This book examines the opportunities and challenges involved for five central European applicants-the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia-in joining the European Union. The central focus is on the issues that policymakers in central Europe face as …
<The central focus is on issues that policymakers in central Europe will face as they craft macroeconomic and financial sector policies to help ensure growth that is both strong and sustainable, in a setting that may feature large and potentially volatile capital flows. These ar…
Becoming European : Kemalism as an ideology of westernism / Petr Kucera -- Democratization and EU conditionality : a barking dog that does (not) bite? / Lucie Tunkrová -- How far away from the politics of fear? : Turkey in the EU accession process / Rabia Karakaya Polat -- The C…
The Eisenhower Administration (1953-1961): a promising start -- The Kennedy Administration (1961-1963): trade winds start blowing -- The Johnson Administration (1963-1969): EEC falls off the agenda -- The Nixon Administration (1969-1974): zigzags -- The Ford Administration (1974…
"Given the recent inertia in EU-Turkey relations in the midst of regional economic and political upheavals, Europeanization of Turkey takes a step back from the latest headlines to provide a comprehensive stocktaking of EU-inspired reform efforts in Turkey with an eye to underst…
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This book reviews how China's accession to the WTO has impacted upon its education, environment, economic and social outcomes in recent years. It has been argued that China's rapid growth in output and exports and subsequent accession to WTO has significantly increased income an…
Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) provides that the EU will accede to the system of human rights protection of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Protocol No 9 in the Treaty of Lisbon opens the way for accession. This represents a major change in the r…
The World Trade Organization was seen as one of the most important achievements of international economic cooperation in the post-war period. In recent years, this view has shifted as critics become increasingly concerned about the contributions of the WTO to economic welfare of…
"Do countries benefit from their Membership in the WTO? This book addresses this question and examines the role of the WTO in the process of economic development of emerging markets and other developing countries"--Provided by publisher.