1st Edition

Development of the Portugese Economy A Case of Europeanization

By David Corkhill Copyright 1999
    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book reveals how the previously weak Portuguese economy has now experienced growth, convergence, structural change and international competition. David Corkhill analyses the Europeanization of the Portuguese economy in the context of closer European integration, globalization and the struggle to achieve international competitiveness. It also assesses the pitfalls Portugal may face as part of Europe.

    Introduction 1 From autarky to liberalization 2 Development on the periphery 3 Institutions and the state 4 Internationalization, competitiveness and foreign investment 5 Trade, identity and the Iberian market 6 The changing economic structure I 7 The changing economic structure II 8 The labour market and human capital 9 Growth and convergence: the economics of catching-up 10 Portugal, EMU and the European project

    Biography

    David Corkill is Reader in Iberian Studies in the Department of Languages at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is the author of The Portuguese Economy since 1974.