Table of Contents

Introduction; J.Mortensen - Opening Address; H.Christophersen - European Economic Integration: Conceptual Issues and Social Reality; W.Molle - PART 1: EXPLAINING REGIONAL AND SOCIAL INEQUALITIES - The Regions of the European Community in 1992; R.Hall - Unemployment in the EC: Nature and Causes; J.Morley - The EC and the USA: Regional Differentials Compared; A.Boltho - PART 2: THE VIEW FROM THE PERIPHERY - Catching Up with the Rest: the Irish Experience; K.Kennedy - Spain in the EC: Monetary Stability Versus Economic Growth?; J.Folgado - EMU: a Challenge or a Helping Hand for Greece?; N.Christodoulakis - EMU and the Future of the North-South Divide; A.Cabral - PART 3: THE IMPACT OF THE CENTRE - The Efficiency of the Structural Funds; P.Goybet & M.Bertoldi - The Regional Impact of Community Policies; B.Seidel - Fiscal Federalism: a Survey; B.Spahn - The Implications of Cohesion Policy for the EC Budget; H.Retchenbach - The Regional-Stabilisation Properties of Fiscal Arrangements; A.Italianer & J.Pisani-Ferry - The Role of the European Investment Bank; E.Greppi - Index