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 EU, Migration and the Politics of Administrative Detention
1st Edition
Edited
By Michela Ceccorulli, Nicola Labanca
April 21, 2016
Migration is now regarded as a security issue, both in public debate and government policies. In turn, the phenomenon of detention as a governance practice has emerged, and the developing presence of camps in Europe for migrants has given rise to a tangle of new and complex issues. This book ...
Gendering Spanish Democracy
1st Edition
By Monica Threlfall, Christine Cousins, Celia Valiente
February 29, 2016
This book provides an up-to-date critical assessment of gender in Spain with reference to the key social and political fields. It addresses aspects of women's experience such as the public spheres of elective politics, public policy-making and the labour market. This is underpinned by an in-depth ...
The Selection of Ministers in Europe: Hiring and Firing
1st Edition
Edited
By Keith Dowding, Patrick Dumont
February 29, 2016
This volume discusses the formation of government cabinets within twenty European democracies, providing the institutional background to the selection and de-selection of ministers. Exploring the historical and constitutional context to cabinet formation, this volume proceeds to provide vital data...
EU Enlargement and Socialization: Turkey and Cyprus
1st Edition
By Stefan Engert
January 20, 2016
The European Union’s enlargement has been considered a success story – apart from Cyprus and Turkey. This book looks at the EU’s expansion and examines its effectiveness in terms of international socialization and compliance, focussing specifically on the socialization of Turkey and Cyprus into the...
The Politics of EU Accession: Turkish Challenges and Central European Experiences
1st Edition
Edited
By Lucie Tunkrova, Pavel Šaradín
January 20, 2016
The question of Turkish membership in the European Union is highly controversial and subject to many misperceptions and misunderstandings on both sides. This book examines the politics of EU accession which have evolved during the expansion of the EU, from more procedural conditions to provisions ...
Europe Unbound: Enlarging and Reshaping the Boundaries of the European Union
1st Edition
Edited
By Jan Zielonka
December 07, 2015
Europe Unbound provides an analysis of the enlargement of the European Union and examines from both a theoretical and a political approach issues such as:* Where does Europe end?* Should Europe's borders be open or closed?* How does the evolution of territorial politics impact on the course of ...
Party Strategies in Western Europe: Party Competition and Electoral Outcomes
1st Edition
By Gemma Loomes
November 05, 2015
This book examines political party system change from a party-centric perspective and assesses how, and to what extent, established political parties in western Europe can maintain their dominant positions. Parties are increasingly competing in a changeable environment and this book assesses the ...
Portugal in the European Union: Assessing Twenty-Five Years of Integration Experience
1st Edition
Edited
By Laura C. Ferreira-Pereira
October 12, 2015
This book examines the involvement of Portugal in the European integration process since the country signed the Accession Treaty in 1985. The volume elicits how Portugal has grasped opportunities and challenges emanating from its participation in the institutional, regulatory and ...
The European Union and Occupied Palestinian Territories: State-building without a state
1st Edition
By Dimitris Bouris
October 12, 2015
This book analyses the present European Union (EU) approach to state-building, both in policy and operation. It offers a review of the literature on peace-building, EU state-building and conflict resolution, before examining in detail the EU’s role as a state-builder in the case of the Occupied ...
Europeanization, Integration and Identity: A Social Constructivist Fusion Perspective on Norway
1st Edition
By Gamze Tanil
September 29, 2015
This book analyses how domestic and European structures impact on national actors’ identities, interests and foreign policy practices. Employing Norway as the case study area, the author uses this nation as an example to assess Europeanization and identity politics across the European Union (EU). ...
New Democracies in Crisis?: A Comparative Constitutional Study of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia
1st Edition
By Paul Blokker
September 03, 2015
This book considers whether the potential of democracy following the end of the Cold War was diminished by technocratic, judicial control of politics in the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe. It explores the complexities and drawbacks of modern constitutionalism by offering a ...
Institutional Legacies of Communism: Change and Continuities in Minority Protection
1st Edition
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By Karl Cordell, Timofey Agarin, Alexander Osipov
August 12, 2015
Twenty years after the demise of communist policy, this book evaluates the continuing communist legacies in the current minority protection systems and legislations across a number of states in post-communist Europe. The fall of communism and the process of democratisation across post-communist ...