The Economic Development of the E.E.C.

by Richard T. Griffiths

Overview

This authoritative volume traces the creation and development of the EEC as an institution and assesses its impact on the economic development of Europe and the policy areas under its control.

The book includes a thorough discussion of the background and origins of the European Economic Community. In the early years of post-war Europe, the continuous search for a multilateral commercial agreement resulted in various plans for European commercial cooperation. These schemes were proposed less in a desire for European integration and supranational institutions, than in response to real economic problems and were the precursors to the formation of the EEC.

The next section investigates the process of creating the EEC including the road to integration of the major founding members, and the attitude of the United States to European integration.

Finally, it discusses the economic development of the EEC since 1957. It explores major themes including the impact of the Community on trade and agriculture and on competition and financial policy, as well as the effects of its own enlargement. The study ends with the steps towards closer union embodied in the Treaty of Maastricht, which signalled the transformation of the European Economic Community into the European Union.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781852787820
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	12/30/1997
Series:	The Economic Development of Modern Europe Since 1870 series , #12
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	624
Product dimensions:	6.62(w) x 9.62(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edited by Richard T. Griffiths, Professor of Economic and Social History, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, The Netherlands

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction Part I: Towards the EEC 1945–55 Part II: The Creation of the EEC Part III: The Economic Development of the EEC, 1957–92 Index

Editorial Reviews

'. . . the first two parts contain some excellent material. . .'

Peter Holmes

In this compilation of 23 articles (1972-97), Griffiths (economic and social history, Rijksuniversiteit; Netherlands) heads a team of specialists analyzing the postwar history leading to the European Economic Community (e.g. the Marshall and Schuman Plans); creation of the EEC and US reaction (e.g. B<:u>hrer's 1995 "German Industry and European Integration in the 1950s"); and the economic development of the EEC, 1957-92 (e.g. Tsoulkalis' 1993 "Regional Policies and Redistribution"). Besides detailing the development of the EEC as an economic institution, this overview assesses its impact on the economic development of Europe<-->as the only viable, albeit difficult, alternative. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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