European Union Politics Books

New and Published Books

1. European Union Law

   3rd Edition

   By Alina Kaczorowska

   Fully revised and updated, the third edition of EU Law provides an exhaustive, yet easily readable, account of the complex and ever changing subject of EU law. The author gives thorough, authoritative, and up-to-the-minute treatment to the institutional, constitutional and substantive elements of...

   Published April 2nd 2013 by Routledge
2. The Rule of Reason in European Constitutionalism and Citizenship

   By Yuri Borgmann-Prebil

   Series: Discourses of Law

   Identifying crucial deficiencies in the legal theories of Hart and Dworkin, The Rule of Reason in European Constitutionalism and Citizenship draws on the work of Habermas and Alexy in order to elaborate a new juridical conception of citizenship. Taking Europe as its focus, the central substantive...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. 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
4. 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
5. The Illusion of Accountability in the European Union

   Edited by Sverker Gustavsson, Christer Karlsson, Thomas Persson

   Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

   This book examines accountability in the EU from different perspectives and considers whether EU citizens have real opportunities for holding decision-makers accountable. This book critically analyses five arguments which claim there are sufficient means for holding decision-makers to account in...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
6. A Global Security Triangle

   European, African and Asian interaction

   Edited by Valeria Bello, Belachew Gebrewold

   Series: Routledge/GARNET series

   This book considers the interactions between Africa, Asia and Europe, analysing the short and long term strategies various states have adopted to external relations. The urgency attached to the agenda of international terrorism and human and drugs- trafficking has forced the European Union into new...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
7. The Politics of Ratification of EU Treaties

   By Carlos Closa

   Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

   Since its inception, the European Union (EU) has revised its foundational treaties several times, resulting in national ratification processes involving different actors, with varying success. This book focuses on the politics of ratification of EU Treaties and reviews the processes of ratification...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
8. European Integration and Transformation in the Western Balkans

   Europeanization or Business as Usual?

   Edited by Arolda Elbasani

   Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies

   The book investigates the scope and limitations of the transformative power of EU enlargement in the Western Balkans. The extension of EU enlargement policy to the region has generated high expectations that enlargement will regulate democratic institution-building and foster reform, much as it did...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
9. China and the European Union

   Edited by Lisheng Dong, Zhengxu Wang, Henk Dekker

   Series: China Policy Series

   The European Union is China’s largest trading partner, and Chinese views of the EU are of crucial importance in shaping how the relationship will develop in the future, especially as the new Chinese leadership takes power. This book presents the findings of an extensive research project into the...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
10. Changing European Employment and Welfare Regimes

    The Influence of the Open Method of Coordination on National Reforms

    Edited by Martin Heidenreich, Jonathan Zeitlin

    Series: Routledge/EUI Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State

    This book examines how and to what extent the European Employment Strategy and the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) on Social Protection and Social Inclusion have influenced national labour market and social welfare policies. Focusing on the implementation of the OMC in different national...

    Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge