The European Union is paradoxical: it is not a state, yet it performs many traditional functions of the state. Its regulatory powers are immense but its redistributive functions are negligible; its decisions penetrate all aspects of economic and social life, yet Brussels has no local administration or tribunals, no controllers capable of guaranteeing the correct and faithful implementation of the regulations or objectives which frame European policies. Ths book explores the means through which this paradox is confronted. It examines the nature and modalities of policy-making at Community level and discusses the implications of the specific nature of European institiutions for bargaining group mobilization and policy style. It then studies how the three major nation states have adjusted their policy processes and institutions to the European challenges. Finally, it considers the impact of community decisions in three areas: industrial, competition and social policy.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th European Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World, MAAMAW '94, held in Odense, Denmark, in August 1994.
The 15 revised full papers included in the book were carefully selected from the workshop contributions; they address various current aspects of multi-agent systems, with a certain focus on applicational aspects. In addition, there is an invited paper "Agents: towards a society in which humans and computers cohabitate" by Mario Tokoro.

This volume contains thoroughly refereed full versions of the best papers presented at the 5th European Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World, MAAMAW '93, held in NeuchA[tel, Switzerland in August 1993.
The volume opens with a detailed introduction by the volume editors bringing the papers in line and offering a readers' guide. The 15 full research papers reflect the state-of-the-art in this dynamic field of research; they are organized in sections on emergence of global properties, emergence of sociality, multi-agent planning, multi-agent communication, and multi-agent architectures.

Examines policy-making at EU-level; explores how three major nation-states have adapted their policy processes and institutions to the European challenge; and focuses on the impact of the EU on industrial, competition and social policies.