A MODERN COMPANION TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

A Guide to Key Facts, Institutions and Terms

Andrew Cox, formerly of CBSP, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham and Paul Furlong, Emeritus Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations,Cardiff University, UK

一个介绍性的chapter provides a brief historical overview of the development of the EC in the post-war period and a description of the major Directorates and policy making functions within the Community. The book includes basic statistics on population, GNP, trade performance as well as an assessment of each member country's economic potential.

‘It will be especially useful for people who have little background on the EC and who are bewildered by the myriad of acronyms they encounter when reading about it.’
– Frank L. Wilson, American Reference Books Annual