European Union Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. European Security Policy and Strategic Culture

   Edited by Peter Schmidt, Benjamin Zyla

   With the Lisbon Treaty in place and the European Union increasingly involved in international crisis management and stabilization operations in places near and far, this volume revisits the trajectory of a European strategic culture. Specifically, it studies the usefulness of its application in a...

   Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge
2. European Integration and Postcolonial Sovereignty Games

   The EU Overseas Countries and Territories

   Edited by Rebecca Adler-Nissen, Ulrik Gad

   Series: New International Relations

   This book examines how sovereignty works in the context of European integration and postcolonialism. Focusing on a group of micro-polities associated with the European Union, it offers a new understanding of international relations in the context of modern sovereignty. This book offers a...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
3. Europeanization and the European Economic Area

   Iceland's Participation in the EU's Policy Process

   By Johanna Jonsdottir

   Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies

   This book examines Europeanization in the European Economic Area (EEA), exploring whether non-member states can have an input into EU decision-making and whether the EU can successfully export its policies within the framework of the EEA. Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein, while not EU member...

   Published December 12th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Cultural Politics of Europe

   European Capitals of Culture and European Union since the 1980s

   Edited by Kiran Klaus Patel

   Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies

   Culture is one of the most complex and contested fields of European integration. This book analyzes EU cultural politics since their emergence in the 1980s with a particular focus on the European Capital of Culture program, the flagship of EU cultural policy. It discusses both the central as well...

   Published December 10th 2012 by Routledge
5. Microfoundations of Policy Implementation

   Towards European Best Practices

   By Phedon Nicolaides

   Series: Routledge/EIPA Managing the European Union Series

   The European Union (EU) has a compliance problem: there are persistent failures in the implementation of EU rules and policies by the member states. This book examines how policy implementation may be improved. It explains the nature of policy mistakes, proceeds to consider how individual public...

   Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
6. European Union Public Health Policy

   Regional and global trends

   Edited by Scott Greer, Paulette Kurzer

   Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

   Ranging from influence over world trade laws affecting health to population health issues such as obesity to the use of comparative data to affect policy, the EU’s public health policies are increasingly important, visible, expensive and effective. They also provide an invaluable case study for...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
7. 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
8. The EU and Multilateral Security Governance

   Edited by Sonia Lucarelli, Luk Van Langenhove, Jan Wouters

   Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

   This book studies the role of the EU in peace and security as a regional actor with global aspirations, in the context of challenged and changing multilateralism. Multilateralism, governance and security are three concepts that have attracted a great deal of attention in the past decade and...

   Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge
9. 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
10. 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