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Politics of European Integration
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...
Democratic Control of the Military in Postcommunist Europe
Palgrave Macmillan 2001; US$ 145.00This 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... more...
While Europe Slept
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2006; US$ 15.95The 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... more...
The Narcissism of Minor Differences
Oxford University Press, USA 2009; US$ 18.99There is much heated rhetoric about the widening gulf between Europe and America. According to the American right, Europeans are lazy, defeatist and irreligious, while Americans are entrepreneurial, optimistic, and pious. And according to Europeans, America is harsh, dominated by the market, crime-ridden, violent, and sharp-elbowed. But are the US... more...
Extreme Politics
Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 20.99Why do some violent conflicts endure across the centuries, while others become dimly remembered ancient struggles among forgotten peoples? Is nationalism really the powerful force that it appeared to be in the 1990s? In this wide-ranging and readable set of essays, Charles King examines the conceptual intersection of nationalist ideology, social violence,... more...
Ethnic Europe
Stanford University Press 2010; US$ 25.95Ethnic Europe examines the increasingly complex ethnic challenges facing the expanding European Union. Essays from eleven experts tackle such issues as labor migration, strains on welfare economies, the durability of local traditions, the effects of globalized cultures, and the role of Islamic diasporas, separatist movements, and threats of terrorism.... more...
Poland and the European Union
Taylor and Francis 2002; 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". Its excellent panel of highly respected Polish academics considers various issues not generally well-known to the English-speaking world, but of great importance in the light of... more...
Balkans
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 46.95An excellent companion volume to the successful A History of Eastern Europe , this is a country-by-country treatment of the contemporary history of each of the Balkan states: Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosova. With a distinctive conceptual framework for explaining divergent patterns... more...
Was It For This?
Transworld 2012; US$ 20.00Ireland today stands at a defining moment. The prosperity of the Celtic Tiger years has given way to the sudden crash, the turbulence of the euro crisis, and the loss of our sovereignty to the faceless technocrats of Europe and the IMF. Our leaders seem impotent and rage, bewilderment and despair have swept through Irish society. Was It For... more...
The Euro Crisis For Dummies
Wiley 2012; US$ 1.99Your handy mini-guide to the eurozone crisis These are turbulent times for Europe. The European debt crisis has dominated headlines, toppled elected leaders, and even called into question the survival of the Euro itself. In fact, not a day goes by without headlines screaming about the eurozone in crisis. But what are the key issues at stake? What... more...









