Living with the European Union

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. Introduction: Portrait of a Region

   • Dennis Kennedy

   Pages 1-16

3. A Region among Regions: the Wider View

   • Thomas Christiansen

   Pages 17-37

4. EU Membership and the Northern Ireland Economy

   • Graham Gudgin

   Pages 38-70

5. Changing Scene: EU Impact on the Rural Economy

   • John Davis

   Pages 71-93

6. Trading Partners: Northern Ireland’s External Economic Links

   • Esmond Birnie

   Pages 94-114

7. For Richer or Poorer: the Social Impact

   • Quintin Oliver

   Pages 115-127

8. The Sectoral Impact: European Rules and a Changing Environment

   • J. S. Furphy

   Pages 128-147

9. Europe and the Northern Ireland Problem

   • Dennis Kennedy

   Pages 148-168

10. The European Connection and Public Opinion

    • M. L. Smith

    Pages 169-196

11. Back Matter

    Pages 197-207

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The experience of one region over 25 years within the European Union forms the basis of an examination of how the EU impacts on a region's economy, on its society and on its particular problems. In the case of Northern Ireland, inclusion in the European Union has coincided with the most sustained campaign of political terrorism in western Europe.

• Europe
• European Union
• European Union (EU)
• British Politics
• european union politics

• Institute of European Studies, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK

  Dennis Kennedy

DENNIS KENNEDY has been a close observer of the European scene from an Irish viewpoint for the past 30 years. First, as a journalist (Diplomatic Correspondent of the Irish Times), he covered the entry negotiations that brought the United Kingdom and Ireland into the then European Economic Community. From 1985 to 1991 he served as Head of the European Commission's Office in Belfast. Since 1993 he has been attached to the Institute of European Studies at Queen's University, Belfast. His journalistic career includes periods in the United States (1963-64) and Ethiopia (1966-68) and he has reported widely on Third World matters and development cooperation.

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