Linking Europe: Transport Policies and Politics in the European Union

by John Ross

Overview

Long overlooked, transport is emerging as an important policy area for the European Union and is a growing source of political tension. This broad-based analysis of the European transport industry includes an in-depth examination of the four major modes: rail, road, air, and shipping, also the EU's growing cross-border transport links. Ross frames this discussion with a look at the role of transport in the overall European political economy—past, present, and future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275952488
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/28/1998
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

John F.L. Ross teaches at the American College of Greece in Athens. He has written and lectured widely in the fields of International Relations and European affairs since taking his PhD at the London School of Economics in 1987. He taught political science at Northeastern University in Boston until 1995. He held a visiting appointment in 1993-94 as Fulbright fellow at the International School of Social Sciences at the University of Tampere in Finland. His book Neutrality and International Sanctions was also published by Praeger, in 1989. His numerous publications have appeared in academic jourbanals in Europe and the U.S., and he has also been a frequent contributor to the international press.

Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviations
European Transport: Progress and Problems
Perspectives on European Transport
The Common Transport Policy: The EU's Unfinished Legacy
Modal Developments in European Transport
Iron Roosters: The Railroads
Insolent Chariots: The Road Sector
Birds of Prey: The Airlines
Ships of Fortune: Maritime Transport
European Transport Towards the 21st Century
Structural, Transnational and Multi-Modal Initiatives
Europe's Incomplete Transport Revolution
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

The book is an admirable addition to the sparse literature on the subject.” —European Access

“For the transport professional as well as administrative offical and academics, this book provides very interesting and informative reading. . . . Whether one agrees with the author's position or not, Linking Europe makes for both instructive and interesting reading that will indeed satisfy most readers.” —Transport Reviews

From the Publisher

A broad sectoral analysis of European transport issues in light of the evolving policy and politics of integration. Looks at the progress to date, and finds it greater than economic and political progress, and at the problems still to overcome; analyzes key issues in rail, road, air, and shipping and the impact of deregulation and cooperation; and examines the disparate questions as parts of an emerging continent-wide transport system. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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