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]
The Political Economy of State-Business Relations in Europe: Interest Mediation, Capitalism and EU Policy Making
1st Edition
By Rainer Eising
April 12, 2013
The delegation of policy-competencies to the European Union has changed the context in which national actors form their interests and represent them. Shaping European markets and societies, EU regulation has important effects in the member states. This book analyses how business interest ...
The European Union as a Leader in International Climate Change Politics
1st Edition
Edited
By Rüdiger Wurzel, James Connelly
May 30, 2012
Climate change poses one of the biggest challenges facing humankind. The European Union (EU) has developed into a leader in international climate change politics although it was originally set up as a ‘leaderless Europe’ in which decision-making powers are spread amongst EU institutional, member ...
The European Union and International Development: The Politics of Foreign Aid
1st Edition
By Maurizio Carbone
February 02, 2011
The European Union is a leading actor in international development, providing more than half of the world’s foreign aid, but also a unique case, combining the characteristics of a bilateral and a multilateral donor. Despite the general acknowledgment that policy coordination substantially improves ...
The European Union and the Asia-Pacific: Media, Public and Elite Perceptions of the EU
1st Edition
Edited
By Natalia Chaban, Martin Holland
February 02, 2011
A central problem for the European Union is said to be that of the "politics of identity". Within this, the concept of the EU’s international identity requires exploration in terms of how it is both constructed and represented globally. To address this issue, this book identifies measures and ...
The History of the European Union: Origins of a Trans- and Supranational Polity 1950-72
1st Edition
Edited
By Wolfram Kaiser, Brigitte Leucht, Morten Rasmussen
February 02, 2011
This book radically re-conceptualises the origins of the European Union as a trans- and supranational polity as it emerged between the Schuman Plan of May 1950 and the first enlargement of the European Communities at the start of 1973. Drawing upon social science theories and debates as well as ...
Central Banking Governance in the European Union: A Comparative Analysis
1st Edition
By Lucia Quaglia
June 04, 2010
This book fills a gap in academic literature on the politics and public policy aspects of central banking in Europe, by conducting a theoretically-informed and empirically-grounded analysis of central banking governance before and after the establishment of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). ...
International Actors, Democratization and the Rule of Law: Anchoring Democracy?
1st Edition
Edited
By Amichai Magen, Leonardo Morlino
June 05, 2009
Do external factors facilitate or hamper domestic democratic development? Do international actors influence the development of greater civil and political freedom, democratic accountability, equality, responsiveness and the rule of law in domestic systems? How should we conceptualize, identify and ...
The EU and Conflict Resolution: Promoting Peace in the Backyard
1st Edition
By Nathalie Tocci
April 09, 2009
Through the study of five ethno-political conflicts lying on or just beyond Europe's borders, this book analyzes the impact and effectiveness of EU foreign policy on conflict resolution. Conflict resolution features strongly as an objective of the European Union's foreign policy. In promoting this...
The End of European Integration: Anti-Europeanism Examined
1st Edition
By Paul Taylor
December 19, 2007
This book provides an innovative examination of the European Union as it departs from its path of integration. Indeed, so far has it departed that it could be described as having entered a new reality. The original reality was that captured in the evocative phrase in its founding agreement, the ...
The Enlargement and Integration of the European Union: Issues and Strategies
1st Edition
By David Clark
August 19, 1997
This study addresses many of the key issues raised by the increasing expansion of the EU. Analysing the traditional 'Community method' of espansion and finding many shortcomings with its ability to handle future enlargement, Chris Preston explores:* the past experience of enlargement and the ...
The European Union and the South: Relations with Developing Countries
1st Edition
By Marjorie Lister
June 12, 1997
At the end of the current millenium the best description of Europe's relations with the developing countries of the South is: all change. Since 1957 the European Community has operated special policies for developing countries, many of which were formerly European colonies. However, neither the ...
Integration and Co-operation in Europe
1st Edition
By Brigid Laffan
July 21, 1992
An ideal introductory text for students studying the EU, International politics and organisations, or economics: Laffan clearly explains the evolution and extent of European integration in areas ranging from industrial development to international relations and considers the problems that new ...