European Politics

The European Union and Interregionalism is the most comprehensive study of interregionalism to date, providing a vigorous analysis of its role and functions in the architecture of global governance and of the place of qualitative differences between regional actors in shaping interregional relations..

The EU and Japan have one of the most important trade relationships in the world. Fittingly, this book presents a detailed analysis of their bilateral regulatory environment and negotiation processes. Moreover, the two polities have also co-operated extensively in bilateral and multilateral contexts..

This volume analyses different facets of the European Union: closer integration among the member states; policy making within a ‘normal’ political system; and the implications of European integration for its member states. It also considers whether the challenges currently confronting the EU mark an..

This volume brings together a broad range of scholars seeking to highlight some of the main issues that concern the European relations with its neighbour’s countries in the Western Balkans, the Eastern and Southern Europe, and with Russia. In short, the volume raises important, timely issues regardi..

This volume brings together a broad range of scholars seeking to highlight some of the main issues that concern the European relations with its neighbour’s countries in the Western Balkans, the Eastern and Southern Europe, and with Russia. In short, the volume raises important, timely issues regardi..

Consisting of a two part structure, this book is focussed in Part I on more general trends of the EU’s long-term participation with(in) International Organisations (IOs) and in Part II on more precise case studies on labour standards, public services, flexicurity, human trafficking and security. Thi..

This book provides a wide range of in-depth historical and theoretical analyses of the Bulgarian and Romanian accessions to the European Union. It also assesses the implications of the 2007 round for future enlargements of the European Union._x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Pers..

Up until now, mainstream studies have interpreted the EU's role in Africa as that of either a self-interested hegemonic actor, or a value-oriented normative power. Using fresh empirical evidence, including interviews with both European and African officials, Daniela Sicurelli challenges these views ..

This book explores the nature of the channels of influence as between the European Union and transnational policy networks. It presents some of the tensions in decision making especially between efficiency in decision making and the amenability of such a process to popular oversight or legitimacy...

This book explores the nature of the channels of influence as between the European Union and transnational policy networks. It presents some of the tensions in decision making especially between efficiency in decision making and the amenability of such a process to popular oversight or legitimacy...

This book explores the channels of influence as between the European Union and transnational policy networks. It presents some of the tensions in decision making especially between efficiency in decision making and the amenability of such a process to popular oversight or legitimacy. It was publishe..

The Europeanisation of Contested Statehood: The EU in northern Cyprus acts as a case study of the impact of the EU on institutions, political parties and civil society in 'contested states', self-declared states which remain unrecognised in world politics. Research drawn from qualitative analysis of..