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This volume - a collaborative effort between The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Saxonian universities - is a source book for students and researchers of European Studies. Its scope is truly interdisciplinary as it incorporates contributions from social psychology, international relations, economics, political science, and sociology. Topics are:
· Differences in the value preferences of Israelis and citizens of member states of the European Union
· The European-Israeli relationship with a focus on the EU's Mediterranean policies, in particular after the Barcelona conference of 1995; parliamentary cooperation; environmental politics
· The development of the EU with a focus on the process of the Maastricht Treaty ratification; the discussion of prospects of multi-level governance; the upcoming EU enlargement
· Eco-nomic aspects of the European Monetary Union
· The problem of citizens' identity formation in a uniting Europe
Sommario
Content.- Israel and the Freistaat Sachsen -A Foreword.- 1 Israel and Europe-Introductory Remarks on a Complex Relationship.- 2 The EU and Israel: Comparison of Cultures and Implications.- 3 Israel and the Barcelona Process: The First Five Years.- 4 Divergences in the EU on an Active Mediterranean Policy.- 5 Fostering Democracy through Parliamentary Cooperation: European Lessons for the Middle East?.- 6 Europe, Israel and Environmental Politics: Lessons to be Learnt.- 7 The Relationship between Government and Opposition in the Bundestag and House of Commons in the Run-Up to the Maastricht Treaty.- 8 Multi-level Governance in the European Union: The Evolution of Transnational Policy Networks.- 9 Mission Impossible? The Task of Enlarging and Deepening the European Union.- 10 National Economic Policies in a European Economic and Monetary Union.- 11 European Monetary Policy: The First Years.- 12 German National Identity in a New Europe Brief Remarks on the Limits of Survey Research.- About the Authors.
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Prof. Dr. Klaus Boehnke lehrt an der International University Bremen.
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This volume - a collaborative effort between The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Saxonian universities - is a source book for students and researchers of European Studies. Its scope is truly interdisciplinary as it incorporates contributions from social psychology, international relations, economics, political science, and sociology. Topics are:
· Differences in the value preferences of Israelis and citizens of member states of the European Union
· The European-Israeli relationship with a focus on the EU's Mediterranean policies, in particular after the Barcelona conference of 1995; parliamentary cooperation; environmental politics
· The development of the EU with a focus on the process of the Maastricht Treaty ratification; the discussion of prospects of multi-level governance; the upcoming EU enlargement
· Eco-nomic aspects of the European Monetary Union
· The problem of citizens' identity formation in a uniting Europe
