The definitive survey of the countries and territories of Western Europe, comprising expert analysis and commentary, up-to-date economic and socio-political data and extensive directory information.
General Survey
Essays by leading experts on the area cover issues of regional importance.
Country Surveys
Individual chapters on each country, comprising:
an introductory survey, containing essays on the geography, history and economy of each country, including a chronology and map.
an extensive statistical survey of economic and demographic indicators, including area and population, health and welfare, agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, industry, finance, trade, transport, tourism, communications media and education.
a comprehensive directory of names and contact details covering the most significant political and commercial institutions.
Regional Information
a directory of research institutes specializing in the region
bibliographies of books and periodicals covering the region
PART ONE General Survey
The European Union: Navigating an Uncertain Future
MICHAEL J. GEARY
Economic Perspectives in Western Europe, the European Union and the Eurozone
CHRISTIAN SCHWEIGER
European Foreign and Security Policy
ANDREW COTTEY
Russia and Energy Security in Western Europe
ROBERT E. LOONEY
Environmental Policy in Western Europe
PAUL TOBIN and BRENDAN MOORE
The Politics of Migration in Western Europe
ERICA CONSTERDINE
Populism in Western Europe: Profiteers or Victims of Crises?
MARCEL LEWANDOWSKY
PART TWO Country Surveys
Sections on geography, history, chronology and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country
ANDORRA
AUSTRIA
History KURT RICHARD LUTHER
Economy GÜNTHER K. CHALOUPEK
BELGIUM
History MIN REUCHAMPS
Economy DAVID LEA
DENMARK
History FLEMMING JUUL CHRISTIANSEN and MADS DAGNIS JENSEN
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
DANISH EXTERNAL TERRITORIES
THE FAROE ISLANDS
GREENLAND
FINLAND
History MIKKO KUISMA
Economy KARI HEIMONEN
FINNISH EXTERNAL TERRITORY
THE ÅLAND ISLANDS
FRANCE
History PAUL SMITH
Economy THÉO AIOLFI
GERMANY
History WILLIAM E. PATERSON (Revised for this edition by the editorial staff)
Economy CHRISTIAN SCHWEIGER
ICELAND
History STEFANIA OSKARSDOTTIR
Economy GYLFI MAGNUSSON
IRELAND
History MUIRIS MACCARTHAIGH
Economy DAVID LEA
ITALY
History JAMES L. NEWELL
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
LIECHTENSTEIN
LUXEMBOURG
History ANNA-LENA HÖGENAUER
Economy ELENA DANESCU
MALTA
History GODFREY A. PIROTTA
Economy LINO BRIGUGLIO
MONACO
THE NETHERLANDS
History JEROEN DEWULF
Economy JAKOB DE HAAN
NORWAY
History MART KULDKEPP
Economy RÖGNVALDUR HANNESSON
NORWEGIAN EXTERNAL TERRITORIES
SVALBARD
JAN MAYEN
PORTUGAL
History MARCO LISI
Economy MIGUEL LEBRE DE FREITAS and FRANCISCO TORRES
SAN MARINO
SPAIN
History RICHARD GILLESPIE
Economy XAVIER CUADRAS MORATO
SWEDEN
History TOMMY MÖLLER
Economy LARS MAGNUSSON
SWITZERLAND
History MARC BÜHLMANN
Economy TOBIAS STRAUMANN
THE UNITED KINGDOM
History NICHOLAS DICKINSON
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
UNITED KINGDOM CROWN DEPENDENCIES
THE CHANNEL ISLANDS
Guernsey
Islands of the Bailiwick of Guernsey
Jersey
THE ISLE OF MAN
UNITED KINGDOM OVERSEAS TERRITORY
GIBRALTAR
THE VATICAN CITY
PART THREE Regional Information
RESEARCH INSTITUTES
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS)
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS)
Biography
Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field:
Théo Aiolfi.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies, CY Cergy Paris University, France.
Lino Briguglio.
Professor of Economics, and Director, Islands and Small States Institute, University of Malta, Malta.
Marc Bühlmann.
Director, Année Politique Suisse, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Günther K. Chaloupek.
Former Director of Economic Policy Section, Austrian Chamber of Labour, Vienna, Austria.
Flemming Juul Christiansen.
Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Denmark.
Erica Consterdine.
Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University, United Kingdom.
Andrew Cottey.
Senior Lecturer and Jean Monnet Chair in European Political Integration, Department of Government and Politics, University College Cork, Ireland.
Xavier Cuadras Morató.
Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
Elena Danescu.
Research Scientist, Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Jakob de Haan.
Professor of Political Economy, University of Groningen, Netherlands.
Jeroen Dewulf.
Queen Beatrix Professor in Dutch Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Nicholas Dickinson.
Bingham Early Career Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Balliol College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Michael J. Geary.
Professor of Modern History and Jean Monnet Chair in History of European Integration, Department of Historical and Classical Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.
Richard Gillespie.
Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Rögnvaldur Hannesson.
Professor Emeritus, Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, Norway.
Kari Heimonen. Professor, School of Business and Economics, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
Anna-Lena Högenauer.
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Mads Dagnis Jensen.
Associate Professor, Department of International Economics, Government and Business, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
Mikko Kuisma.
Program Lead and Lecturer, University of Tübingen, Germany.
Mart Kuldkepp.
Associate Professor of Scandinavian History and Politics, Department of Scandinavian Studies/ European Social and Political Studies, University College London, United Kingdom.
David Lea.
Writer and analyst on European political and economic affairs.
Miguel Lebre de Freitas.
Assistant Professor, Nova School of Business and Economics and University of Aveiro, Portugal.
Robert E. Looney.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA, and international consultant specializing in economic development.
Kurt Richard Luther.
Emeritus Professor of Comparative Politics, Keele University, United Kingdom, and Visiting Professor, Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China.
Muiris MacCarthaigh.
Professor of Politics and Public Policy, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom, and adjunct Professor at the Geary Institute for Public Policy, University College Dublin, Ireland.
Gylfi Magnússon.
Professor, Finance and Economics, School of Business, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Lars Magnusson.
Professor in Economic History, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Tommy Möller.
Professor of Political Science, Stockholm University, Sweden.
Brendan Moore.
Senior Research Associate, Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom.
James L. Newell.
Co-Editor of Contemporary Italian Politics, Routledge, United Kingdom.
Stefanía Óskarsdóttir.
Associate Professor, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
William E. Paterson.
Honorary Professor of German and European Politics, Aston Centre for Europe, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Godfrey A. Pirotta.
Professor of Government and Policy Studies, and Chairperson, Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, University of Malta, Malta.
Min Reuchamps.
Professor of Political Science, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
Christian Schweiger.
Visiting Professor and Chair, Comparative European Governance Systems, Institute for Political Science, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany.
Paul Smith.
Head of French, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Tobias Straumann.
Senior Lecturer of Economic History, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Paul Tobin.
Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
Francisco Torres.
Visiting Professor, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Portugal.
