European Integration Books

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21. The Political Economy of the European Social Model

    By Philip Whyman, Mark Baimbridge, Andrew Mullen

    Series: Routledge Studies in the European Economy

    This book seeks to analyse the development of the European Union (EU), which was founded upon the principle of the free movement of capital, goods, services and people in 1957. Its central thesis is that, from a practical and theoretical point of view, such a basis is fundamentally at odds with the...

    Published May 27th 2012 by Routledge
22. The International Political Economy of Transition

    By Stuart Shields

    Series: Routledge/RIPE Studies in Global Political Economy

    This book explores how Eastern Europe’s post-communist transition can only be understood as part of a broader interrogation of neoliberal hegemony in the global political economy, and provides a detailed historical account of the emergence of neoliberalism in Eastern Central Europe. Adopting an...

    Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge
23. The Impact of European Integration on Political Parties

    Beyond the Permissive Consensus

    By Dimitri Almeida

    Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

    This book traces the positions of national partisan actors towards the development of the European polity in an in-depth comparative analysis covering all member states of the European Union over a period of 60 years. The author examines the approach of the social democratic, radical left, liberal,...

    Published April 16th 2012 by Routledge
24. Globalisation and European Integration

    Critical Approaches to Regional Order and International Relations

    Edited by Petros Nousios, Henk Overbeek, Andreas Tsolakis

    Series: Routledge/Warwick Studies in Globalisation

    This book explores the links between European integration and globalisation, and examines the potential for social transformation in the context of the global economic crisis and the resulting EU reforms. Divided into three parts, this book offers both empirical and theoretical analyses of social...

    Published April 3rd 2012 by Routledge
25. Europeanization, Integration and Identity

    A Social Constructivist Fusion Perspective on Norway

    By Gamze Tanil

    Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

    This book analyses how domestic and European structures impact on national actors’ identities, interests and foreign policy practices. Employing Norway as the case study area, the author uses this nation as an example to assess Europeanization and identity politics across the European Union (EU)....

    Published March 26th 2012 by Routledge
26. Financial Integration in the European Union

    Edited by Roman Matoušek, Daniel Stavárek

    Series: Routledge Studies in the European Economy

    This edited collection assesses the level of financial integration in the European Union (EU) and the differences across the countries and segments of the EU financial system. Progress in financial integration is key to the EU’s economic growth and competitiveness and although it has advanced...

    Published March 11th 2012 by Routledge
27. The Political History of European Integration

    The Hypocrisy of Democracy-Through-Market

    By Hagen Schulz-Forberg, Bo Stråth

    Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

    This book adopts a historical perspective to explore the tensions between the idea of a European democracy through a European market, and the observations that there are signs of increasing social disintegration, political extremism and populism in the wake of economic integration....

    Published January 8th 2012 by Routledge
28. Developing European Internal Security Policy

    After the Stockholm Summit and the Lisbon Treaty

    Edited by Christian Kaunert, Sarah Léonard

    The European Union (EU) is making strong inroads into areas of security traditionally reserved to states, especially into internal security, or Justice and Home Affairs. The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ), as it has been renamed in the Amsterdam Treaty, has seen significant policy...

    Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
29. The EU's Shifting Borders

    Theoretical Approaches and Policy Implications in the New Neighbourhood

    Edited by Klaus Bachmann, Elzbieta Stadtmuller

    Series: Routledge/GARNET series

    The EU’s internal borders have become mostly invisible. Today, external borders are at the centre of controversy about an alleged 'fortress Europe'. Using different theoretical and methodological perspectives this book examines the challenges facing the EU’s external borders, including Neighborhood...

    Published December 6th 2011 by Routledge
30. EU Foreign Policy and the Europeanization of Neutral States

    Comparing Irish and Austrian Foreign Policy

    By Nicole Alecu de Flers

    Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

    This book examines the effects of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the European Union (EU) on the national foreign policies of Ireland and Austria. Small and neutral EU member states provide a fascinating case-study as the CFSP entails a dilemma for them. Their size may create...

    Published November 10th 2011 by Routledge