Routledge Advances in European Politics
About the Book Series
This series features innovative and groundbreaking theoretical and empirical research on the latest transformations within European politics. Subjects covered will be wide-ranging and include:
- both the EU and non-member states
- developments in European political institutions
- economic and monetary union
- European political cultures and identities.
The European Union Diplomatic Service: Ideas, Preferences and Identities
1st Edition
By Caterina Carta
August 23, 2018
The book analyses the processes of institution and identity building of the European Union Diplomatic Service working on matters of foreign policy and external economic relations, both in Brussels and in the Commission’s Delegations across the world. The book examines what images high ranking ...
Dynamics of Political Change in Ireland: Making and Breaking a Divided Island
1st Edition
Edited
By Niall Ó Dochartaigh, Katy Hayward, Elizabeth Meehan
August 14, 2018
This book examines the interrelated dynamics of political action, ideology and state structures in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, emphasising the wider UK and European contexts in which they are nested. It makes a significant and unique contribution to wider European and ...
Switzerland in Europe: Continuity and Change in the Swiss Political Economy
1st Edition
Edited
By Christine Trampusch, André Mach
August 10, 2018
While Switzerland is well known for its specific political institutions, such as direct democracy, federalism and neutrality, or for its banking secrecy, its socio-economic institutions, which decisively contributed to its prosperity, remain relatively unexplored. This book gives the first ...
Poland Within the European Union: New Awkward Partner or New Heart of Europe?
1st Edition
By Aleks Szczerbiak
August 09, 2018
This book examines the first five years of Polish EU membership. The combination of Poland’s potential power as a major, and possibly controversial, player in both the region and Europe as a whole, and the apparent salience of Euroscepticism in domestic electoral politics at the core of the Polish ...
Discretion in the Welfare State: Social Rights and Professional Judgment
1st Edition
By Anders Molander
July 24, 2018
Welfare state professionals decide or establish premises as to whom will receive what, in what manner, when and how much, and when enough is enough. They control who passes through the gates of the welfare state. This book provides an in-depth understanding of the phenomenon of discretion. It shows...
Iceland’s Financial Crisis: The Politics of Blame, Protest, and Reconstruction
1st Edition
Edited
By Valur Ingimundarson, Philippe Urfalino, Irma Erlingsdóttir
April 25, 2018
Being the first casualty of the international financial crisis, Iceland was, in many ways, turned into a laboratory when it came to responding to one of the largest corporate failures on record. This edited volume offers the most wide-ranging treatment of the Icelandic financial crisis and its ...
Italy from Crisis to Crisis: Political Economy, Security, and Society in the 21st Century
1st Edition
Edited
By Matthew Evangelista
December 05, 2017
Italy from Crisis to Crisis seeks to understand Italy’s approach to crises by studying the country in regional, international, and comparative context. Without assuming that the country is abnormal or unusually crisis-prone, the authors treat Italy as an example from which other countries might ...
Eurozone Politics: Perception and reality in Italy, the UK, and Germany
1st Edition
By Philip Giurlando
October 23, 2017
The crisis of the Eurozone has had a significant impact on the politics of Europe. In many countries, the euro was largely interpreted by elites as a development that would ameliorate their nations’ problems. However, recent events have proven the contrary, with the rise of radical right-wing ...
Policy Making at the Second Tier of Local Government in Europe: What is happening in Provinces, Counties, Départements and Landkreise in the on-going re-scaling of statehood?
1st Edition
Edited
By Xavier Bertrana, Björn Egner, Hubert Heinelt
October 23, 2017
Debates about multi-level governance have led to a profound restructuring of regional and local government. The second level of local government is under review in most European countries, with the aim to strengthen the institutional capacity of municipalities or to develop appropriate ...
The Moral Economy of EU Association with Africa
1st Edition
By Mark Langan
October 23, 2017
Africa’s association with the European Union has long been hailed as a progressive model of North-South relations. European officials, in particular, have represented the Africa-EU ‘partnership’ as a pro-poor enterprise in which trade interests are married to development prerogatives. Applying a ...
The Politics of Trauma and Peace-Building: Lessons from Northern Ireland
1st Edition
By Cillian McGrattan
October 23, 2017
In marked contrast to literary, historical and cultural studies, there has been a limited engagement with the concepts and politics of trauma by political science and peacebuilding research. This book explores the debate on trauma and peacebuilding and presents the challenges for democratization ...
Unequal Europe: Social Divisions and Social Cohesion in an Old Continent
1st Edition
By James Wickham
October 23, 2017
This wide-ranging and comparative text reviews the major theoretical and substantive debates on social inequality in Europe. It provides a valuable dual focus on European society and individual societies while placing Europe in its wider global context. Demonstrating the continued importance of ...