Routledge Studies on Government and the European Union
About the Book Series
What is actually governed at the scale of the European Union (EU)? Some domains of societies and economies in Europe certainly seem to be, but the government of many others appears instead to take place at global, national or sub-national scales. The principal objective of this book series is to provide a sustained and structured space within which a cumulative set of books on what the EU actually governs would be published. These will depart from much of mainstream ‘EU studies’ to propose instead social science theory driven analyses that better reflect and reveal the transnational character of government in contemporary Europe.
This series of books will share a common focus and a commitment to detailed, theoretically driven but readable empirical studies. Although authors will differ slightly here, this focus postulates in general that:
- Far from being a system composed uniquely of ‘national’ and ‘supranational’ bodies, the government of the EU is enacted by all the public and private practitioners who participate in the construction and institutionalization of ‘European public problems’;
- This government is inscribed in a strongly fragmented European polity. However, its fragments –be they sectoral or territorial- seldom map neatly onto the frontiers of the member states;
- Integrating this government and polity constitutes a permanent challenge not only for the formulation of European public problems and their treatment (eg. for environmental protection), but also for the legitimation of these processes and the actors they involve (eg. Commission representatives).
The series is edited by Professor Andy Smith, Research Director at the at the National Foundation for Political Science, University of Bordeaux. All proposals for the series should be submitted either to the editor or the publishers.
The European Union in Search of Narratives: Disenchanted Europe?
1st Edition
By François Foret
December 31, 2024
This book examines the legitimization of the European Union through the development and rapid rotation of narratives aiming to convey its identity and purpose. Utilizing literature and data across a wide range of interdisciplinary areas rarely studied together, the book argues that three narratives...
The EU's Government of Worker Mobility: An Interdisciplinary Discussion
1st Edition
Edited
By Hélène Michel, Mélanie Schmitt
October 09, 2024
This book brings together the expertise of economists, legal scholars, political scientists, and sociologists in order to integrate diverse perspectives and a broad range of analytical tools in the conceptualisation of labour mobility. It examines how variably the question of labour mobility has ...
The European Parliament and Global Health: Polymorphic Actorness and Multiple Roles
1st Edition
By Vincent Rollet
July 19, 2024
This book examines the actorness of the European Parliament (EP) and its roles in global health. In doing so, it appreciates to what extent this democratically elected entity can be considered as a global health actor. Applying an original analytical framework to measure actorness, the book ...
EU Socio-Economic Governance in Central and Eastern Europe: The European Semester and National Employment Policies
1st Edition
By Mario Munta
May 31, 2023
This book investigates to what extent and how the European Semester impacts on national employment policy in four EU member states of the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region. Using an original theoretical and methodological framework, and based on empirical evidence from extensive interviews...
Value Politics in the European Union: From Market to Culture and Back
1st Edition
Edited
By François Foret, Jana Vargovčíková
May 31, 2023
This book explores what drives value politics and the way in which it redraws political conflict at EU level. Based on case studies and analyses of statistical data, the book shows what the uses and roles of values have been at EU level over the past decades in both market-related policies and in ...
The Rise of EU Police Cooperation: Governing Differentiated Integration
1st Edition
By Franca König
December 30, 2022
This book provides an in-depth empirical analysis and theoretical history of the institutional development of EU police cooperation, with a focus on the creation and integration of Europol. Presenting a thoroughly comprehensive analysis, the book systematically traces integration dynamics and the ...
The Mechanisms of Institutional Conflict in the European Union
1st Edition
By Ludvig Norman
August 14, 2018
How institutional conflicts arise in international political orders and the conditions shaping the outcomes of such conflicts has become the object of considerable contemporary focus. This book considers the dynamics of institutional conflict and institutional change in international ...
Parliaments and the Economic Governance of the European Union: Talking Shops or Deliberative Bodies?
1st Edition
By Aleksandra Maatsch
July 24, 2018
This book analyses how national parliaments and parliamentary parties performed their legislative, representative and control functions during the reform of European economic governance. Focusing on domestic approvals of anti-crisis measures (EFSF, ESM and the Fiscal Compact) in all member states ...
Policy change in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: How EU institutions matter
1st Edition
Edited
By Florian Trauner, Ariadna Ripoll Servent
November 10, 2016
The EU plays an increasingly important role in issues such as the fight against organised crime and the management of migration flows, transforming the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ) into a priority of the EU’s political and legislative agenda. This book investigates whether ...
The EU’s Government of Industries: Markets, Institutions and Politics
1st Edition
Edited
By Bernard Jullien, Andy Smith
August 03, 2016
To what extent is business activity governed at a European scale? Since the advent of the recent economic crisis, the EU’s choices about the euro, debt ratios and interest rates have caught the headlines and highlighted the importance of EU decision-making arenas. However, these macro-economic ...
The European Council and European Governance: The Commanding Heights of the EU
1st Edition
Edited
By François Foret, Yann-Sven Rittelmeyer
October 12, 2015
In recent years, the failure of the constitutional process, the difficult ratification and implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, as well as the several crises affecting Europe have revitalized the debate on the nature of the European polity and the balance of powers in Brussels. This book explains ...