Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
About the Book Series
The Contemporary European Studies book series is an internationally renowned outlet for the publication of first-rate research in European Union Studies. It aims to reflect the fast moving and multifaceted character of the European Union as a political, economic, social, cultural, security, and technological actor and to represent novel and diverse approaches to European Union Studies.
The editors invite early career and experienced academics to submit initial expressions of interest, either directly to them or via Routledge. These should include a suggested title, book abstract, table of contents, and information about the author/ contributors. If your initial expression receives support from the editors, authors will then be invited to submit a full book proposal. The series publishes research monographs and research-driven edited volumes with a strong common framework. For an overview of recently published works, please see the series titles below.
The editors will consider and provide feedback on all expressions of interest. For further information about your project at any stage, or for for further information and guidance towards submitting a frmal proposal, please contact the editors or the publisher.
The series is fully committed to the promotion of academic diversity, both in terms of authorship and of theoretical and methodological approaches and would particularly encourage scholars working on Feminist perspectives, Post-colonial and Decolonising approaches, Non-European perspectives on the EU, Critical Security Studies, Practice Theory, and Critical International Political Economy, alongside those working on EU institutions, external relations, integration theory, and EU policies to get in touch.
Series Editors
Ben Farrand: [email protected]
Helena Farrand Carrapico: [email protected]
Benjamin Martill: [email protected]
Monika Brusenbauch Meislová: [email protected]
European Banking Nationalism: State Power and Troubled Banks
1st Edition
By Shawn Donnelly, Gaia Pometto
December 30, 2022
This book compares the different expressions of, and outcomes from, banking nationalism in two European countries to draw wider conclusions about the consequences for Banking Union in Europe and to show how national governments deal (or fail to deal) with international commitments. It reveals how ...
Assessing the 2019 European Parliament Elections
1st Edition
Edited
By Sylvia Kritzinger, Carolina Plescia, Kolja Raube, James Wilhelm, Jan Wouters
December 13, 2021
Informed by and against the backdrop of the 2019 European Parliament (EP) elections, this innovative book provides a critical assessment of where Europe stands in terms of the quest to achieve democratic legitimacy. Since the 2014 EP elections, the European Union (EU) has experienced multiple ...
Law and Diplomacy in the Management of EU–Asia Trade and Investment Relations
1st Edition
Edited
By Chien-Huei Wu, Frank Gaenssmantel
September 30, 2021
This volume fills a gap in the literature regarding questions around the interactive dynamics between law and diplomacy on international trade and investment. It brings together lawyers and political scientists from Europe and Asia in an interdisciplinary effort at tracing the respective roles of ...
Differentiated Integration and Disintegration in a Post-Brexit Era
1st Edition
Edited
By Stefan Gänzle, Benjamin Leruth, Jarle Trondal
June 30, 2021
Assessing the consequences of Brexit on EU policies, institutions and members, this book discusses the significance of differentiation for the future of European integration. This book theoretically examines differentiated integration and disintegration, focuses on how this process affects key ...
Refugees, Security and the European Union
1st Edition
By Sarah Léonard, Christian Kaunert
March 31, 2021
This book analyses the extent and the modalities of the securitization of asylum-seekers and refugees in the EU. It argues that the development of the EU asylum policy, far from 'securitizing' asylum-seekers and refugees, has led to the strengthening and codification of several rights for ...
The Political Economy of Adjustment Throughout and Beyond the Eurozone Crisis: What Have We Learned?
1st Edition
Edited
By Michele Chang, Federico Steinberg, Francisco Torres
March 31, 2021
This volume focuses on the aftermath of the euro crisis and whether the reforms have brought about lasting changes to the economic and political structures of the crisis countries or if the changes were short-term and easily abandoned post-bailout and post-recovery. Starting with an analysis of the...
Citizenship, Nation-building and Identity in the EU: The Contribution of Erasmus Student Mobility
1st Edition
By Cherry James
December 18, 2020
With Brexit looming, a major issue facing UK Higher Education is whether the UK will be able to stay in the Erasmus Programme. This book sits at the intersection of three main interrelated themes - EU citizenship, the current state of the university in Europe, and student mobility - as they play ...
The Informal Construction of Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Lennaert van Heumen, Mechthild Roos
December 18, 2020
Informal dimensions of European integration have received limited academic attention to date, despite their historical and contemporary importance. Particularly studies in European integration history, while frequently mentioning informal processes, have as yet rarely conceptualised the study of ...
Commercial Realism and EU Trade Policy: Competing for Economic Power in Asia and the Americas
1st Edition
By Katharina L. Meissner
September 30, 2020
The European Union (EU) is at the forefront of engaging in external trade relations outside of the World Trade Organization (WTO) with entire regions and economic powerhouses. Understanding why and how the EU engages in one of the most active fields of external relations is crucial.This book fills ...
Competitiveness and Solidarity in the European Union: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Paolo Chiocchetti, Frédéric Allemand
September 30, 2020
Starting in the 1980s, competitive pressures and the ideology of competitiveness have shaken and transformed traditional models of development, public policy, and governance in Europe.This edited book carries out a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and innovative analysis of the relationship ...
Parties, Power and Policy-making: From Higher Education to Multinationals in Post-Communist Societies
1st Edition
By Silvana Tarlea
September 30, 2020
This book explains the conditions under which political parties in government were able to influence economic growth in post-communist European countries. It highlights higher education and international investment as the two essentially related areas that have been steered by governments. The book...
EU Human Rights and Democratization Policies: Achievements and Challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By Felipe Gómez Isa, Cristina Churruca Muguruza, Jan Wouters
August 14, 2020
Though the EU has tried to place human rights and democracy at the heart of its external action, there are serious concerns about its capacity to have a significant impact on the situation of human rights and human rights defenders as well as on the democratization processes taking place in ...