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41. The International Politics of Democratization

    Comparative perspectives

    Edited by Nuno Severiano Teixeira

    Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

    This book examines the international dimensions of democratization processes, showing the degree to which international actors, ranging from states to non-governmental players, have an influence on what were once thought of as exclusively domestic processes of political change. The contributors to...

    Published March 29th 2011 by Routledge
42. Social Democracy in Power

    The Capacity to Reform

    By Wolfgang Merkel, Alexander Petring, Christian Henkes, Christoph Egle

    Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

    Globalization, European integration, and social change have devaluated traditional social democratic policy instruments. This book compares and explores how social democratic governments have had to adapt and whether they have successfully managed to uphold old social democratic goals and values in...

    Published February 9th 2011 by Routledge
43. Romania and The European Union

    From Marginalisation to Membership?

    By Dimitris Papadimitriou, David Phinnemore

    Series: Europe and the Nation State

    This book explores the dynamics behind Romania’s relationship with the European Union from the collapse of the Ceaucescu regime in 1989, to its recent accession to the EU in 2007. As a completely up-to-date and detailed study, it identifies key developments in EU-Romania relations, as well as the...

    Published February 9th 2011 by Routledge
44. Transnational Activism in the UN and the EU

    A comparative study

    Edited by Jutta Joachim, Birgit Locher

    Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

    Comparing non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the United Nations and the European Union across a range of different issue areas, this volume examines how the choice of venue and institution affects the strategies of NGOs. Despite significant differences with respect to their scope, membership...

    Published February 9th 2011 by Routledge
45. The European Union and the Asia-Pacific

    Media, Public and Elite Perceptions of the EU

    Edited by Natalia Chaban, Martin Holland

    Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies

    A central problem for the European Union is said to be that of the "politics of identity". Within this, the concept of the EU’s international identity requires exploration in terms of how it is both constructed and represented globally. To address this issue, this book identifies measures and...

    Published February 1st 2011 by Routledge
46. European Politics

    Pasts, presents, futures

    Edited by Klaus H Goetz, Peter Mair, Gordon Smith

    Series: West European Politics

    This book arises out of a specially commissioned issue of West European Politics marking the journal's 30th anniversary. It examines the profound changes in the European political landscape over the last three decades, including the fall of Communism; progressive European integration; territorial...

    Published September 30th 2010 by Routledge
47. Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture in the Mediterranean

    Hadîth Bayâd wa Riyâd

    By Cynthia Robinson

    Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures

    Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture discusses the unicum manuscript of the Hadîth Bayâd wa Riyâd, the only illustrated manuscript known to have survived for more than eight centuries of Muslim and Arabic-speaking presence in present-day Spain. The manuscript is of paramount importance as it...

    Published August 19th 2010 by Routledge
48. Constructing Democracy in Southern Europe

    A comparative analysis of Italy, Spain and Turkey

    By Lauren M. McLaren

    Series: Democratization Studies

    Why are some regimes democratic while others are not? Specifically, how have Spain and Italy managed to become democratic while Turkey, which shares many similar characteristics, has not? Spain, Italy and Turkey have shared common historical features which would have been disruptive to any new...

    Published June 29th 2010 by Routledge
49. Turkish Accession to the EU

    Satisfying the Copenhagen Criteria

    By Eric Faucompret, Jozef Konings

    Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Economies

    Is Turkey on the way to meet the economic Copenhagen criteria? The enlargement process that the European Union faced the last decade stirred the debate again about the role Turkey has to play and whether or not Turkey should be part of the European Union. While the enlargement with the Central...

    Published June 22nd 2010 by Routledge
50. Globalization and the State in Central and Eastern Europe

    The Politics of Foreign Direct Investment

    By Jan Drahokoupil

    Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

    This book examines the transformation of the state in Central and Eastern Europe since the end of communism and adoption of market oriented reform in the early 1990s, exploring the impact of globalization and economic liberalization on the region’s states, societies and political economy. It...

    Published May 31st 2010 by Routledge