Unemployment in Europe Book

This book considers the policies needed to combat unemployment in Europe. One of the key developments-politically, socially, and economically-of the late 1980s and early 1990s was the formulation of proposals and policies for the further integration of the European Community, first with the Single European Act and the 1992 process, and now with the Maastricht Treaty's proposals for moving to a single currency by the end of the century. Alongside this, Britain has experienced its longest recession since the 1930s, and Europe generally seems set for economic stagnation and mass unemployment through the 1990s. These economic developments have made the Maastricht Treaty inadequate at best, and as Jacques Delors and others have publicly acknowledged, the need for the rest of the 1990s will be for policies to tackle unemployment. These cannot be limited to 'labor market' policies-positive fiscal and industrial policies are also required. It is these policies for growth and tackling unemployment which the book analyses.Read More