Publisher's Synopsis
New edition of this authoritative Leaving Certificate textbook reflects the enormous changes in Western Europe in the 1990s, including: - The Maastricht Treaty and the Single European Market, and their implications for the geography of development in Europe - Industrial policy and the drive to achieve a more competitive Europe - EU regional policy and the operation of the Structural and Cohesion Funds - Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and the concept of integrated rural development - Reunification of Germany and its impact on Europe as a whole - Environmental policies - Transport, including high-speed rail and the Channel Tunnel - Fishing policy and the implications for maritime Europe - The future of the European Union Based on the most up-to-date statistics, this book retains the principal features of the first edition, including: - Application of themes to contemporary Ireland - Numerous case studies - Revision questions.
