Review by Choice Review
Rosenberg, author of several books on business, finance, and automation, emphasizes in his brief introduction the need for US "business leaders and decision makers" to understand the EC and its terminology. Most of the book is a dictionary of terms, clearly intended to aid in this process. Rosenberg includes entries on EC agencies, on topics from "accountants" to "Yaounde agreements," and on countries. Definitions always relate the topic to the EC in some way. The entry on the US, for example, gives a short summary of US concerns related to the 1992 process. The introduction implies that biographical entries will also be included, but this reviewer found only Jacques Delors and Jean Monnet. The inclusion of many EC-related acronyms is helpful, but the expansions are not always definitions: one learns that "ACPM" stands for "Advisory Committee on Program Management" but nothing further about what the committee is or does. Also included are a brief introduction to EC institutions, a chronology, and a useful index of topics by general subject area. The entries in Brian Morris and Klaus Boehm's The European Community (3rd ed., London, 1990; 1st ed., CH, Jun'82), a combination directory/dictionary, are often more thorough and cite regulations and directives in the Official Journal where appropriate. This reviewer has not seen the 1990 edition; Rosenberg cites and has obviously depended heavily on the 1981 edition. The New Europe is useful for ready reference, but libraries that have the latest edition of Morris and Boehm will not need to add Rosenberg. -V. W. Hill, University of Wisconsin--Madison
Copyright American Library Association, used with permission.
Review by Choice Review
