The primary objective of the new Contemporary European Studies series is to provide a research outlet for scholars of European Studies from all disciplines. The series publishes important scholarly works and provides key reading for researchers and policy-makers.
Series edited by Federica Bicchi, LSE, Tanja Börzel, Free University of Berlin and Roger Scully, University of Aberystwyth, on behalf of UACES
The primary objective of the Contemporary European Studies Series is to provide a research outlet for scholars of European Studies from all disciplines. Although essentially a Politics/IR series, the Series Editors are keen to encourage books that are interdisciplinary, adopting perspectives and approaches that bring together political science and cognate disciplines. If you are interested in submitting a proposal for the series, please visit the UACES website at: www.uaces.org.
Further titles in the series can be found on the series listing.
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
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)....
Published December 19th 2007 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics
This book contributes to the literature on the change of governance in the context of its European multilevel organization. The integration of Europe is a process of fundamental social change: a process of constructing a European society and of deconstructing the national societies. Münch...
Published June 2nd 2010 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
Through the 1990s, the focus of politics in the Balkans was on conflict and transition, following the communist era. Europeanization and the Western Balkans focuses on the conditions of the country that are challenging to European Integration, and examines the effects of the Stabilization and...
To Be Published September 29th 2012 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
The European Commission has increasingly focused on the benefits it can derive from the greater participation of organized civil society in its role and activities. In the face of general decline in public trust in the institutions of government, it facilitated and encouraged new channels of access...
Published March 21st 2010 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
This book provides a detailed examination of the complex negotiation processes surrounding intergovernmental conferences in the European Union. Since the Treaty of Amsterdam (1997) and its ‘appendix’, the Treaty of Nice in 2002, any reform of the treaty framework of the European Union seems...
Published April 14th 2009 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
The global financial crisis that reached its peak in late 2008 has brought the importance of financial services regulation and supervision into the spotlight. This book examines the governance of financial services in the EU, asking who governs financial services in the EU, how and why, and...
Published February 21st 2010 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
This book analyzes the development of the European Parliament’s (EP) committees and their relationship with national political parties in the light of the EP’s increased legislative role over the last three decades. The book argues that national parties have a greater incentive to care about what...
Published April 5th 2011 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
Different survey-based and case study research has shown that, since the 1980s, minority nationalist parties have become increasingly supportive of European integration. However, this account of minority nationalist party attitudes towards Europe is problematic in several respects. This book makes...
Published October 28th 2008 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
This volume analyzes the Nordic and Baltic states' relationship with the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). Clive Archer presents a general background to the European Union's ESDP, the strategic situation of Northern Europe, the main security and defence policy issues faced by the states...
Published July 25th 2007 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
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...
Published June 1st 2009 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
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...
Published May 23rd 2007 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
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...
Published December 5th 2007 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
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...
Published May 15th 2008 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
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...
Published September 7th 2008 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
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...
Published November 28th 2007 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
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...
Published July 9th 1997 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
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...
Published May 14th 1997 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
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...
Published July 1st 1992 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
Until recently, the European Union tended to view violent mass conflicts predominantly through the lens of negotiations between conflict leaders and powerful external actors. Today, the EU has begun to recognize the imperative of understanding and influencing developments on the ground in conflict...
Published March 28th 2011 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
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...
Published April 14th 2009 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
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...
Published June 9th 2008 by Routledge
From bans on religious symbols in public spaces, to the provision of abortion by doctors, recent cases across Europe have highlighted acute dilemmas about how best to respond to the claims of individuals or groups feeling that their values or beliefs are not treated fairly by the law. Diversity in...
Published November 25th 2010 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
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...
Published October 28th 2010 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
Conflict prevention and crisis management has become a key activity for the EU since the creation of the Common Security and Defence Policy in 1999. The rapid growth of this policy area, as well as the number of missions deployed beyond the EU’s border raise important questions about the...
Published December 16th 2010 by Routledge
Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
The Balkan countries have responded differently to the EU’s conditional offer of membership. This book examines the diverging compliance patterns of the Balkan accession states and asks why some of them have complied substantially, some only partially and others have defied the EU. The book...
To Be Published June 6th 2012 by Routledge
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