Slippery slope - Giles Merritt
Europe's troubled future
KORTE INHOUD
Slippery Slope is far from the usual run of uncritical EU-related studies. Its aim is to set alarm bells ringing across Europe with its revealing insights into our increasingly troubled future. Giles Merritt argues that the steepness and suddenness of Europe's decline in the 'Asian century' will depend on the actions we Europeans undertake. And there are two key lessons that we need to face from the beginning. Firstly, the 'good times' aren't coming backwithout a massive effort on our part. And secondly, in a fast-developing world of 9-10 billion people, no single European country can survive and prosper on its own.Merritt sets out tosort fact from fiction in his analysis of Europe's weaknesses, and the policies needed to address them. Placing the outlook for Europe in its global context, he assesses Europe's decline in relative as well as absolute terms, and puts forward an ambitious but realistic 'to do' list for Europe's policymakers if our comparatively privileged life styles are not to be seriously threa...
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2016Uitgever: Oxford University Press270 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0198757867ISBN-13: 9780198757863Koop dit boek tweedehands
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[Auteur: Merritt, Giles] [Pagina's: 270] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Oxford University Press] [Jaar: 2016] [Titel: Slippery Slope. Europe's Troubled Future]
