European Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. Law, Rights and Ideology in Russia

   Landmarks in the Destiny of a Great Power

   By Bill Bowring

   Law, Rights and Ideology in Russia: Landmarks in the destiny of a great power brings into sharp focus several key episodes in Russia’s vividly ideological engagement with law and rights. Drawing on 30 years of experience of consultancy and teaching in many regions of Russia and on library research...

   Published April 4th 2013 by Routledge
2. Memory, Conflict and New Media

   Web Wars in Post-Socialist States

   Edited by Ellen Rutten, Julie Fedor, Vera Zvereva

   Series: Media, War and Security

   This book examines the online memory wars in post-Soviet states – where political conflicts take the shape of heated debates about the recent past, and especially World War II and Soviet socialism. To this day, former socialist states face the challenge of constructing national identities,...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
3. Landscape and Memory in Post-Fascist Italian Film

   Cinema Year Zero

   By Giuliana Minghelli

   Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies

   This study argues that neorealism’s visual genius is inseparable from its almost invisible relation to the Fascist past: a connection inscribed in cinematic landscapes. While largely a silent narrative, neorealism’s complex visual processing of two decades of Fascism remains the greatest cultural...

   Published April 2nd 2013 by Routledge
4. Rethinking the French New Right

   Alternatives to Modernity

   By Tamir Bar-On

   Series: Extremism and Democracy

   This book focuses on the philosophy, politics and impact of the 'New Right' which originated in France and has since influenced activism, ideology and policy in a number of European countries. This book explores the idea that revolutionaries do not necessarily need to come from the left, nor...

   Published April 2nd 2013 by Routledge
5. Transformational Diplomacy after the Cold War

   Britain’s Know How Fund in Post-Communist Europe, 1989-2003

   By Keith Hamilton

   Series: Whitehall Histories

   This book examines the 'Know How Fund', Britain’s bilateral technical assistance programme in post-communist central and eastern Europe, devised in response to the end of the Cold War. The Know How Fund (KHF) was the technical assistance programme which Margaret Thatcher’s government launched in...

   Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge
6. EU-Japan Relations, 1970-2012

   From Confrontation to Global Partnership

   Edited by Jörn Keck, Dimitri Vanoverbeke, Franz Waldenberger

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   This book presents a comprehensive overview of EU-Japan relations from 1970 to the present. It charts developments over the period, analyses key specific areas of importance to the relationship, and concludes by assessing how the relationship is likely to develop going forward. Throughout, the book...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
7. The Soviet Union under Gorbachev (Routledge Revivals)

   Prospects for Reform

   By David A. Dyker

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Gorbachev’s accession to General Secretary promised great changes to the Soviet Union and its relationship with the rest of the world. This book, first published in 1987, discusses the problems faced by Gorbachev when he entered office and how he planned to tackle them. Gorbachev was a figure of...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
8. The Future of the Soviet Economic Planning System (Routledge Revivals)

   By David A. Dyker

   On its publication in 1985, this book offered a fresh analysis of the problems faced by the Soviet economy by focussing on the key issues in the economic planning system. David Dyker considers the available options for reform during the 1980s and the most likely developments. Discussing the...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
9. Radical Left Parties in Europe

   By Luke March

   Series: Extremism and Democracy

   What has happened to the European radical left after the collapse of the USSR? How has it reacted, reformed, even revived? This new volume is one of the first to provide an overview of the main developments in contemporary European radical left parties (those defining themselves as to the left of,...

   Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
10. Europeanization and New Member States

    A Comparative Social Network Analysis

    By Flavia Jurje

    Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

    This book examines the Europeanization of the polity and politics of a new EU Member State. Using social network analysis in a comparative research design, it provides a systematic analysis of the effects of Europeanization on the institutions, policy processes, power constellation and conflict...

    Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge