European Politics Catalog 2013

The Origins & Development of the European Union 1945-2008

A History of European Integration, 2nd Edition

Edited by Martin Dedman

The new edition of this accessible introduction to the history of the European Union (EU) has been fully revised and updated to reflect the significant changes within the EU over the past decade. Revealing the politics beneath the surface, national rivalries and changing positions behind events,...

Published August 23rd 2009 by Routledge

The EU’s Democracy Promotion and the Mediterranean Neighbours

Orientation, Ownership and Dialogue in Jordan and Turkey

By Ann-Kristin Jonasson

Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

This book provides a systematic analysis of the EU’s extensive, but so far largely failed, efforts to promote democracy in the Mediterranean region, thoroughly assessing its democracy promotion in relation to two Mediterranean countries – Jordan and Turkey. By pinpointing essential prerequisites...

To Be Published June 18th 2013 by Routledge

Europeanization and New Member States

A Comparative Social Network Analysis

By Flavia Jurje

Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

This book examines the Europeanization of the polity and politics of a new EU Member State. Using social network analysis in a comparative research design, it provides a systematic analysis of the effects of Europeanization on the institutions, policy processes, power constellation and conflict...

Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge

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

Learning from the EU Constitutional Treaty

Democratic Constitutionalization beyond the Nation-State

By Ben Crum

Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

The negative results of referenda on the European Union (EU) Constitutional Treaty in France and the Netherlands, and subsequent low-key adoption of the Treaty of Lisbon raise complex questions about the possible democratization of international organisations. This book provides a full analysis of...

Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge

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

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

European Integration and Postcolonial Sovereignty Games

The EU Overseas Countries and Territories

Edited by Rebecca Adler-Nissen, Ulrik Gad

Series: New International Relations

This book examines how sovereignty works in the context of European integration and postcolonialism. Focusing on a group of micro-polities associated with the European Union, it offers a new understanding of international relations in the context of modern sovereignty. This book offers a...

Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge

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

A Political Theory of Identity in European Integration

Memory and policies

By Catherine Guisan

Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

This book provides a theoretical and historical examination of the speech and deeds of European founders. Using a fresh and innovative approach, this monograph connects political theory with concrete political practices based on empirical evidence, and theorizes the internal process of European...

Published November 11th 2012 by Routledge

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

Development Policies of Central and Eastern European States

From Aid Recipients to Aid Donors

Edited by Ondřej Horký-Hlucháň, Simon Lightfoot

The states from Central and Eastern Europe that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007 provide a fascinating series of case studies for scholars interested in politics, IR and development studies. The interest comes from the fact that never before had so many recipients of EU aid joined the Union and taken...

Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge

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 September 11th 2011 by Routledge

European Parliament Elections after Eastern Enlargement

Edited by Hermann Schmitt

This book reflects on the questions raised by the European Election Study 2004 whose analytical focus was on the legitimacy of EU politics after Eastern enlargement. It also assesses the dynamics and the contents of the campaign, on the determinants of the extremely low...

Published February 20th 2012 by Routledge

Euroscepticism within the EU Institutions

Diverging Views of Europe

Edited by Nathalie Brack, Olivier Costa

Since its origins, there have been competing views concerning the nature, scope and objectives of the process of integration and of the European Union. Attitudes towards Europe and European integration, both among political elites and citizens, have been much studied over the last 15 years. But...

Published June 11th 2012 by Routledge

Perspectives of National Elites on European Citizenship

A South European View

Edited by Nicolò Conti, Maurizio Cotta, Pedro Tavares de Almeida

Series: South European Society and Politics

Over the last two decades, the process of European integration has become interwoven with the theme of citizenship and the debate on the democratic quality of the EU and of its institutions has become more salient. What are the views about Europe which emerge when we interrogate the national elites...

Published October 2nd 2011 by Routledge

The European Union's 2007 Enlargement

Edited by Cristina Chiva, David Phinnemore

This book fills a significant gap in recent literature on European Union politics by examining the EU’s ‘other’ eastern enlargement, completed in 2007 with the accession of Bulgaria and Romania. It focuses on both the process and the effects of the 2007 enlargement within the wider context of...

Published September 21st 2011 by Routledge