Alain Minc

The Great European Illusion is a highly provocative analysis of the 1992 phenomenon. Minc argues that European integration must be seen as part of a much wider evolutionary process. In this much acclaimed book, he shakes the belief that forging the single market of 1992 will somehow lead to an easy shift to a unified Europe with greater economic and political coherence. The international business community must be aware of what kind of Europe is emerging if it is to. Create effective strategies for exploiting the massive economic and political shifts. The Great European Illusion takes full account of the recent developments in Eastern Europe and is a controversial book which assesses the economic, social and cultural options facing the European continent, east and west.

Après un demi-siècle d'internationalisme, il faut maintenant réinventer une idée nationale.

First published in 1978 as a report to France's president, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, "The Computerization of Society" became a best-seller abroad and the cause of instantaneous and widespread public discussion. When the Industrial Revolution was beginning, few people realized the importance of what was taking place. The singular importance of this report is that it comes to grips with a similar major technological event, showing how a new technology can reshape society and why the political system has to change to meet the new scale of economic life and the new patterns of social life that result. In this volume, two astute observers, aided by a team of technical specialists, have surveyed a major technological and social innovation and have proposed a unified national policy to deal with the impending changes. In the United States, where the scale of activities in this field is considerably larger than in France, there is as yet no national policy.