Klaus Gottstein Books

The XVII International Amaldi Conference took place on the campus of the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg under the auspices of the Hamburg Academy of Sciences and at the joint invitation of the president of the Union of German Academies of Sciences and of the Chair of the Amaldi Conferences at the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome, Prof. Edoardo Vesentini. Organisational support was given by the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg, the Center for Science and Peace Research of the University of Hamburg, and by DESY. Sponsors were the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, the Stiftung Friedensforschung and the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung.

Social and political scientists from European countries report on the ideas and desires of their people regarding the future of Europe. The 17 papers, and the discussions they sparked, are from a March 1990 workshop in Ringberg Castle (presumably in Europe somewhere). Perhaps the only common desire was for governments to stop talking about politics and make the trains run on time. Includes an overall bibliography. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.