Unity with Diversity in the European Economy

This 1990 book examines the theoretical issues of integration and the impact of diverse economic regions into the European Community.

This important 1990 book from the Centre for Economic Policy Research examines the theoretical issues in the integration of a diverse economic region, specifically Greece, Spain and Portugal, and the combined impact of EC membership, financial integration and the single market programme on the joining countries.The enlargement that encompassed the accession of Greece in 1981 and of Spain and Portugal in 1986 significantly altered the balance of the European Community (EC), while the double shock of EC membership and 1992 could have driven the economies of the new members into depression or, equally, accelerate their modernisation. This important 1990 book from the Centre for Economic Policy Research examines theoretical issues in the integration of a diverse economic region and the combined impact of EC membership, financial integration and the single market programme on the joining countries. There is an introduction by the editors and a foreword by Michael Emerson and Richard Portes.