Where is Europe headed? : an introduction / Bruno Dallago, Gert Guri and John McGowan -- The European project : moving forward with dry eyes / Steven Rosefielde -- The EU in stormy seas : beginning of the end or end of the beginning / Klaus Gretschmann -- Signalling imbalances in the EMU /...

To what extent should local and regional governments in the European Union be allowed to determine their own fiscal policies? This book explores the core issues of fiscal federalism in the European context. It combines theoretical and empirical analysis in addressing such questions as: what sort...

"Does the European Union need closer fiscal integration, and in particular a stronger fiscal centre, to become more resilient to economic shocks? This book looks at the experience of 13 federal states to help inform the heated debate on this issue. It analyses in detail their practices in...

Migration in the Mediterranean across disciplines / Elena Ambrosetti, Donatella Strangio -- A provincial level analysis of Italian emigration to Africa : who left and why / Francesca Fauri -- The South-European model of immigration : cross-national differences by sending area in labour-market...