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31. 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
32. Greek and Roman Networks in the Mediterranean

    Edited by Irad Malkin, Christy Constantakopoulou, Katerina Panagopoulou

    How useful is the concept of "network" for historical studies and the ancient world in particular? Using theoretical models of social network analysis, this book illuminates aspects of the economic, social, religious, and political history of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Bringing together...

    Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
33. Spain's 'Second Transition'?

    The Socialist Government of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

    Edited by Bonnie N. Field

    Few would have imagined the developments and the extent of reforms that occurred under Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero between 2004 and 2008. Under Zapatero, Spain rapidly withdrew Spanish troops from Iraq, held a very public political debate on the Spanish Civil War and the...

    Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge
34. European Union Sanctions and Foreign Policy

    When and Why do they Work?

    By Clara Portela

    Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

    Sanctions are an important tool within the foreign policy of the European Union, which have until now remained obscure to both scholars and the general public. This book examines sanctions as a political tool of influence and evaluates the efficacy of sanctions imposed by the EU against third...

    Published October 6th 2011 by Routledge
35. Citizenship and Collective Identity in Europe

    By Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski

    Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

    This book is the first monograph to systematically explore the relationship between citizenship and collective identity in the European Union, integrating two fields of research – citizenship and collective identity. Karolewski argues that various types of citizenship correlate with differing...

    Published October 6th 2011 by Routledge
36. East German Foreign Intelligence

    Myth, Reality and Controversy

    Edited by Kristie Macrakis, Thomas Wegener Friis, Helmut Müller-Enbergs

    Series: Studies in Intelligence

    This edited book examines the East German foreign intelligence service (Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung, or HVA) as a historical problem, covering politics, scientific-technical and military intelligence and counterintelligence. The contributors broaden the conventional view of East German...

    Published August 29th 2011 by Routledge
37. Immigration, Social Integration and Crime

    A Cross-National Approach

    By Luigi Solivetti

    Series: Contemporary Issues in Public Policy

    The problem of social control has constituted the acid test for the entire issue of immigration and integration. But whilst recent studies show that the crime rate for non-nationals is three, four or more, times higher than that of the country’s 'own' citizens, academic interest in these statistics...

    Published August 17th 2011 by Routledge-Cavendish
38. EU External Relations and Systems of Governance

    The CFSP, Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and Migration

    By Paul James Cardwell

    Series: Routledge Research in European Union Law

    This book takes a fresh look at the external relations of the European Union (EU) and in particular the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). Rather than focusing exclusively on the competence aspects of the institutions and actors, the book makes the case that the CFSP can be understood as a...

    Published July 29th 2011 by Routledge
39. Russia's Foreign Security Policy in the 21st Century

    Putin, Medvedev and Beyond

    By Marcel De Haas

    Series: Contemporary Security Studies

    This book examines Russia’s external security policy under the presidencies of Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev and beyond.The Russian Federation has developed from a neglected regional power into a self-declared resurgent superpower. Russia’s background in the former Soviet Union as well as close...

    Published June 5th 2011 by Routledge
40. 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 29th 2011 by Routledge