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.
Politics of Identity in Post-Conflict States: The Bosnian and Irish experience
1st Edition
Edited
By Éamonn Ó Ciardha, Gabriela Vojvoda
October 13, 2017
Ireland and the Balkans have come to represent divided and (re)united communities. They both provide effective microcosms of national, ethnic, political, military, religious, ideological and cultural conflicts in their respective regions and, as a result, they demonstrate real and imaginary ...
Italy's Foreign Policy in the Twenty-first Century: A Contested Nature?
1st Edition
Edited
By Ludovica Marchi, Richard Whitman, Geoffrey Edwards
July 13, 2017
Italy’s foreign policy has often been dismissed as too idiosyncratic, inconsistent and lacking ambition. This book offers new insights into the position Italy has attained in the international community in the 21st century. It explores how the country has sought to take advantage of its passage ...
European Union Enlargement: Material interests, community norms and anomie
1st Edition
By Thomas Mehlhausen
June 30, 2017
The continuous expansion of the European Union has transformed its very own self-conception. While Eastern enlargement was widely celebrated as the ‘reuniting of Europe’, the sheer number of applicants, their low economic development and the need for new states to transform in accordance with EU ...
Mediating Policy: Greece, Ireland, and Portugal Before the Eurozone Crisis
1st Edition
By Kate Nicholls
June 30, 2017
Amongst the most serious consequences of the 2008 global financial collapse and sovereign debt crisis were a series of unprecedented international bailouts for Greece, Ireland, and Portugal between 2010 and 2011. This book analyses the development policies of Greece, Ireland, and Portugal between ...
The Challenge of Coalition Government: The Italian Case
1st Edition
Edited
By Nicolò Conti, Francesco Marangoni
June 30, 2017
Since the advent of the Second Republic in Italy in the mid-1990s, a new generation of politicians has announced a shift in the system toward greater governmental leadership, policy innovation, government accountability and responsiveness to the citizens. Yet in recent years government has ...
European Space Policy: European integration and the final frontier
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas Hoerber, Paul Stephenson
March 02, 2017
Space policy is at the cutting edge of current EU policy developments and is a fascinating object of study, involving multiple and diverse actors. It is also an original and contemporary lens for studying European policy-making. This book explores advances in European space policy and their ...
Market Expansion and Social Dumping in Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Magdalena Bernaciak
February 07, 2017
The term ‘social dumping’ regularly appears in public debates and in policymaking circles. However, due to its ambiguity it is used in a manner that is convenient for individual discourse participants, thus opening the door for misconceptions and ill-grounded accusations. This book systematically ...
The Diplomatic System of the European Union: Evolution, change and challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Smith, Stephan Keukeleire, Sophie Vanhoonacker
February 07, 2017
Over the past five years, the EU has established a new system of diplomacy centred on the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. This new system reflects a process of evolution in a changing context, and has been faced by major ...
Democratic Transformations in Europe: Challenges and opportunities
1st Edition
Edited
By Yvette Peters, Michaël Tatham
December 08, 2016
Democracies evolve. Their evolution is not only key to their survival; it is also a reflection of the changing environment in which they operate. This book contributes to the analysis and understanding of how democratic states have transformed over time by examining a number of challenges and ...
The European Parliament and its International Relations
1st Edition
Edited
By Stelios Stavridis, Daniela Irrera
December 08, 2016
Following the Lisbon Treaty, the powers of the European Parliament in external relations have gradually expanded and it is increasingly influencing the foreign policy of the European Union. This book analyses the role of the European Parliament as an international actor and presents a new debate ...
Contemporary Spanish Foreign Policy
1st Edition
Edited
By David Garcia, Ramon Pacheco Pardo
November 10, 2016
This book examines the evolution of Spanish foreign policy since 1975, through five different presidencies, spanning its transformation from a dictatorial political system and backward economy to a modern European state, fully democratic and with a well-functioning market economy, under strain from...
Democracy, Law and Religious Pluralism in Europe: Secularism and Post-Secularism
1st Edition
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By Ferran Requejo, Camil Ungureanu
November 10, 2016
In contrast with the progressive dilution of religions predicted by traditional liberal and Marxist approaches, religions remain important for many people, even in Europe, the most secularised continent. In the context of increasingly culturally diverse societies, this calls for a reinterpretation ...