With the impending unification of the European economic markets in 1992, the role of individual states within the European Community has become an important yet rarely studied area of European politics. The contributors to this collection of papers apply a "domestic policy" approach to European affairs in an attempt to illuminate foundations of British policy in the European Community. Three themes are identified and pursued--the attempts of the central government to act as a gatekeeper between the British political system and the European Community in order to protect British sovereignty;...
With the impending unification of the European economic markets in 1992, the role of individual states within the European Community has become an imp...
Total quality management is a holistic approach to quality, aiming to not just improve quality in manufacturing processes or in customer service departments, but across all company functions and processes. It seeks to show how to produce better business results using quality improvement. This edition discusses management processes of nine-ten new companies and includes up-to-date information for other companies. It also contains the latest Baldridge criteria and continues to cover all the key elements of an effective management system.
Total quality management is a holistic approach to quality, aiming to not just improve quality in manufacturing processes or in customer service depar...
Britain has been a member of the European Community since the start of 1973, but it is only recently, with the publicity given to the plans for the creation of the single market in 1992, and the role of the community in environmental and social policies, that the mass of the population of Britain have begun to notice the possibilities that membership holds. Mrs Thatcher's government has played down and resisted the increased integration that seems to be taking place in Europe, but it is unlikely that Britain can stand apart from this process much longer.
Britain has been a member of the European Community since the start of 1973, but it is only recently, with the publicity given to the plans for the cr...
Britain joined the EU in 1973, over twenty years after the first of the European Communities was formed. Within a year, Britain had established a reputation for being at odds with major Community initiatives and for taking an independent point of view. An Awkward Partner surveys the policies that earned Britain this reputation, recording the role successive British governments have played in the European Community. In this third edition Stephen George brings his analysis up to date, taking the story of the Major Government through to its end in the 1997 general election.
Britain joined the EU in 1973, over twenty years after the first of the European Communities was formed. Within a year, Britain had established a repu...
