The Barcelona Process: Building a Euro-Mediterranean Regional Community

by George Joffe (Editor), Alvaro Vasconcelos (Editor)

Overview

The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership - the Barcelona Process - aims to create integration in the Mediterranean Basin so as to encourage economic development along the Southern rim. This volume takes a critical look at the problems faced by the Process and the likelihood of its success.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135309893
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/08/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Joffe, George; Vasconcelos, Alvaro

Table of Contents

Part 1: Economic change: the Euro-Mediterranean free trade zone: economic challenges and social impacts on the countries of the South and East Mediterranean, Alvaro Vasconcelos and George Joffe; foreign investment and the rule of law, George Joffe. Part 2: The political process: political transition in the Middle East, May Chartouni-Dubarry; democratization in the Mashreq: the role of external factors, Mustafa Hamarneh; political reform and social change in the Maghreb, Gema Martin-Munoz. Part 3: Security issues in the Mediterranean: towards a new WMD agenda in the Euro-Mediterranean policies of arms control: an Arab perspective, Mark A. Heller; arms control in the Mediterranean area: a European perspective, Pascal Boniface; the Euro-Mediterranean security partnership: prospects of arms limitation and confidence-building. Conclusion: challenges and prospects, Roberto Aliboni and Abdel Monem Said Aly

Editorial Reviews

The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, initiated in 1995, seeks to create integration in the Mediterranean Basin so as to encourage economic developments along the Southern Mediterranean rim. Chapters in this work take a critical look at problems the partnership faces and its likelihood of success. Topics include economic change, foreign investment, political transition in the Middle East, security issues, and arms control. Joff<'e> is affiliated with the London School of Economic and Political Science, and the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. Vasconcelos is director of Instituto de Estudos Estrat<'e>gicos e Internacionais, Lisbon. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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