European Union Policy 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. 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
5. The EU, the UN and Collective Security

   Making multilateralism effective

   Edited by Joachim Krause, Natalino Ronzitti

   Series: Contemporary Security Studies

   This book examines the effectiveness of multilateralism in ensuring collective security and, in particular, the EU’s role in this process. In 1992, shortly after the end of the Cold War, a Security Council Summit in New York reaffirmed the salience of the system of collective security and stated...

   Published April 22nd 2012 by Routledge
6. Functional and Territorial Interest Representation in the EU

   Edited by Michèle Knodt, Christine Quittkat, Justin Greenwood

   Despite a substantial legacy of literature on EU interest representation, there is no systematic analysis available on whether a European model of interest representation in EU governance is detectable across functional, and territorial, categories of actors. ‘Functional’ actors include...

   Published April 11th 2012 by Routledge
7. Europeanization, Integration and Identity

   A Social Constructivist Fusion Perspective on Norway

   By Gamze Tanil

   Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

   This book analyses how domestic and European structures impact on national actors’ identities, interests and foreign policy practices. Employing Norway as the case study area, the author uses this nation as an example to assess Europeanization and identity politics across the European Union (EU)....

   Published March 26th 2012 by Routledge
8. European Homeland Security

   A European strategy in the making?

   Edited by Christian Kaunert, Sarah Léonard, Patryk Pawlak

   Series: Contemporary Security Studies

   This book examines the processes and factors shaping the development of homeland security policies in the European Union (EU), within the wider context of European integration. The EU functions in a complex security environment, with perceived security threats from Islamist terrorists, migration...

   Published March 18th 2012 by Routledge
9. The European Union and Human Security

   External Interventions and Missions

   Edited by Mary Martin, Mary Kaldor

   Series: Routledge Studies in Human Security

   This edited book examines European external interventions in human security, in order to illustrate the evolution and nature of the European Union as a global political actor. In 2003, the EU deployed its first external mission under the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) with a military...

   Published February 29th 2012 by Routledge
10. China, Europe and International Security

    Interests, Roles, and Prospects

    Edited by Frans-Paul van der Putten, Chu Shulong

    Series: Asian Security Studies

    This book examines the roles played by China and Europe in the domain of international security in the 21st century. Bringing together Chinese and European expertise on the Sino-European Security relationship , this book positions Europe - both the EU and the major national actors - and China in a...

    Published February 27th 2012 by Routledge