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Politics of European Integrationby Michael O'Neill
Routledge 1996; US$ 54.95The debate over European integration is a central issue in the study of contemporary Europe. This book guides the reader through the most important of the integration theories and academic literature on this topic. more...
Poland and the European Unionby Karl Cordell
Routledge 2000; US$ 160.00This authoritative volume assesses how the recently democratised political system in Poland is adapting to the challenges posed by the country's desire to "rejoin Europe". more...
Young Europeans, Work and Familyby Julia Brannen; Susan Lewis; Anne Nilsen
Routledge 2001; US$ 180.00Based on qualitative research with young people aged from 18 to 30 in five European countries, this book examines young peoples pathways to adulthood, and their perspectives on their future work and family lives. more...
Actors in Europe's Foreign Policyby Christopher Hill
Routledge 1996; US$ 54.95The Actors in Europe's Foreign Policy is a timely survey of the interplay between the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy and the long-established national foreign policies of the Union's member states. more...
Political Institutions in Europeby Josep Colomer
Routledge 2002; US$ 49.95This is a clear, accessible introduction to the institutional regimes of 15 countries in western Europe written by an outstanding group of European political scientists. Essential for students of comparative and European politics. more...
Private Sector Involvement in the Euroby Stefan Collignon; Daniela Schwarzer
Routledge 2002; US$ 160.00This book looks at the role of the Association for Monetary Union in Europe's role in the construction of the Euro. more...
Democratic Control of the Military in Post Communist Europeby Andrew Cottey; Dr Timothy Edmunds; Dr Anthony Forster
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2001; US$ 130.00This major comparative study examines the challenges that the countries of postcommunist Central and Eastern Europe have faced in securing democratic control of their armed forces and establishing civilian control of defence policy. This book explores how the interaction of the common challenges of postcommunism and the diverse circumstances of individual countries shape civil-military relations in this changing region. Detailed country case studies, written by leading experts, compare the experiences of the Central European states (such as Poland and Romania), the Baltic republics, the former Yugoslavia republics, Russia and Ukraine. more...
While Europe Sleptby Bruce Bawer
Doubleday 2006; US$ 11.99The struggle for the soul of Europe today is every bit as dire and consequential as it was in the 1930s. Then, in Weimar, Germany, the center did not hold, and the light of civilization nearly went out. Today, the continent has entered yet another “Weimar moment.” Will Europeans rise to the challenge posed by radical Islam, or will they cave in once again to the extremists? As an American living in Europe since 1998, Bruce Bawer has seen this problem up close. Across the continent—in Amsterdam, Oslo, Copenhagen, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, and Stockholm—he encountered large, rapidly expanding Muslim enclaves in which women were oppressed and abused, homosexuals persecuted and killed, “infidels” threatened and... more...
Monitoring Fundamental Rights in the EUby Philip Alston; Olivier De Schutter
Hart 2005; US$ 120.00Coherent laws enforced by a central authority are part of the reason why human rights protection works at the national level in Europe. But when it comes to the EU these dimensions are lacking. The present system for protecting fundamental rights emerged on an ad hoc basis, with measures being improvised to respond to particular problems. In the next couple of years, however, this situation is likely to change very significantly. The proposed European Constitution incorporates the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, and a specialized EU Fundamental Rights Agency is likely to be established. As a result, the situation of the EU will more closely resemble that of its Member States. Fundamental rights will occupy a central role, and coherent and... more...
Privatization in Central and Eastern Europeby Demetrius Iatridis
Greenwood Publishing Group 1998; US$ 120.00These essays examine how privatization in Central and Eastern Europe is perceived and implemented showing how economic reform is pursued at the expense of social welfare. more...