Is Europe Good For You

Author : Dellmuth, Lisa
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781529217476

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Is Europe Good for You? by Dellmuth, Lisa Pdf

Throughout the history of European integration, economic wealth has increased to the benefit of citizens in the European Union (EU). However, inequalities in well-being persist within and between Europe’s regions, undermining the legitimacy of the EU in the eyes of citizens. This book investigates how the EU can use its regional funding programmes in ways that increase citizen well-being. The book shows that while EU social investments improve labour market performance in rich regions, they exacerbate income inequality in poor regions. Based on this insight, the book presents a theory on the conditions under which EU funding will enhance well-being. Crucially, it argues the case for enhancing the inclusivity of EU growth, which yields the promise of a more legitimate and stronger union.

Author : Lisa Dellmuth
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781529217469

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Is Europe Good for You? by Lisa Dellmuth Pdf

This important book investigates how the European Union (EU) can use its regional funding programmes in ways that increase citizen well-being. It argues the case for enhancing the inclusivity of EU growth, which yields the promise of a more legitimate and stronger union.

Author : Dellmuth, Lisa
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781529217483

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Is Europe Good for You? by Dellmuth, Lisa Pdf

Throughout the history of European integration, economic wealth has increased to the benefit of citizens in the European Union (EU). However, inequalities in well-being persist within and between Europe’s regions, undermining the legitimacy of the EU in the eyes of citizens. This book investigates how the EU can use its regional funding programmes in ways that increase citizen well-being. The book shows that while EU social investments improve labour market performance in rich regions, they exacerbate income inequality in poor regions. Based on this insight, the book presents a theory on the conditions under which EU funding will enhance well-being. Crucially, it argues the case for enhancing the inclusivity of EU growth, which yields the promise of a more legitimate and stronger union.

Author : Rick Steves
Publisher : Rick Steves
Page : 1385 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781631216268

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Rick Steves Europe Through the Back Door by Rick Steves Pdf

You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling through Europe. With Rick Steves Europe Through the Back Door, you'll learn how to: Plan your itinerary and maximize your time Pack light and right Find good-value hotels and restaurants Travel smoothly by train, bus, car, and plane Avoid crowds and tourist scams Hurdle the language barrier Understand cultural differences and connect with locals Save money while enjoying the trip of a lifetime After 30+ years of exploring Europe, Rick considers this travel skills handbook his life's work, and with his expert introductions to the top destinations in Europe, choosing your next trip will be easy and stress-free. Using the travel skills in this book, you'll experience the culture like a local, spend less money, and have more fun.

Author : Pyramid,Trinity Rougé
Publisher : Pyramid
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-16
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780753735381

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Good Evening Europe! by Pyramid,Trinity Rougé Pdf

From the good, the bad and the downright extraordinary, the Eurovision Song Contest is more than just one night of the year, it's a celebration of all things fabulous. This handy little guide is jam-packed with a myriad of Eurovision ideas to help you get your party started and guarantee yourself a great celebration that's as weird and wonderful as the acts themselves. So, get ready for questionable outfits, hilarious sassy commentary and lots of feathers. This isn't the time to be formal or trendy - focus on flamboyance and tackiness in large doses. Lay on the cheese as thickly as you can, and you won't go far wrong!

Author : Rick Steves,Steve Smith,Gene Openshaw
Publisher : Avalon Travel Pub
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1566918189

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Rick Steves' Paris by Rick Steves,Steve Smith,Gene Openshaw Pdf

Who but Rick Steves can tell travelers how to take self-guided walking tours along the Champs-Elysées and through the Marais? WithRick Steves’ Paris 2007,travelers can experience the best of everything the city has to offer — economically and hassle-free. Completely revised and updated,Rick Steves’ Paris 2007includes opinionated coverage of both famous and lesser-known sights; friendly places to eat and sleep; suggested day plans; walking tours and trip itineraries; clear instructions for smooth travel anywhere by car, train, or foot; and Rick’s newest "back door" discoveries. America’s number one authority on travel to Europe, Rick’s time-tested recommendations for safe and enjoyable travel in Europe have been used by millions of Americans in search of their own unique European travel experience.

Author : Cassandra Overby
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-10
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781680511086

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Explore Europe on Foot by Cassandra Overby Pdf

Move over traditional sightseeing, throngs of visitors, and tourist traps! Explore Europe on Foot gives travelers an alternative way to discover Europe. A hiking vacation offers countless rewards: the time to admire the tidiness of a village farm, soak in the rugged alpine view from a rocky perch, and absorb a country through the smells of its landscape and encounters with locals. Explore Europe on Foot is a complete guide to conceptualizing, planning, and executing the slow-travel hike (or hikes!) of a lifetime. Author Cassandra Overby tells you how you can spend all, or even just part, of your vacation enjoying scenery, small towns, and cultural experiences most travelers miss—all without carrying a big backpack. This guide offers all the nuts and bolts you need: how to choose a route that is right for you, how to plan, what to pack, what to expect, how to find accommodations and food, how to deal with challenges along the way, and so much more. These aren’t wilderness backpacking trips, but rather a wide range of town-to-town walks that offer the opportunity to have an authentic, affordable, restorative vacation. Travelers will also appreciate overviews of fifteen long-distance trails in Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, Great Britain, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and Turkey, with itineraries that range from one to fifteen days. For those unwilling to go all-in, Cassandra also offers tips on incorporating day-hike outings into a more traditional vacation. The focus is on how to craft that more immersive vacation so users of the guide will be able to apply what they learn to their own dream destinations. 15 Handpicked Walks include: Rota Vicentina, Portugal English Way, Spain Mont Saint-Michel, FranceTour du Mont Blanc, France and Italy Cinque Terre 2.0, Italy Lycian Way, Turkey Alpine Pass Route, Switzerland King Ludwig’s Way, Germany The Moselle, Germany The Ardennes, Luxembourg and Belgium The Lake District, England, UK West Highland Way, Scotland, UK Laugavegur Trek, Iceland The Sahara Desert, Morocco

Author : F. A. Elwell
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781473342101

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Cycling in Europe - An Illustrated Hand-Book of Information for the use of Touring Cyclists by F. A. Elwell Pdf

Contained within this book is a comprehensive guide to cycling in Europe, with information on preparing for a trip, favourable and beautiful routes, expenditure, bicycle maintenance, etiquette, and much more. Profusely illustrated and full of useful, timeless information, "Cycling in Europe" will be of considerable utility to modern cycling enthusiasts with a particular interest in European touring. Contents include: "Europe the Great Cycling Ground of the World", "Its Attractions to the Tourist", "Object of the Volume", "The Route", "Its Importance", "General Remarks", "Routes Suggested", "Ireland; Cork, Dublin, Belfast and the Antrim Coast", "Scotland: Its Rugged Beauty", "The Big Cities", "Lakes and Trossachs", "Melrose Abbey", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the History of the Bicycle.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Catalyst
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780895843111

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Unwritten Rules: Why Doing a Good Job Might Not Be Enough, Europe by Anonim Pdf

Author : Julian Porter
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781459700741

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149 Paintings You Really Need to See in Europe by Julian Porter Pdf

Visit some of Europe’s greatest museums and galleries in the company of a knowledgeable tour guide. "Who can resist an art critic with attitude?" – Former Supreme Court of Canada Justice, Ian Binnie "It was wonderful! Julian shared his enormous knowledge of the world’s best art with a panache that is irresistible." – Justice Stephen Goudge, Ontario Court of Appeal This essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the world’s greatest paintings from Giotto through to Picasso. Julian Porter’s passion for art began with the seven years he spent as a student tour guide in Europe. Since then, he has conducted countless tours of Europe’s famous galleries – The Louvre, The Prado, The Hermitage, The Rijksmuseum, the Sistine Chapel, and many others. In the usually pretentious arena of art connoisseurs, Porter’s voice stands out as fresh and original. He finds the best of the best, which he describes with entertaining irreverence, and spares you hours of sore feet and superfluous information.

Author : Peter Heather
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0199752729

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Empires and Barbarians by Peter Heather Pdf

Empires and Barbarians presents a fresh, provocative look at how a recognizable Europe came into being in the first millennium AD. With sharp analytic insight, Peter Heather explores the dynamics of migration and social and economic interaction that changed two vastly different worlds--the undeveloped barbarian world and the sophisticated Roman Empire--into remarkably similar societies and states. The book's vivid narrative begins at the time of Christ, when the Mediterranean circle, newly united under the Romans, hosted a politically sophisticated, economically advanced, and culturally developed civilization--one with philosophy, banking, professional armies, literature, stunning architecture, even garbage collection. The rest of Europe, meanwhile, was home to subsistence farmers living in small groups, dominated largely by Germanic speakers. Although having some iron tools and weapons, these mostly illiterate peoples worked mainly in wood and never built in stone. The farther east one went, the simpler it became: fewer iron tools and ever less productive economies. And yet ten centuries later, from the Atlantic to the Urals, the European world had turned. Slavic speakers had largely superseded Germanic speakers in central and Eastern Europe, literacy was growing, Christianity had spread, and most fundamentally, Mediterranean supremacy was broken. Bringing the whole of first millennium European history together, and challenging current arguments that migration played but a tiny role in this unfolding narrative, Empires and Barbarians views the destruction of the ancient world order in light of modern migration and globalization patterns.

Author : Hans-W Micklitz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509944859

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The Making of Consumer Law and Policy in Europe by Hans-W Micklitz Pdf

This book analyses the founding years of consumer law and consumer policy in Europe. It combines two dimensions: the making of national consumer law and the making of European consumer law, and how both are intertwined. The chapters on Germany, Italy, the Nordic countries and the United Kingdom serve to explain the economic and the political background which led to different legal and policy approaches in the then old Member States from the 1960s onwards. The chapter on Poland adds a different layer, the one of a former socialist country with its own consumer law and how joining the EU affected consumer law at the national level. The making of European consumer law started in the 1970s rather cautiously, but gradually the European Commission took an ever stronger position in promoting not only European consumer law but also in supporting the building of the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), the umbrella organisation of the national consumer bodies. The book unites the early protagonists who were involved in the making of consumer law in Europe: Guido Alpa, Ludwig Krämer, Ewa Letowska, Hans-W Micklitz, Klaus Tonner, Iain Ramsay, and Thomas Wilhelmsson, supported by the younger generation Aneta Wiewiórowska Domagalska, Mateusz Grochowski, and Koen Docter, who reconstructs the history of BEUC. Niklas Olsen and Thomas Roethe analyse the construction of this policy field from a historical and sociological perspective. This book offers a unique opportunity to understand a legal and political field, that of consumer law and policy, which plays a fundamental role in our contemporary societies.

Author : Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108472425

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Europe's Burden by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi Pdf

Investigates the efficacy of the European Union's promotion of good governance through its funding and conditionalities both within EU proper and in the developing world.

Author : Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262376723

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Dare to Invent the Future by Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga Pdf

A rallying manifesto for the innovative problem-solving we need to build a better, more verdant, and sustainable planetary existence. Academics are letting Africa down. With all that we know, what do we have to show for it? Whose lives have been changed for the better by it? What have we done for and with our communities lately? In this provocative book—the first in a trilogy—Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga argues that our critical thinkers must become actual thinker-doers. Taking its title from one of Thomas Sankara’s most inspirational speeches, Dare to Invent the Future looks for moments in Africa’s story where precedents of critical thought and knowledge in service of problem-solving are evident to inspire readers to dare to invent such a knowledge system. Mavhunga revisits insights from Edward Wilmot Blyden, Booker T. Washington, Aimé Césaire, Frantz Fanon, Amílcar Cabral, Julius Nyerere, and Thomas Sankara to illustrate how the academic disciplines have been, and could be, deployed in the service of and through problem-solving, building on what people are doing and know. At its core, he writes, knowledge in the service of and through problem-solving derives from reading the past for new questions, doing due diligence in the present, and contriving an anticipatory approach toward the future. Questioning the fundamental premises of Western and white knowledge production, especially regarding science and technology, Mavhunga proposes in this book refreshingly new approaches to thinking-doing that stem from African realities, in the hopes of inspiring a generation that will run toward, not away from, problems to solve them.

Author : Rick Steves
Publisher : Rick Steves
Page : 1789 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781631213823

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Rick Steves Mediterranean Cruise Ports by Rick Steves Pdf

Set sail and dive into Europe's magnificent port cities with Rick Steves Mediterranean Cruise Ports! Inside you'll find: Rick's expert advice on making the most of your time on a cruise and fully experiencing each city, with thorough coverage of 23 ports of call Practical travel strategies including how to choose and book your cruise, adjust to life on board on the ship, and save money Self-guided walks and tours of each port city so you can hit the best sights, sample authentic cuisine, and get to know the culture, even with a short amount of time Essential logistics including step-by-step instructions for arriving at each terminal, getting into town, and finding necessary services like ATMs and pharmacies Rick's reliable tips and candid advice on how to beat the crowds, skip lines, and avoid tourist traps Helpful reference photos throughout and full-color maps of each city Useful tools like mini-phrasebooks, detailed instructions for any visa requirements, hotel and airport recommendations for cruise access cities, and what to do if you miss your ship Full list of coverage: Provence, Marseille, Toulon and the Port of La Seyne-sur-Mer, Cassis, Aix-en-Provence, Nice, Villefrance-sur-Mer, Cap Ferrat, Monaco, Cannes, Antibes, Florence, Pisa, Lucca, the Port of Livorno, Rome, the Port of Civitaveccia, Naples, Sorrento, Capri, Pompeii, Herculaneum, the Amalfi Coast, Venice, Split, Dubrovnik, Athens, the Port of Piraeus, Mykonos, Santorini, Corfu, Olympia and the Port of Katakolo, Crete and the Port of Heraklion, Rhodes, Istanbul, Ephesus, and The Port of Kusadasi Maximize your time and savor every moment in port with Rick's practical tips, thoughtful advice, and reliable expertise. Heading north? Pick up Rick Steves Scandinavian & Northern European Cruise Ports.