Bøger i Europe in Change serien

How does the European Union affect nationalist conflict and devolution in member states? This books explores this question in the case of Spain, where devolution has been an important instrument for managing nationalist conflict, and the Basque Country, where one of Europe's most protracted nationalist conflicts persists.

This instructive study examines how a transnational discourse on 'modern' social policy - based the guiding principles of 'activation' and an 'activating welfare state' - intervenes in the concepts and practices of citizenship. -- .

Traces the process of the the acceptance of Turkey into the European Union .

Offers a new theory of citizenship applicable beyond the nation-state. It brings political and moral philosophy together with current debates in citizenship, European integration, and international relations.

This book explores how the European Commission has addressed criticism of its administrative ethics since 1999. -- .

This volume focuses on the most important institutions of European security, the European Union and NATO and the need to strike a balance between economic, political and military security. Both institutions are expanding, especially eastwards, in terms of their respective roles and membership.

This is the first book to provide a clear overview and innovative analysis of the multiple ways the European Union affects industrial relations. -- .

This volume offers up-to-date, comprehensive and theoretically-informed analysis of the effects of European integration on various aspects of contemporary political, social and economic life in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. -- .

This book explores how the 'European question' has been channelled into political competition in Hungary, and how this has affected party strategy, elections and government. It provides a comparative analysis of the politics of European integration and one of the first English-language analyses of the politicsof Hungary since the fall of communism. -- .

This book addresses the topical discussion of how democracy can be achieved beyond the nation-state and challenges the widespread optimism about the democratic potential of civil society participation in European governance. -- .

This volume introduces the concept of "external governance" to analyze the European Union's relations with its new neighborhood following the EU's 2004 enlargement. -- .

The book argues that what is often considered a fundamental dilemma of EU foreign policy - a choice between the EU's values and its quest for security - misrepresents a much more complex reality in which values and security interplay to shape the European Neighborhood Policy. -- .

Investigating the influences on Germany's policy-making resulting from the East Central European states' negotiations to join the European Union, this text looks at German European policy, domestic policy, the European Union and Germany's relations with the EU and East Central European states.

Based on a critical appraisal of the constructivist approach in European studies, this volume introduces a new political sociology approach focused on actors. -- .

This book debates the nature of the EU and its international relationships, enabling students of EU foreign policy to review a broad range of theoretical templates from which the EU's foreign policy can be studied. -- .

This book analyses the role of EU institutions in the area of European internal security -- .

This book represents the first ever comprehensive study of the EU's foreign and security policy in Bosnia. It also sheds new light on the role that intergovernmental, bureaucratic and local political contestation have played in the formulation and implementation of a European foreign and security policy.

This is the first in-depth account of his project. Emphasis is placed on the conception of the European Union that informed his political prescriptions-this approach entails a deep engagement with his academic and political writings, and with influential treatments of the European integration process, such as the writings of E.B. Haas. -- .

This book deals with the scope and nature of the EU's external influence over South-Eastern Europe in the present enlargement. Theory-oriented and comparative, the book provides rich insight into the dynamics of the current enlargement and offers comprehensive analysis of the EU's external leverage in justice and home affairs. -- .

The book develops an interactive model of welfare provisions, state capacity and economic performance and applies the perspective to consdier European welfare states in light of contemporary challenges. -- .

Germany, pacifism and peace enforcement traces the reaction of Europe's biggest and potentially most powerful country to the ethnic wars of the 1990s, the emergence of large-scale terrorism, and the new US emphasis on pre-emptive strikes.

Set within an innovative theoretical framework, this book draws on systematic documentary analysis and interviews with key actors in three policy areas to provide valuable insights into the role of movement coalitions in shaping EU policy. -- .

This book analyses the political legitimacy of the European Union. Developing a distinctive normative theory of political association, it evaluates the project of European integration. It develops its arguments through an original interplay of political science and political theory. -- .

Based on a critical appraisal of the constructivist approach in European studies, this volume introduces a new political sociology approach focused on actors. -- .

This book investigates the scope of maternity legislation and family-friendly policies in the European Union. -- .

This book is about the EU's role in conflict resolution and reconciliation in Europe. It examines critically important cases: the exemplary process of the Franco-German reconciliation during the 1950s, the EU's involvement in reconstructing peace in Northern Ireland, the conflict in Cyprus, and Kosovo's independence.

This book is about the impact of European governance on the time of national policymakers and institutions. It shows how European policymaking changes over time, how a new temporal logic has developed and the effect of this on EU institutions. -- .

This book focuses on explaining why the EU agreed to eastern enlargement and the (uneven) pattern of accommodation of the applicants' preferences in substantive policies. -- .

Presents the most informative and comprehensive analysis of commitology currently available. -- .

Is the current Transatlantic Alliance crisis more serious than previous ones and if so why? Will the Transatlantic Alliance recover or is it headed for transformation or even dissolution? This book analyses the reasons behind the latest Transatlantic Alliance crisis, dissects its manifestations, and explores its future. -- .