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.
Belgian Exceptionalism: Belgian Politics between Realism and Surrealism
1st Edition
Edited
By Didier Caluwaerts, Min Reuchamps
November 25, 2021
This book takes stock of Belgium’s exceptional and – for some foreign observers –schizophrenic position in the political world and explains its idiosyncrasy to a non-Belgian audience. Offering a broad and comprehensive analysis of Belgian politics, the guiding questions throughout each of the ...
Promoting National Priorities in EU Foreign Policy: The Czech Republic’s Foreign Policy in the EU
1st Edition
By Tomas Weiss
September 30, 2021
How do smaller member states promote their interests in EU foreign policy and external relations?EU membership can be seen to affect member states’ foreign policy in two ways, either by restricting national policies or empowering states in a challenging global environment. There is a general ...
Diversity of Patchwork Capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Ryszard Rapacki
March 31, 2021
This book is a comparative study which sheds a new empirical and theoretical light on the nature of post-communist capitalism in 11 EU new member countries of Central and Eastern Europe, or CEE11. Extending and modifying a well-established conceptual framework for comparative capitalism rooted in ...
European Futures: Challenges and Crossroads for the European Union of 2050
1st Edition
Edited
By Chad Damro, Elke Heins, Drew Scott
March 31, 2021
This edited volume explores the opportunities and challenges facing the European Union in the future from different disciplines and assesses the EU’s prospects across various policy areas. Using the European Commission’s 2017 White Paper presenting five different scenarios for the future of Europe...
Greece and Turkey in Conflict and Cooperation: From Europeanization to De-Europeanization
1st Edition
Edited
By Alexis Heraclides, Gizem Alioğlu Çakmak
March 31, 2021
This book offers a sober, contemplative and comprehensive coverage of Greek–Turkish relations, covering in depth the current political climate, with due regard to the historical dimension. The book includes up-to-date accounts of the traditional areas of unresolved discord (Aegean, minorities, ...
External Energy Security in the European Union: Small Member States' Perspective
1st Edition
By Matúš Mišík
December 18, 2020
This book explores the positions of small EU members in approaching external energy security, using Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia as case studies. It examines when small EU members support and when they oppose further development of cooperation at the European level in external energy ...
The Balkans on Trial: Justice vs. Realpolitik
1st Edition
By Carole Hodge
December 18, 2020
This book assesses the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia’s (ICTY) legacy and examines the conflicting intersection of law and politics in the search for justice, both thematically and through close analysis of some of the major trials. It analyses the related case brought ...
The Populist Radical Left in Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Giorgos Katsambekis, Alexandros Kioupkiolis
December 18, 2020
Building on a comprehensive theoretical framework that draws on discursive and ideational approaches to populism, this volume offers a comparative mapping of the Populist Radical Left in contemporary Europe. It explores the novel discursive, political and organisational features of several ...
Muslim Attitudes Towards the European Union
1st Edition
By Bernd Schlipphak, Mujtaba Ali Isani
September 30, 2020
How do Muslim citizens across the globe perceive the European Union? And what factors influence their EU attitudes? This book offers the first systematic theoretical and empirical analysis of Muslim citizens’ EU attitudes in and outside the European Union. Using the best empirical data available, ...
Lobbying Success in the European Union: The Role of Information and Frames
1st Edition
By Daniel Rasch
August 14, 2020
Having information is key for most political decisions – both for decision-makers and societal actors. This is especially crucial in democratic countries where external stakeholders are invited to participate in decision-making pro- cesses. Assuming that every actor that gets involved in ...
Uncovering the Territorial Dimension of European Union Cohesion Policy: Cohesion, Development, Impact Assessment and Cooperation
1st Edition
Edited
By Eduardo Medeiros
December 12, 2019
Despite the non-territorialised strategic goals of the EU 2020 Strategy, the long-term aim of EU Cohesion Policy to promote harmonious development of the European territory – social, economic, and ‘territorial cohesion’ – remains a central goal of achieving a more cohesive EU territory.This book ...
The Crisis of the European Union: Challenges, Analyses, Solutions
1st Edition
Edited
By Andreas Grimmel
March 28, 2019
The European integration project currently faces profound political, economic, legal, and societal challenges. These challenges seem increasingly to overburden the European Union as well as the cohesion among the Member States, and therefore pose a serious threat to the integration project. The EU ...