Introduction - the old continent in turmoil, a new one in the making, Mairi Maclean and Jolyon Howorth. Part 1 Economics and business - new worlds to conquer: the unfinished chrysalis - market forces and protectionist reflexes in France, Mairi Maclean; Germany - the ambivalent insider, Jutta Helm; Britain - financial sophistication and industrial wastelands, Maurice Basle. Part 2 Foreign and defence issues - beyond Nato ... to what?: France and the defence of Europe - redefining continental security, Jolyon Howorth; German foreign and security policy and the European regional system in the 1990s, Andre Brigot; British security policy - between the special relationship with the United States and the commitment to European security cooperation, Christoph Bluth. Part 3 Politics and political culture - national sovereignty or supranationality?: the two souls of Marianne - national sovereignty versus supranationality in Europe, Rainer Riemenschneider; the Euro-Germans - national identity and European integration in Germany, Eva Kolinsky; Westminster versus Brussels - the last crusade, Alan Butt Philip.
