EU & European institutions

Theory and reform in the European Union

by Manchester University Press

fromEurope in change

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'This substantially updated and revised edition offers a comprehensive overview of the challenges confronting the political system as well as the international politics of the European Union. It draws from a rich spectrum of regional integration theories to determine what the Un…

Theory and reform in the European Union

by Manchester University Press

fromEurope in change

0 Type: Book

'This substantially updated and revised edition offers a comprehensive overview of the challenges confronting the political system as well as the international politics of the European Union. It draws from a rich spectrum of regional integration theories to determine what the Un…

Climate change politics in Europe: Germany and the international relations of the en…

by Jaggard, Lyn

fromLibrary of international relations (Series)

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"In the 21st century, the climate change debate is increasingly moving up the agenda. In this topical book, Lyn Jaggard evaluates the role of ideas in the evolution of the politics of climate change. She investigates the evolution of climate change policy in the European Union a…

Policy-making in EU security and defense: an institutional perspective

by Dijkstra, Hylke

fromEuropean Administrative Governance

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"EU foreign policy has long been considered the exclusive domain of member states. This book challenges such conventional state-centered wisdom by analyzing the influence of the Brussels-based EU officials in the sensitive area of security and defense. It asks why the member sta…

The perfect storm of the European crisis

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The most significant phenomenon occurring around us today is the European crisis. As well as being a "total social phenomenon" as classical French sociologist Émile Durkheim would have said, it also affects all the levels of our lives-be they political, economic, cultural or soc…

Managing crises, making peace: towards a strategic EU vision for security and de…

fromRethinking peace and conflict studies

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"The EU has increased its commitment in response to crises, however, in the face of new threats and emerging crises, its capacity to build a distinctive role in crisis management remains problematic. Resurging divergences in major member states' positions, requiring dual adaptat…

Sociology of the European Union

by Favell, Adrian

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"Sociology of the European Union examines how core sociological theories, concepts and methods can be applied to the study of the EU. Carefully integrating theory and empirical research, the book: explores key concepts in European studies, such as Europeanization, integration an…

Nudge and the law: a European perspective

fromModern studies in European law

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Behavioural sciences help refine our understanding of human decision-making. Their insights are immensely relevant for policy-making since public intervention works much better when it targets real people rather than imaginary beings assumed to be perfectly rational. Increasingl…

Reflections on the Greek sovereign debt crisis: the EU institutional framework, economic adjustme…

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"The euro was generally considered a success in its first decade. Nevertheless, the 'unanticipated' financial crisis in the summer of 2007 has developed gradually into the worst global economic crisis in post-war economic history and a sovereign debt crisis, calling into questio…

The principle of loyalty in EU law

by Klamert, Marcus

fromOxford studies in European law

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The book offers the first treatment in English to provide a thorough examination of the legal duties falling under the principle of loyalty in EU public law. Despite its seemingly innocuous wording, in what is now Article 4 (3) TEU, the principle of sincere cooperation has had a…

Democratic Citizenship in Flux: Conceptions of Citizenship in the Light of Politi…

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Traditionally, citizenship has been defined as the legal and political link between individuals and their democratic political community. However, traditional conceptions of democratic citizenship are currently challenged by various developments like migration, the rise of popul…

The Militarization of the European Union

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From the establishment of NATO in 1949, Western Europe has been under Anglo-American tutelage in military and security matters. Several countries, most notably France and (since reunification) Germany, have experienced this as a hindrance to the pursuit of their particular inter…

An island in Europe: the EU and the transformation of Cyprus

by Ker-Lindsay, James, Faustmann, Hubert, Mullen, Fiona

fromInternational library of twentieth century history

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The celebrations which marked the accession of the Republic of Cyprus to the European Union on 1st May 2004 signalled the end of a fourteen year process since the island had first applied to join - and the end of six full years of complicated and intense negotiations. Upon joini…

The EU and the domestic politics of welfare state reforms: Europa, Europae

by Palier, Bruno, Graziano, Paolo, Jacquot, Sophie

fromWork and welfare in Europe

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Does European integration influence national social policies? What is the use of EU laws, orientations and guidelines? Based on a systematic comparison of ten national cases, including both old and new member states, representing all families of welfare regimes, this volume expl…

Stability without statehood: Lessons from Europe's history before the sovereig…

by Haldén, Peter

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This book reinterprets the EU using classical and early modern republican political theory. Bypassing the nation-state, it presents a new theory of the creation, change and demise of organizations in world politics. It also argues that the state is a problematic solution to 'sta…

Stability without statehood: lessons from Europe's history before the sovereig…

by Haldén, Peter

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The way the sovereign state is taken for granted in political theory prevents an explanation of historical and contemporary organizations and phenomena different from this ideal type. Peter Halďn bypasses the state and the problems it causes by constructing an understanding of p…

Der Zweite Weltkrieg in postsozialistischen Gedenkmuseen: Geschichtspolitik zwischen der 'Anrufung Europas' u…

by Radonić, Ljiljana

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Memorial museums are understood as flagships of the respective country's memory politics - in the context of transnational processes. How do big, publicly (co-)funded memorial museums that (re-)opened after 1989 in the eleven post-Communist EU member states exhibit the World War…