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Politics has changed. For decades Britain was divided between Left and Right but united in its belief in a two-party state. Now, with nationalism resurgent and mainstream parties in turmoil, stark new divisions define the country and the centre ground is deserted. As Deputy Prime Minister of Britain's first coalition government in over fifty years, Nick Clegg witnessed this change from the inside. Here he offers a frank account of his experiences from his spectacular rise in the 2010 election to a brutal defeat in 2015, from his early years as an MEP in Brussels to the tumultuous fall-out of Britain's EU referendum and puts the case for a new politics based on reason and compromise. He writes candidly about his mistakes, including the controversy around tuition fees, the tense stand-offs within government and the decision to enter coalition with the Conservatives in the first place. He also lifts the lid on the arcane worlds of Westminster and Brussels, the vested interests that suffocate reform, as well as the achievements his party made despite them. Part memoir, part road-map through these tumultuous times, he argues that navigating our future will rely more than ever on collaboration, reforming our political institutions and a renewed belief in the values of liberalism. Whatever your political persuasion, if you wish to understand politics in Britain today you cannot afford to ignore this book

A discussion of the path of the postcommunist countries of the former USSR & Central/East Europe from integration within the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA), to the disintegration of today. It is contended that the burial of CMEA does not mean that the subregional integration of Central & Eastern Europe & the former USSR is lost forever. The high degree of structural dependency between the economies of these neighboring countries suggests that they will need each other. The interests of foreign investors in a large market will force the East European countries to set up joint organizations to manage the resources made available by Western help, financing, & investment. Slowly & gradually will come the establishment of a central European free trade arrangement as a network of bilateral/trilateral/free trade areas between the countries of this region & finally, a pan-European economic space. 1 Table, 5 Figures, 21 References. Modified AA