European Politics Books

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1. Post-Communist Parliaments: The Second Decade

   Edited by David M. Olson, Gabriella Ilonszki

   At the end of the "founding" or initial decade, the new parliaments of post-Communist Europe had developed two distinct types: democratic and presidentially-dominated. Whilst in the early years, they had been characterised as "parliaments in adolescence," they have - through the second decade -...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-56083-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. European Integration and the Western Balkans: European Enlargement, Domestic Challenges and Institutional Challenges

   Edited by Arolda Elbasani

   Through the 1990s, the focus of politics in the Balkans was on conflict and transition, following the communist era. Europeanization and the Western Balkans focuses on the conditions of the country that are challenging to European Integration, and examines the effects of the Stabilization and...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-59452-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Coalition Government and Party Mandate: How coalition agreements constrain ministerial action

   By Catherine Moury

   Which kind of decisions are passed by Cabinet in coalition governments? What motivates ministerial action? How much leeway do coalition parties give their governmental representatives? Coalition Government and Party Mandate focuses on a comparative study of ministerial behavior in Belgium,...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-60161-0 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. Democracy and State Building in Georgia, 1918-2010

   Edited by Stephen F. Jones

   This book compares and contrasts Georgia’s First Republic, which lasted from 1918 until suppressed by Bolshevik Soviet forces in 1921, with the present Georgian Republic, which gained its independence when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. It shows how on both occasions Georgia emerged from...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-59238-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Tolstoy's Political Thought

   By Alexandre Christoyannopoulos

   Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), besides writing famous novels such as War and Peace, also wrote on political thought, especially later in his life, putting forward a political philosophy which might be termed "Christian anarchism". This book provides a comprehensive overview of Tolstoy’s political thought...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-60402-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

6. A Political Theory of Identity in European Integration

   By Catherine Guisan

   This book provides a path-breaking political theory of EU identity formation by drawing on an interpretative tradition that grounds political identities in the speeches and deeds of political actors. At important historical junctures between 1950 and 2009, this monograph probes stories of European...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-56291-1 | Hardback (Routledge)

7. The European Union Diplomatic Service: Ideas, Preferences and Identities

   By Caterina Carta

   The book analyses the processes of institution and identity building of the European Union Diplomatic Service working on matters of foreign policy and external economic relations, both in Brussels and in the Commission’s Delegations across the world. The book examines what images high ranking...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-55976-8 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Economic Power and Economic Strategy in Russia

   Edited by Peeter Vahtra

   In recent years the power relationship between business and the state in Russia has moved strongly in favour of the state, with the state increasingly involved in Russia’s leading business sectors and with increasing state ownership in key industries. This book surveys these important changes and...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-45312-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. Promoting Party Politics in Emerging Democracies

   Edited by Peter Burnell, Andre Gerrits

   This book offers a critical and comparative examination of international support to political parties and party systems in emerging and prospective new democracies in several world regions. It combines the insights of a strong international grouping of leading academics and pioneering doctoral...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-59423-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Populist Parties in Power: Italian & Swiss Success Stories

    By Daniele Albertazzi, Duncan McDonnell

    This book examines recent experiences of populists in government in Italy and Switzerland where three very significant populist parties - Forza Italia/Popolo della Libertà and the Lega Nord in Italy; the Schweizerische Volkspartei in Switzerland - have served in government for most of the current...

    June 2011 | 978-0-415-60097-2 | Hardback (Routledge)