This is the first text to accessibly introduce map and explain the nature ofthe European economic space and its importance to the development of the futureshape... » 

This is the first text to accessibly introduce map and explain the nature ofthe European economic space and its importance to the development of the futureshape of Europe.It will enable students to understand what is meant by the economy andassess the nature and role of governance in a European economic contextreview the economic history of the EU and the key economic relationships of theEU and member states distinguish between both de facto private and de jurepublic integrative and disintegrative processes examine competing ideas of aEuropean regulatory order market system or set of selforganizingnetworks to capture the characteristics of the contemporary European economyand consider questions raised by technological innovation and the environmentto locate Europe within the changes and trends in the international and globalpolitical economy.Governing the European Economy will be an essential text for all students ofEuropean economic integration and the EU across politics and internationalstudies economics geography sociology and European studies. «