European Politics

Max Haller's impressive book presents an analysis of the process of European integration which keeps the relation between élites and citizens at the forefront. A timely and original read, this book will be a useful addition to the library of any political sociologist, political scientist or scholar ..

A comparative study of the political cultures of the major European nations, explores the notion of nationhood as it applies in different political contexts, and examines the nature and extent of european political homogeneity...

European Politics surveys the history, institutions, and issues that are essential for understanding contemporary European politics. Exploring a central question - 'what is Europe?’ - This text's thematic approach helps students compare politics in individual countries and see the political big pict..

Can transnational mobilization and protest transform the territorial scale of debate on issues of common concern in public spheres? In the book, we show how contemporary European social movements may contribute to such processes as either ‘arenas’ of deliberation in themselves or as ‘actors’ in broa..

A comparative analysis of four European Commission advisory forums comprising organized civil society actors, which investigates the conflict between the capacity of European Commission committee governance to improve system effectiveness, provide efficiency gains and sustain adequate democratic cre..

This book examines the relationship between the European Union (EU) and its member states by analysing how the process of integration in the field of foreign policy is shaping member states' identities...

This book examines Europeanization in the European Economic Area (EEA), exploring whether non-member states can have an input into EU decision-making...

Focusing on how domestic actors have framed Europe/EU norms in the debates on territorial reforms and the implications of this framing on policy reforms, this book asks how competing articulations of the EU and its norms construct state territoriality in the given political and policy debates...

In this book, Mats Braun offers an up-to-date account of how post-communist member states have handled policy initiatives in the field of environmental policy after accession. Using detailed case studies of how Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland and Romania dealt with two different EU policy initiativ..

In this book, Mats Braun offers an up-to-date account of how post-communist member states have handled policy initiatives in the field of environmental policy after accession. Using detailed case studies of how Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland and Romania dealt with two different EU policy initiativ..

The volume sets out to explain how such an innately contradictory phenomenon as transnational Euroscepticism has emerged. It draws on a variety of perspectives and case studies in a number of spheres – the European Parliament, political parties, the media, civil society and public opinion. Examining..

The volume sets out to explain how such an innately contradictory phenomenon as transnational Euroscepticism has emerged. It draws on a variety of perspectives and case studies in a number of spheres – the European Parliament, political parties, the media, civil society and public opinion. Examining..