APPLIED GEOGRAPHY IN WESTERN EUROPE

Western Europe.

W hat would motivate british neo-nazi skinheads to invade a public library and beat up a reading group of retired pakistani immigrants? and what would motivate half a million british citizens to vote for extreme right-wing parties whose rhetoric fuels such behavior? trilling traces the rise of the radical right in the united kingdom and condemns establishment figures for not taking it more seri...

Cohabitation in Western Europe.

This article examines for a range of European countries: the extent to which men and women are not forming partnerships and how this has changed over time; the number of partnerships experienced; type of first partnership in terms of whether it commences with marriage or cohabitation and, if the latter, whether it converts into marriage; as well as the duration of different types of cohabiting ...

SUSTAINABLE URBAN REGENERATION, AN ONGOING DISCOURSE (WESTERN) EUROPE, GERMANY

Inflation Targeting in Western Europe

Several European countries adopted inflation targeting as a monetary policy strategy during the 1990s. This article evaluates the impact of the establishment of this policy framework on the dynamics of inflation for three countries: United Kingdom, Spain and Finland. While smaller shocks triggered most of the decline in their high frequency inflation volatility, this is not always the case for ...

Artificial Intelligence in Western Europe

Un ive rs i t y of Marsei l le-Luminy ( d i r e c t o r : A. Colmerauer) Un i ve rs i t y of Par is 8-Vincennes ( d i r e c t o r : P. Greussay) I n s t i t u t de Recherche d' Inforraat ique et d 'Automatique ( IRIA) at Ve rsa i l l es outside Paris ( d i r e c t o r s : G. Huet and G. Kahn) Un i ve rs i t y P ie r re et Marie Curie in Paris ( d i r e c t o r s : J . P i t r a t and J . -C . S...