European Union Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. Understanding European Movements

   New Social Movements, Global Justice Struggles, Anti-Austerity Protest

   Edited by Cristina Flesher Fominaya, Laurence Cox

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   European social movements have been central to European history, politics, society and culture, and have had a global reach and impact. Yet they have rarely been taken on their own terms in the English-language literature, considered rather as counterpoints to the US experience. This has been...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
2. New Perspectives on Turkey-EU Relations

   Edited by Chris Rumford

   This book makes the case for looking afresh at Turkey-EU relations in order to appreciate the richness and complexity of a relationship which is now more than 50 years old and is still not close to reaching fulfilment. The contributors challenge conventional attempts to understand Turkey-EU...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
3. Understanding Transatlantic Relations

   Whither the West?

   By Serena Simoni

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

   In light of the Arab Spring and after days of public quarreling that highlighted the divisions among NATO’s members on an agreement to give command of the "no-fly" zone in Libya to the Alliance, it is evident that the U.S. is having problems engaging with its European allies and partners. Why is...

   Published May 5th 2013 by Routledge
4. The European Constitution, Welfare States and Democracy

   The Four Freedoms vs National Administrative Discretion

   By Christoffer C. Eriksen

   Series: Routledge Research in European Union Law

   This book explores how the right to the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital in the European Union legal order affects welfare states. These "four freedoms", as they are known, are vital instruments for the protection of a European market unencumbered by internal frontiers. The...

   Published May 4th 2013 by Routledge
5. National Perspectives on Russia

   European Foreign Policy in the Making?

   Edited by Maxine David, Jackie Gower, Hiski Haukkala

   Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

   This book presents a ground-breaking comparative study of the bilateral relations of all 27 EU member states with Russia and an assessment of their impact on the EU’s efforts to conduct a coherent and effective policy towards its most important neighbour. While there has been a lot of research on...

   Published May 1st 2013 by Routledge
6. Handbook of the Economics and Political Economy of Transition

   Edited by Paul Hare, Gerard Turley

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   Transition from central planning to a market economy, involving large-scale institutional change and reforms at all levels, is often described as the greatest social science experiment in modern times. As more than two decades have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
7. Policy Coherence and EU Development Policy

   Edited by Maurizio Carbone

   The principle of policy coherence has been the object of a contentious debate in the European Union’s external relations, though discussions have been mainly limited to its foreign policy and its ability to speak with one voice in the international arena. Despite being institutionalised in the...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
8. Industrial and Regional Policies in an Enlarging EU

   Edited by David Bailey, Lisa De Propris

   After years of near ‘disrepute’ in official circles, Industrial Policy has made something of a comeback over the last few years and is now very much back on the agenda at national and EU levels, driven by concerns over globalisation, deindustrialisation, unemployment and perceived poor growth in...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
9. 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
10. 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