policy and the European Constitution; P.Arestis & M.Sawyer EU Financial Integration: Constraints and Alternatives; M.Frangakis & J.Huffschmid The Reform of European Regional Policy: Underlying Debates; M.Esteban Assessment and Alternative Proposals on European Structural Policies: Why is it Right to Support Both the Common Agricultural Policy and Research and Innovation Policy; J.Mazier Labour Market Policies in the European Union; J.GrahlMARISOL ESTEBAN Basque Country University, SpainMARICA FRANGAKIS Organization, Development & Economic Studies Ltd, GreeceJOHN GRAHL London Metropolitan University, UKJ?RG HUFFSCHMID Professor of Political Economy and Economic Policy, University of Bremen, GermanyJACQUES MAZIER University of Paris, France