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.
Territory and Terror: Conflicting Nationalisms in the Basque Country
1st Edition
By Jan Mansvelt Beck
August 12, 2014
All Basque interpretations of national power have resulted in an uneasy mix of often fragmented and conflicting territorial identifications. Basques can identify themselves with France, Spain or an imagined Basque nation state. Territory and Terror confronts the imagined and actual territorial ...
Human Rights and Democracy in EU Foreign Policy: The Cases of Ukraine and Egypt
1st Edition
By Rosa Balfour
July 03, 2014
This book investigates the disparity between rhetoric and performance in the European Union response to abuses of human rights and transgression of democracy. With the Arab spring putting the spotlight on the EU’s self-portrait as committed to promoting global human rights and democracy, this book ...
Learning from the EU Constitutional Treaty: Democratic Constitutionalization beyond the Nation-State
1st Edition
By Ben Crum
July 03, 2014
The negative results of referenda on the European Union (EU) Constitutional Treaty in France and the Netherlands, and subsequent low-key adoption of the Treaty of Lisbon raise complex questions about the possible democratization of international organisations. This book provides a full analysis of ...
EU Foreign Policy and the Europeanization of Neutral States: Comparing Irish and Austrian Foreign Policy
1st Edition
By Nicole Alecu de Flers
May 30, 2014
This book examines the effects of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the European Union (EU) on the national foreign policies of Ireland and Austria. Small and neutral EU member states provide a fascinating case-study as the CFSP entails a dilemma for them. Their size may create ...
The Second Tier of Local Government in Europe: Provinces, Counties, Départements and Landkreise in Comparison
1st Edition
Edited
By Hubert Heinelt, Xavier Bertrana
May 30, 2014
This book takes a comparative approach to local government across 14 European countries, looking at processes of decentralisation, regionalisation and reforms of local government. Examining second levels of government, such as UK Counties, French Départements, Italian and Spanish Provinces, and ...
Russian Messianism: Third Rome, Revolution, Communism and After
1st Edition
By Peter J. S. Duncan
April 02, 2014
This is the first book in English for half a century to examine the complexities of Russian messianism, both as a whole and in its interaction with Communism. Peter Duncan considers its Orthodox roots and focuses on Russia's geopolitical experience and situation to explain the endurance of this ...
Transnational Labour Solidarity: Mechanisms of commitment to cooperation within the European Trade Union movement
1st Edition
By Katarzyna Gajewska
December 11, 2013
The book examines the integration of European trade union movement and explores the prospects for European or transnational solidarity among workers. Contrary to much existing research and despite national differences, Gajewska examines how trade unions cooperate and the forms in which this ...
Gibraltar, Identity and Empire
1st Edition
By E.G. Archer
July 08, 2013
The principal argument in Gibraltar and Empire is that Gibraltarians constitute a separate and distinctive people, notwithstanding the political stance taken by the government of Spain. Various factors - environmental, ethnic, economic, political, religious, linguistic, educational and informal - ...
Institutional Challenges in Post-Constitutional Europe: Governing Change
1st Edition
Edited
By Catherine Moury, Luís de Sousa
February 14, 2013
This book discusses the future of the European Union following the failure of the Constitutional and reform treaties, examining the transformations, dynamics and major issues facing present-day Europe. Discussing key questions relating to the future of the European project, this book brings ...
Security Challenges in the Euro-Med Area in the 21st Century: Mare Nostrum
1st Edition
By Stephen Calleya
December 06, 2012
This book examines and assesses the main security factors influencing Euro-Mediterranean relations at the start of the twenty-first century. Developing a theoretical framework based on the security complex, this book provides an empirical analysis of security challenges in the Euro-Mediterranean ...
National and European Foreign Policies: Towards Europeanization
1st Edition
Edited
By Reuben Wong, Christopher Hill
September 10, 2012
National and European Foreign Policy explores the processes of interaction between the national and the European levels in foreign policy making in European Union states. The volume also assesses the mutual influence which the Member States exert on each other, independent of the EU institutions, ...
A Political Theory of Identity in European Integration: Memory and policies
1st Edition
By Catherine Guisan
July 23, 2012
This book provides a theoretical and historical examination of the speech and deeds of European founders. Using a fresh and innovative approach, this monograph connects political theory with concrete political practices based on empirical evidence, and theorizes the internal process of European ...