Books in the Routledge Advances in European Politics series

Provides a comprehensive introduction to British policy in Europe. By exploring the schisms within the party over Europe, through primary source-based history and theoretical discourses of political science, this book gives an understanding of how and why the Conservative party's policy attitudes to European integration have evolved.

This volume brings together contributions that conceptualise and measure EU perceptions in the strategic regions around the world in the aftermath of the UK referendum.

The crisis of the Eurozone has had a significant impact on the politics of Europe. In many countries, the euro was largely interpreted by elites as a development that would ameliorate their nations'' problems. However, recent events have proven the contrary, with the rise of radical right-wing politics and populism across the continent. This book investigates the politics of the euro, with a primary focus on Italy, but also with additional chapters on the UK and Germany. Using a range of original and secondary data, it reconstructs how the euro was interpreted by both elites and non-elites from the late nineties to 2010. By recruiting a large sample of non-elites, it examines perceptions of the euro and the ways in which these views allowed for the justification of painful austerity measures required to enter the Economic and Monetary Union. In doing so, it sheds light on the ways in which non-elites interpret complex political objects like the euro and provides a systemic comparison of the cognitive schema of non-elites and elites. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of the European Union, European politics, Italian politics, comparative politics and political economy.

In marked contrast to literary, historical and cultural studies, there has been a limited engagement with the concepts and politics of trauma by political science and peacebuilding research. This book explores the debate on trauma and peacebuilding and presents the challenges for democratization that the politics of trauma present in transitional periods. It demonstrates how ideas about reconciliation are filtered through ideological lenses and become new ways of articulating communal and ethno-nationalist sentiments. Drawing on the work of Jacques Rancière and Iris Marion Young and with specific reference to the Northern Irish transition, it argues for a shift in focus from the representation of trauma towards its reception and calls for a more substantive approach to the study of democracy and post-conflict peacebuilding. This text will be of interest to scholars and students of peace and conflict studies, ethnic and nationalism studies, transitional justice studies, gender studies, Irish politics, nationalism and ethnicity.

This book explores the mechanisms of political representation and accountability in the European political system.

This book examines accountability in the European Union from different perspectives and considers whether EU citizens have real opportunities for holding decision-makers accountable.

Offers an analysis of Britain's decision-making role in the Yugoslavian conflict of the 1990s and in the formation of its successor states. Tracing the evolution of British policy from the onset of war in Croatia and Bosnia to the NATO action in Kosovo, and beyond, this work examines the factors governing that policy.

With a focus on `Europe 31¿, understood as the EU28 plus Switzerland, Norway, and Iceland, the book brings together separate strands of literature which often remain disconnected in political science narratives. Looking at citizen-state relations, the restructuring of politics and institutions of the state, and developments which reach 'beyond and below' the state, it interrogates a variety of issues ranging from the decline of parties or the re-emergence of nationalism as a political force, to liberal challenges to social democracy, terrorist threats, and climate change.

Lobbying Success in the European Union effectively bridges research from interest mediation and framing studies and offers a new model about how to measure stakeholders' success. This new and pragmatic approach to study lobbying success can be used and adapted to any policy analysis and issue.

This book presents the principal findings of a unique and in-depth study into the birth of democracy and the market economy in fifteen post-communist countries.

Examines the integration of European trade union movement. This book explores the prospects for European or transnational solidarity among workers. It also examines how trade unions cooperate and the forms in which this cooperation take place. It is of interest to students and scholars of European politics and European integration.

Examining how the European Union's general approach to energy security has played out in the specific political contexts of different countries and regions, this book also features a thorough analysis of EU strategies towards energy security, assessing the EU as an international actor, and a focus on the governance structures of producer states.

Offers an inquiry of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) in action. This book analyzes the implementation of military and civilian missions in the Balkans, Southern Caucasus, Africa and Asia and asks what impact they have on the ground.

Examines the characteristics of womenOCOs participation at the mass and (r)lite level in contemporary British politics and explores what this means for ideas about, and the practice of, descriptive, substantive and symbolic representation.

Discusses the formation of government cabinets within twenty European democracies. This book provides the institutional background to the selection and de-selection of ministers. It explores the historical and constitutional context to cabinet formation.

This is a detailed exploration of how national political parties have responded to the increasing relevance of European governance.

Analyzes the elusive concept of Europeanization as a decision-making process with particular governing logics that both support and, paradoxically undermine the 'European political project'.

European Union Enlargement provides a comparative analysis of the post-war European policies of those states that joined the European Union between 1973 and 1995. The volume draws upon new empirical research in order to investigate the policies that these 'newcomer' states have had towards Europe since 1945, with an emphasis on their experience of membership and its possible Europeanising effect. A final comparative chapter draws the national European policies of the 'newcomers' together and outlines what they have brought to the EU. The book also tests integration theories against the available evidence, demonstrating their limited explanatory value and the economic, political and cultural specificity of different national paths towards EU integration.

This book provides an up-to-date critical assessment of gender in Spain with reference to the key social and political fields.

A comprehensive study of how and why the European Union has enlarged to become northern Europe's leading power. This book presents a fresh approach to the under-theorized field of EU foreign policy studies, showing how, since 1990, the EU has enlarged to include Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

Examines if there is a public sphere for citizens and their representatives to discuss, deliberate and evaluate issues of public relevance. This book analyzes the intensity of participatory practices in 4 dimensions: mobilization of societal actors; public contestation and debate; openness of decision-making; and responsiveness of policy makers.

Examines the values and principles that inform EU Foreign Policy, conveying an understanding of the EU as an international actor. This volume explores the implications of these values and principles on the process of the construction of the European Union identity. It is intended for students and scholars of European studies and politics.

Provides an analysis of the projects of improvement carried out by the civilian peacebuilding missions in Bosnia and Macedonia. This work explores the double-sided nature of peacebuilding missions. It also discusses generic problems in the implementation of EU police reforms, suggesting ways to overcome these challenges.

This book provides an analysis of the enlargement of the European Union. Drawing upon such diverse fields as history, sociology, political science and international relations.

Offers a comprehensive vision of how the EU can achieve the objectives of European Security Strategy and become an effective global actor as the strategy helps to forge a global Europe. This book assess questions such as how the strategy has shaped EU policy, how it relates to policies but also how it has added value to these policies and more.

This wide-ranging and comparative text reviews the major theoretical and substantive debates on social inequality in Europe. It provides a valuable dual focus on European society and individual societies while placing Europe in its wider global context. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Politics, European Societies, Social Policy and Comparative Studies.

This is the first book to look at the process of European integration by drawing on both established and new trends in post-modern thinking and analysis.

Using a strong historical framework, this volume provides a rational choice institutional analysis on European Union decision-making. The author pays particular attention to conflict within EU budgetary politics.