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Over the next couple of years, the European Union will face a difficult stage, being confronted with the eventual transition to a monetary union. In the beginning of 1997, it is less clear than ever, if and when the European Monetary Union will eventually be realized, which countries will join in this process, and which countries will benefit from monetary union or are likely to loose out. Using econometric methods, the work attempts to assess the real economic effects of the European Monetary Union. In a first step, differences in labor and goods market adjustment processes between the fifteen member states of the European Union, the United States and Canada are studied in order to evaluate the short-term prospects of monetary union. Turning to the long-run effects, within a second step, convergence of living standards is assessed.

Analysis --- Convergence --- Empirical --- European --- Real --- Schmidt --- Union

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Il n’est pas rare, aujourd’hui, qu'une place soit faite, lors de colloques, à de jeunes docteurs voire à des doctorants. Et après tout, qui, mieux que des chercheurs engagés dans le traitement de leur sujet de thèse ou en ayant récemment terminé avec lui, peuvent, à l’intention du public, en cerner les contours et en préciser les axes essentiels ? Les travaux qui sont ici publiés se singularisent dans la mesure où ils sont le fruit d’une initiative venant de doctorants eux-mêmes, qui ont ensuite entièrement assumé la charge de l’organisation et du bon déroulement du colloque qui s’est tenu le 7 février 2006. Le thème retenu est, en outre, de nature à retenir l’attention. Certes il n’apparaît pas neuf, tant la problématique de l’influence de la construction européenne sur les droits nationaux des États membres de l’Union est à la fois ancienne et permanente. Mais précisément, son actualité est constante et le besoin se fait toujours sentir, à intervalles périodiques, de dresser des bilans et de dégager des perspectives. Les interventions de ce colloque se signalent par leur variété et leur complémentarité. D’abord parce que les branches du droit sur lesquels elles portent sont multiples : le droit international, le droit constitutionnel, le droit des libertés publiques, le droit administratif, le droit pénal, le droit civil sont tour à tour abordés, sous forme soit d’études de “grand angle”, soit de recherches focalisées sur tel aspect particulier. Ensuite parce que les diverses méthodes d’action du droit communautaire sur les droits nationaux sont successivement illustrées. Enfin, parce que les différents modes d’influence du droit de l’Union sur les droits de ses États membres, qui vont de la diffusion insensible à la remise en cause ouverte, se trouvent bien mis en évidence. Le présent ouvrage rappelle de manière particulièrement éclairante cette évidence et il faut savoir gré aux jeunes chercheurs qui ont été les initiateurs d’avoir conduit à son terme la démarche qu’ils ont eu le mérite d’entreprendre.

intégration --- harmonisation --- ordre juridique communautaire --- convergence --- politique communautaire

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This book analyses the distributional effects of economic growth on different dimensions of poverty in Colombia. It provides a microeconomic perspective on how economic growth affected poverty and inequality at the household level, as well as a macroeconomic perspective on the effects of growth on regional living standards. The study incorporates recent discussions on multidimensional analysis of well-being and goes beyond traditional income based measures, thereby contributing to the ongoing research on how to measure pro-poor growth and on the importance of incorporating different dimensions of well-being in convergence analysis.

Cardozo --- Colombia --- Convergence --- Economic --- Growth --- Growth --- Poverty --- Poverty --- Pro-poor Growth --- Reduction --- Silva --- Social Indicators

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"This book compares and contrasts publicly espoused security concepts in the Nordic region, and explores the notion of societal security. Outside observers often assume that Nordic countries take similar approaches to the security and safety of their citizens. This book challenges that assumption and traces the evolution of ‘societal security’, and its broadly equivalent concepts, in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. The notion of societal security is deconstructed and analysed in terms of its different meanings and implications for each country, through both country- and issue-focused studies. Each chapter traces the evolution of key security concepts and related practices, allowing for a comparison of similarities and differences between these four countries. Using discourses and practices as evidence, this is the first book to explore how different Nordic nations have conceptualised domestic security over time. The findings will be valuable to scholars from across the geographical and theoretical spectrum, while highlighting how Nordic security discourses and practices may deviate from traditional assumptions about Nordic values. This book will be of much interest to students of security studies, Nordic politics and International Relations."

access --- convergence --- divergence --- Larsson --- Mark --- Nordic --- open --- Rhinard --- Sebastian --- security --- societal

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The book offers though-provoking insights on the performance and effectiveness of EU cohesion policy in Eastern, Central, and Southern Europe by highlighting the key achievement and identifying the main shortcomings. One of the most important advantages of the book is that it covers many distinct actions of this policy, the authors also, based on wide-ranging analysis, formulate policy recommendations for the future.

EU regional and urban policy --- cohesion policy --- European Structural and Investment Funds --- convergence --- Eastern, Central, and Southern Europe