Books in the Routledge/GARNET series series

Explores the EU's approach toward civil society since the 1990s and its contribution to democratisation from transition to consolidation, and from the quality of democracy to sustainable development.

Examines the nature of the EU and its external role in relation to social issues raised by globalization. It explores how the EU influences, both directly and indirectly, the rest of the world in relation to the social component of globalization.

Structures and processes occurring within and between states are no longer the only - or even the most important - determinants of those political, economic and social developments and dynamics that shape the modern world. This book analyses the increasing impact of nongovernmental organisations and civil society on global and regional governance.

This book examines the politics of technology, and provides a detailed analysis of developments and debates within the European Union, international trade and governance.

This book seeks to understand how governance agendas are constructed at both the global and national levels and asks what factors define success and failure in their implementation. It features case studies drawn from Africa, Latin America and Asia.

The EU's internal borders have become mostly invisible. Today, external borders are at the centre of controversy about an alleged 'fortress Europe'. Using different theoretical and methodological perspectives this book examines the challenges facing the EU's external borders, including Neighborhood Policy, migration issues and the diffusion of norms and values to other countries.

The EU has developed various strategies towards Africa and the Asian regions and this book provides both conceptual and empirical arguments to offer an innovative perspective on the EU as a global actor.

Brings together a cluster of some of the high profile scholars, from various disciplinary backgrounds to debate the ontological and epistemological aspects of research on identity and legitimacy formation in the EU.

Presents an academic analysis of the link between Russian energy and foreign policies in Eurasia, offering an interpretation of Russia's coherence on the international stage, seeking to understand Russia and explain its behaviour. This book analyses both energy and foreign policies together, in order to better grasp their correlation.

This volume focuses on environmental governance as a key issue of analysis, to provide an important new conceptualisation of 'region' and regional power.

The EU has developed various strategies towards Africa and the Asian regions and this book provides both conceptual and empirical arguments to offer an innovative perspective on the EU as a global actor.

Explores and analyses the multidimensional influence the European Union exerts in the world, focusing on its contribution to regional and global governance. This book examines the EU as global player and international power in the making. It is of interest to scholars of European Politics, International Relations, and European Studies.

Challenges ideas that deeper political and social problems of development may be addressed by institutional or governance fixes. This book examines the principles and prescriptions of 'good' governance as part of larger conflicts over power and its distribution.

Explores the relationship between the European Union and international organizations such as UN, WTO, and NATO. This book demonstrates how EU supports 'effective multilateralism' and global governance. It is suitable for students of international relations, European Politics, Political Science, and International Organizations.

Addresses the extent of coherence between the Union's international social objectives compared with the activities of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and with other EU foreign policy goals. This title is of interest to students and researchers in EU studies, Globalization studies, and Social Policy.

Stimulated by the crisis of legitimacy and identity suffered by the EU after the referenda on the Constitutional Treaty, this work develops a theoretical framework to examine the interplay between these two items in the problematic development of the EU into a fully-fledged political actor. It also features case studies.

Identifies European collective preferences and analyzes to what extent these preferences inform and shape EU foreign policy and are shared by other actors in the international system.

Examines how the EU is perceived in the US; the Middle East; Russia; China; India; Brazil; South Africa; the World Bank; WTO; UN; Al Jazeera and International NGOs and explores the impact of these perceptions for the global role of the EU.

This book explores and analyzes the multidimensional influence the European Union exerts in the world, focusing on its contribution to regional and global governance.

This book examines the politics of technology, and provides a detailed analysis of developments and debates within the European Union, international trade and governance.