European Politics Books

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11. Party Politics in the Western Balkans

    Edited by Vera Stojarová, Peter Emerson

    Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

    This book examines the development of party politics in the region of Western Balkans, describing party politics and analyzing inter-ethnic or inter-party cooperation and competition. Beginning with a thematic overview of the electoral systems and their link to the party systems, the authors...

    Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
12. Party Politics in Central and Eastern Europe

    Does EU Membership Matter?

    Edited by Tim Haughton

    What impact has EU membership had on party politics in Central and Eastern Europe? Although there is an emerging body of literature on the Europeanization of political parties, most of these accounts focus exclusively on Western Europe. Drawing on a range of qualitative and quantitative approaches...

    Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
13. Political Leadership, Parties and Citizens

    The personalisation of leadership

    Edited by Jean Blondel, Jean-Louis Thiebault

    Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

    Social structure may historically have been of primary importance in accounting for the attitudes and behaviour of many citizens, but now changes in social structure have diminished the role played by class and religious affiliation, whilst the significance of personality in political leadership...

    Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
14. Post-Communist Poland – Contested Pasts and Future Identities

    By Ewa Ochman

    Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

    This book explores the reinterpretations of Poland’s past which have been undertaken by Polish national and local elites since the fall of communism. It focuses on remembrance practices and traces the de-commemorating of communism to examine the ways in which collective remembering and forgetting...

    Published April 15th 2013 by Routledge
15. Religion, Politics and Law in the European Union

    Edited by Lucian N. Leustean, John T.S. Madeley

    EU enlargement - to countries in Central and Eastern Europe in 2004, the inclusion of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, and increasing debates on Turkey’s membership - has dramatically transformed the European Union into a multi-religious space. Religious communities are not only shaping identities but...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
16. The Political Economy of State-Business Relations in Europe

    Interest Mediation, Capitalism and EU Policy Making

    By Rainer Eising

    Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies

    The delegation of policy-competencies to the European Union has changed the context in which national actors form their interests and represent them. Shaping European markets and societies, EU regulation has important effects in the member states. This book analyses how business interest...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
17. Civilization and Empire

    China and Japan's Encounter with European International Society

    By Shogo Suzuki

    Series: New International Relations

    This book critically examines the influence of International Society on East Asia, and how its attempts to introduce ‘civilization’ to ‘barbarous’ polities contributed to conflict between China and Japan. Challenging existing works that have presented the expansion of (European) International...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
18. Post-communist Regime Change

    A Comparative Study

    By Jørgen Møller

    Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

    This book seeks to explain the divergent political pathways of twenty six post-communist states, following the breakdown and eventual collapse of communism in 1989-1991. Considering the trajectories of individual states between 1990 – 2007, this book challenges two central bodies of theory...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
19. Eastern Partnership: A New Opportunity for the Neighbours?

    Edited by Elena Korosteleva

    This volume offers a collective assessment of the development and impact of the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership Initiative on its eastern neighbours - Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova in particular, with Russia’s added perspective. Founded on extensive empirical and conceptual...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
20. Landscape and Memory in Post-Fascist Italian Film

    Cinema Year Zero

    By Giuliana Minghelli

    Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies

    This study argues that neorealism’s visual genius is inseparable from its almost invisible relation to the Fascist past: a connection inscribed in cinematic landscapes. While largely a silent narrative, neorealism’s complex visual processing of two decades of Fascism remains the greatest cultural...

    Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge