Making often complex concepts easily comprehended, this book enables the reader to quickly build a solid and well-rounded understanding of the EU's history and present, covering: key debates on Europe; the ambiguous relationship with the US; the EU's internal and external activi…
"The book presents Poland's legal and institutional response to the pandemic, analysed through the prism of common European values and Poland's international commitments. It signposts the financial solutions adopted by the EU in the aftermath of the outbreak to assess how they w…
The European Union of today cannot be studied as it once was. This original new textbook provides a much-needed update on how the EU's policies and institutions have changed in light of the multiple crises and transformations since 2010. An international team of leading scholars…
The EU competition policy dilemma -- The institutional basis of strict and non-discriminatory regulation -- Tension between stringent supranational regulations and national neo-mercantilism -- The issue of discrimination against non-EU firms -- Systemic constraints on the EU's r…
In the EU public services, utilities and welfare services can be seen as both building blocks for the internal market and as a persistent irritant in the integration process. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the EU law on public services within the context of Europ…
This second edition presents an economic and political account of the origins of the European Community. On one level the text is an analysis of the forces which brought the EC together, on another it is an explanation based on historical analysis of the future relationship betw…
Karen Alter's work on the European Court of Justice heralded a new level of sophistication in the political analysis of the controversial institution, through its combination of legal understanding and active engagement with theoretical questions. The European Court's Political …
The book is distinguished from existing research by its avoidance (and rejection) of the too-often simplistic analysis that has characterized political, media and regrettably some academic coverage, and by its attempt to escape from the tyranny of day-to-day events and short-ter…
Ensuring an adequate, long-term energy supply is a paramount concern in Europe. EU member states now intervene by encouraging investment in generation capacity, offering an additional revenue stream for conventional power plants in addition to the existing, heavily subsidised in…
Slavoj Zizek and Srecko Horvat combine their critical clout to emphasize the dangers of ignoring Europe's growing wealth gap and the parallel rise in right-wing nationalism, which is directly tied to the fallout from the ongoing financial crisis and its prescription of imposed a…
The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) of 2004, and the succeeding Eastern Partnership (EaP) of 2009 heralded a revolutionary new form of relations with the European Union's neighbours - partnership based on joint ownership and shared values - which would complement if not enti…
