European Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Eastern European Immigrant Families

   By Mihaela Robila

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   Immigration from Eastern Europe to the United States has grown significantly in the last few decades. While Asian and Latin American immigrations have been central to the discourse of migration to the US, the rapid growth of Eastern European immigrants has received insufficient attention. Robila...

   Published January 10th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Democratic Predicament

   Cultural Diversity in Europe and India

   Edited by Jyotirmaya Tripathy, Sudarsan Padmanabhan

   Both India and Europe have been undergoing a difficult process of negotiating cultural, religious and ethnic diversity within their democratic frameworks. In fact, recent incidents of xenophobic backlash against multiculturalism and minority communities in Europe, as well as myriad movements for...

   Published December 30th 2012 by Routledge India
3. Analysing Fascist Discourse

   European Fascism in Talk and Text

   Edited by Ruth Wodak, John E. Richardson

   Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Discourse

   This book focuses primarily on continuities and discontinuities of fascist politics as manifested in discourses of post-war European countries. Many traumatic pasts in Europe are linked to the experience of fascist and national-socialist regimes in the 20th century and to related colonial and...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
4. Frontiers in Nature-based Tourism

   Lessons from Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden

   Edited by Peter Fredman, Liisa Tyrväinen

   Nature has been a key attraction factor for tourism in the Nordic countries for decades. The demand for nature-based tourism has steadily grown and is one of the most rapidly expanding sectors within tourism across Europe and elsewhere. This demand has created opportunities for nature-based tourism...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
5. Early Child Care and Education in Finland

   Edited by Kaarina Määttä, Satu Uusiautti

   What is childhood like in Finland? What kind of practical solutions have been created and evaluated that aim at both providing good childhood experiences and supporting children’s positive development? What practices aim to prevent child exclusion from regular education and social experiences and...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
6. Development Policies of Central and Eastern European States

   From Aid Recipients to Aid Donors

   Edited by Ondřej Horký-Hlucháň, Simon Lightfoot

   The states from Central and Eastern Europe that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007 provide a fascinating series of case studies for scholars interested in politics, IR and development studies. The interest comes from the fact that never before had so many recipients of EU aid joined the Union and taken...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
7. Understanding European Union Law

   5th Edition

   By Karen Davies

   Understanding European Union Law is both an ideal introduction for students new to EU law and an essential addition to revision for the more accomplished. It is also indispensable reading for students on business studies courses. Fully revised and updated, this fifth edition continues to look at...

   Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge
8. EU-Turkey Relations in the 21st Century

   By Birol Yesilada

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics

   The possibility of Turkey’s accession to the European Union has been problematic. Initially, the EU’s pursuit of regional economic integration and enlargement of membership, at the exclusion of Turkey, strained relations between the two. It was not until 1999, and under pressure from the US, that...

   Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge
9. The European Court of Human Rights in the Post-Cold War Era

   Universality in Transition

   By James A. Sweeney

   Series: Routledge Research in Human Rights Law

   The European Court of Human Rights in the Post-Cold War Era: Universality in Transition examines transitional justice from the perspective of its impact on the universality of human rights, taking the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights as its detailed case study. The problem is...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
10. Women and Knowledge in the Mediterranean

    Edited by Fatima Sadiqi

    Series: Routledge Advances in Mediterranean Studies

    Women in the Mediterranean have helped constitute new meanings of knowledge whilst simultaneously providing a wealth of material that is now part of the knowledge archive of the area. The inception of types of knowledge that differ from the conventional necessitates a re-definition of the concept...

    Published November 25th 2012 by Routledge