European Politics Catalog 2013

Routledge Handbook on the European Union and International Institutions

Performance, Policy, Power

Edited by Knud Erik Jørgensen, Katie Verlin Laatikainen

While the EU has championed "effective multilateralism" and experienced a dramatic internal reform process to improve its performance in external relations, broader multilateral processes have also undergone dramatic change. This handbook addresses the increasingly contested issue of profound...

Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge

Civic Resources and the Future of the European Union

Edited by Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski, Viktoria Kaina

Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

This book shines new light on the political system of the European Union (EU) by focusing on civic resources as a keystone of the EU’s ability to sustain. Less-tangible resources such as trust, solidarity, mutual recognition and citizens’ social and political participation have been, until now,...

Published July 17th 2012 by Routledge

Party Attitudes Towards the EU in the Member States

Parties for Europe, Parties against Europe

Edited by Nicolò Conti

Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

In a moment where the EU is facing an important number of challenges, there is growing interest in understanding how parties influence the way Europe evolves as a political issue, notably how parties structure domestic competition over European issues and they mobilise sentiments in referenda over...

To Be Published January 30th 2014 by Routledge

Social Networks and Public Support for the European Union

By Elizabeth Radziszewski

Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

Although political conversations on European integration are common, they are not part of existing explanations for attitude formation on the EU. This book examines the impact of social interactions, specifically interpersonal and informal discussions, on shaping individuals’ views on European...

To Be Published June 18th 2013 by Routledge

Society and Democracy in Europe

Edited by Silke Keil, Oscar W. Gabriel

Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

This comparative study examines what kinds of societal forces shape European relationships towards democratic political life in contemporary Europe. Drawing on data from the European Social Survey (ESS), the book develops a theoretical perspective on the relationship between social structure and...

Published November 15th 2012 by Routledge

Rethinking Democracy and the European Union

Edited by Erik Oddvar Eriksen, John Erik Fossum

Series: Routledge Studies on Democratising Europe

While the Lisbon treaty was meant to clarify the European Union’s role and political identity, it remains a challenge for politicians and decision-makers to define. Rethinking Democracy and the European Union looks at both the concept of the EU as a political system, and analyses the meaning and...

Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge

The Politicization of Europe

Contesting the Constitution in the Mass Media

By Paul Statham, Hans-Jörg Trenz

Series: Routledge Studies on Democratising Europe

This book examines how mass media debates have contributed to the politicization of the European Union. The public controversies over the EU’s attempted Constitution-making (and its failure) sowed the seeds for a process of politicization that has advanced ever since: an increasing visibility for...

Published September 24th 2012 by Routledge

Democratic Decision-making in the EU

Technocracy in Disguise?

By Anne Elizabeth Stie

Series: Routledge Studies on Democratising Europe

This book examines the democratic legitimacy of the European Union (EU) and evaluates the democratic credentials of the EU’s main decision-making procedure. It finds that though there is potential for democratic decision-making in the EU, the actual process is dominated by technocrats and secret...

Published November 15th 2012 by Routledge

The EU Timescape

Edited by Klaus Goetz, Jan-Hinrik Meyer-Sahling

Series: Journal of European Public Policy Special Issues as Books

The manner in which time is institutionalized is critical to how a political system works. Terms, time budgets and time horizons of collective and individual political actors; rights over timing, sequencing and speed in decision-making; and the temporal properties of policy matter to the...

Published February 6th 2012 by Routledge

The EU's Human Rights Dialogue with China

Quiet Diplomacy and its Limits

By Katrin Kinzelbach

Series: Routledge Research in Human Rights

This book provides the first detailed reconstruction and assessment of the EU’s responses to human rights violations in China from 1995 to the present day. It provides new insights into the EU’s internal debate on the merits of its quiet human rights diplomacy and, where relevant, also compares the...

To Be Published August 29th 2013 by Routledge

1989 as a Political World Event

Democracy, globalisation and the international system

Edited by Jacques Rupnik

Series: Global Order Studies

This book is not about the events of 1989, but about 1989 as a world event. Starting with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet bloc it examines the historical significance and the world brought about by 1989. When the Cold War ended in Europe it ushered in a world in which...

To Be Published September 30th 2013 by Routledge

External Perceptions of the European Union as a Global Actor

Edited by Sonia Lucarelli, Lorenzo Fioramonti

Series: Routledge/GARNET series

This book examines how the European Union (EU) is perceived beyond its borders in the US; the Middle East: Israel, Palestinian territories, Lebanon, Iran; Russia; China; India; Brazil and South Africa. The book also analyses the main perceptions of the EU in some key international institutions,...

Published March 13th 2011 by Routledge

Interest Group Politics in Europe

Lessons from EU Studies and Comparative Politics

Edited by Jan Beyers, Rainer Eising, William A. Maloney

Series: West European Politics

Interest organizations have always assumed a prominent place in European politics because they link states with citizens, institutionalize the resolution of social conflicts, regulate important sectors of the economy and society, contribute to workable policy outcomes and socialize members into...

Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge