European Union Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. The Challenge of Differentiation in Euro-Mediterranean Relations

   Flexible Regional Cooperation or Fragmentation

   Edited by Esther Barbé, Anna Herranz-Surrallés

   The tension between the aim of creating sustainable multilateral region-building dynamics and the need to find more differentiated and flexible forms of cooperation has been ever-present in Euro-Mediterranean relations. The proliferation of different and partially overlapping initiatives in recent...

   Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
2. The European Union as a Global Conflict Manager

   Edited by Richard Whitman, Stefan Wolff

   In recent years the European Union (EU) has played an increasingly important role as a manager of global conflicts. This book provides a comprehensive assessment of how the EU has performed in facilitating mediation, conflict resolution and peacebuilding across the globe. Offering an accessible...

   Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
3. Corruption and Organized Crime in Europe

   Illegal partnerships

   By Philip Gounev, Vincenzo Ruggiero

   Series: Organizational Crime

   In Corruption and Organised Crime in Europe, Gounev and Ruggiero present a discussion of the relation between organized criminals and corruption in the EU’s 27 Member States. The book draws on research and scholarly work the editors carried out, respectively, within the Center for the Study of...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
4. The International Political Economy of Transition

   By Stuart Shields

   Series: Routledge/RIPE Studies in Global Political Economy

   This book explores how Eastern Europe’s post-communist transition can only be understood as part of a broader interrogation of neoliberal hegemony in the global political economy, and provides a detailed historical account of the emergence of neoliberalism in Eastern Central Europe. Adopting an...

   Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Asia-Europe Meeting

   The Theory and Practice of Interregionalism

   By Alfredo C. Robles

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   Focusing on the economic, developmental, political and cultural issues of its member states, this book offers a critical assessment of the ASEM process since its inception in 1996, which now brings together all 27 EU members, the European Commission, and 16 East Asian states. The underlying theme...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Multilateral Dimension in Russian Foreign Policy

   Edited by Elana Wilson Rowe, Stina Torjesen

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

   This book examines the place of multilateralism in Russia’s foreign policy and Russia’s engagement with multilateral institutions. Throughout the post-Soviet period, both Yeltsin and Putin consistently professed a deep attachment to the principles of multilateralism. However, multilateralism as a...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
7. Transatlantic Relations in the 21st Century

   Europe, America and the rise of the rest

   By Erwan Lagadec

   Series: Contemporary Security Studies

   This book offers an overview of the interface between European integration, transatlantic relations, and the 'rise of the rest' in the early 21st century. The collapse of the Soviet bloc opened up an era in which the drivers and perceived benefits of the US alliance among European countries have...

   Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge
8. The EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy

   The Quest for Democracy

   Edited by Helene Sjursen

   Series: Journal of European Public Policy Special Issues as Books

   This book reorients the study of European foreign and security policy towards the question of democracy. Blending insights from international relations and democratic theory, it aims to enhance our understanding of the issues at stake. The main structures, the institutional setting and the...

   Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge
9. Russia and Europe

   Building Bridges, Digging Trenches

   Edited by Kjell Engelbrekt, Bertil Nygren

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

   Russian-European political relations have always been problematic and one of the main reasons for this is the different perspectives on even the very basic notions and concepts of political life. With a worldwide recession, the problems as well as the opportunities in Russian-European relations are...

   Published May 4th 2012 by Routledge
10. Governance and Knowledge

    The Politics of Foreign Investment, Technology and Ideas

    Edited by Helge Hveem, Carl Henrik Knutsen

    Series: Routledge/GARNET series

    This book examines the politics of technology, and provides a detailed analysis of developments and debates within the European Union, international trade and governance. An important empirical contribution to the literature on the relations between politics and technology, this volume contains...

    Published April 25th 2012 by Routledge