Pathbreakers
Small European Countries Responding to Globalisation and Deglobalisation
©2008
Conference proceedings
550 Pages
Summary
This book concentrates on how small European countries coped with economic integration and disintegration during the twentieth century. Small countries had to adapt flexibly to the drastically changing conditions outside their borders. They had to find ways of maintaining their political autonomy notwithstanding their economic dependence, and they have been quite successful in accomplishing this difficult balancing act. The authors analyse how small countries responded to the challenges of the international system and describe the different policies and strategies pursued by governments, industries and firms. Originating from the XIII. Congress of the International Economic History Association (IEHA), the contributions to this volume offer new perspectives on a widely debated topic and contribute to a better understanding of the current process of globalisation in small and large countries. The volume is divided into three sections: I. Coping with Different Regimes for International Trade and Changing Competitiveness; II. From an Open World Economy to Economic Disintegration and Protectionism; III. Trade Liberalisation, European Integration and Deregulation.
Details
- Pages
- 550
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783039112142
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Europa Wirtschaftliche Integration Geschichte 1900-2000 Kongress 2002 Economic Europe /General Inter-State Economic International Economic Wirtschaftsbeziehungen Contemporary History Kleines Land
- Published
- Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2008. 550 pp.
