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Economic and social change is accelerating under the twin impact of globalisation and the new information technologies. This book addresses questions of change with particular reference to the European Union, which has made the development of a socially cohesive, knowledge-based economy its central task for the present decade.

The EU has defined the development of a socially cohesive, knowledge-based economy as its central task for the present decade. Progress has been mixed. This book assesses the challenge and the policy instruments which are being deployed. It offers an integrated treatment of these economic, social and policy-related changes, in a form accessible to those who need a broad-based appreciation of their implications. It is addressed to the policy ge...