This book examines the cosmopolitan project of post-war Europe. Given institutional form as the EEC and then EU, the project is generally agreed to begin with European states wishing to make amends fo
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Information is regarded as a distinguishing feature of our world. Where once economies were built on industry and conquest, we are now part of a global information economy. Pervasive media, expanding
Information is regarded as a distinguishing feature of our world. Where once economies were built on industry and conquest, we are now part of a global information economy. Pervasive media, expanding
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