Europe enlarged

By Irena Kogan

Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Welfare state, Human Services, Public welfare, Labor market, European Union, Public Policy, Labor laws and legislation, europe, Education, europe, Social Services & Welfare, Education, Public welfare, europe

Description: The expansion of the European Union has put an end to the east-west division of Europe, while increasing the cultural heterogeneity, social disparities and economic imbalances within the EU-exemplified in the lower living standards and higher unemployed rates in some of the new member states.