This authoritative yet accessible introduction to understanding Europe today moves beyond accounts of European integration to provide a wide-ranging and nuanced study of contemporary Europe and its historical development. This fully updated edition adds material on recent develo…
Gustav Peebles takes an anthropological look at two seemingly separate developments in Europe at the turn of the millennium: the rollout of the euro and the building of new transnational regions such as the Oresund Region, envisioned as a melding of Copenhagen, Denmark, with Mal…
Over the past two decades, civil society has played a pivotal role in Europe, from the demise of Communist rule to the reunification of Europe, followed by the expansion of the single market to the reconstitution of democracy in the enlarged European Union. European civil societ…
While there are many textbooks about the European Union (EU), this volume covers the essential elements of the EU clearly and concisely, outlining the key debates and issues it faces today.
This Handbook provides readers with a brief but comprehensive overview of topics related to the process of European integration in the post-World War II period. Its short chapters reflect the most up-to-date and concise research, written by a collective of experts on their own s…
"This book gives a complex description and discussion of today's populist attacks against the European Union following the financial crisis of 2008, which opened the floodgates of dissatisfaction and the migration crisis which destabilized the traditional solidarity basis of the…
"This book examines how sovereignty works in the context of European integration and postcolonialism. Focusing on a group of micro-polities associated with the European Union, it offers a new understanding of international relations in the context of modern sovereignty. This boo…
"What happens when a falling birthrate collides with uncontrolled immigration? The Last Days of Europe explores how a massive influx from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East has Loaded Europe with a burgeoning population of immigrants, many of whom have no wish to be integrated in…
Harun Arikan's primary objective in writing this account is to present a more comprehensive framework for examining the Turkish case for EU membership. The author extends the remit of acceptable accession by analysing whether Turkey has been treated any differently than other po…
Même longtemps limité à la partie occidentale du continent, le processus d'unification européenne constitue l'un des phénomènes massifs de l'histoire du XXe siècle. Au moment où ce processus atteint sans doute son heure de vérité avec la double dynamique de l'élargissement (à l'…