European Union Politics Books

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1. 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)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. Euroscepticism in Southern Europe

   Edited by Susannah Verney

   The 2005 referenda in France and the Netherlands underlined the growing legitimacy problems of the European Union, by signaling serious public dissatisfaction with the current direction of European integration. In the aftermath of the constitutional debacle, an examination of the origins, evolution...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-44828-4 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Contemporary German Politics

   By David Broughton

   Provides students with a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the German political system. Written in an accessible, student-friendly style, this up-to-date textbook features: an introduction to German political history from 1945 to the present day key data on society, the economy...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-31114-4 | Paperback (Routledge)

6. Routledge Handbook of European Elections

   Edited by Donatella Viola

   This Handbook is a comprehensive reference guide to the European Parliamentary Elections. The opening section analyzes the European Parliament’s evolution, profile and political dynamics while the rest of the Handbook focuses on an analysis of Euro-elections in all EU member states. Each of the...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-59203-1 | Hardback (Routledge)

7. The European Parliament’s Committees: National Party Control and Legislative Empowerment

   By Richard Whitaker

   This book analyses the development of the European Parliament’s (EP) committees and their relationship with political parties in the light of the EP’s increased legislative role in the last two decades. Given that most of the EP’s detailed legislative work takes place in its committees, the...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-48525-8 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Politics of Religion in Western Europe

   Edited by François Foret, Xabier Itcaina

   Religion and religious factors are becoming increasingly prominent in the study of political science to re-examine key concepts, such as democracy, securitization, foreign policy analysis, and international relations. Politics of Religion, Religious Politics takes perspectives from political...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-59534-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. Poland's Troubled Transition, 1989-2008

   By Jacqueline Hayden

   This book examines developments in Poland from 1989 to the present. Based on extensive original research, including the author’s interviews with many of the leading participants, the book discusses the different visions for a post-communist Poland held by different parties and individuals, and...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-49451-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Russian Energy Security and Foreign Policy

    Edited by Adrian Dellecker, Thomas Gomart

    This book provides an original and thoroughly academic analysis of the link between Russian energy and foreign policies in Eurasia, as well as offering an interpretation of Russia’s coherence on the international stage, seeking to understand Russia and explain its behaviour. The authors analyse...

    April 2011 | 978-0-415-54733-8 | Hardback (Routledge)