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Rethinking Germany and Europe: Democracy and Diplomacy in a Semi-Sovereign State by Simon Bulmer 9780230236554
RRP: €53.54€53.51Explores the paths of development unfolding from the inter-dependent histories of postwar Germany and the European integration process. The contributors explore these histories within the idea of 'semi-sovereignty': a set of constraints on the German... -
Elite Cohesion in Mediatized Politics: European Perspectives by Eva Mayerhoeffer 9781538156827
€38.44This book presents the first comprehensive analysis of the political communication elite- high-ranking journalists, editors, politicians and their communication advisors - that shapes the content and form of political messages, news, debate and decisions... -
The US-EU Security Relationship: The Tensions between a European and a Global Agenda by Wyn Rees 9780230221857
€46.54A constantly evolving security agenda has become a vital part of US-EU relations. Contemporary security challenges such as the rise of international terrorism and the threat from 'states of concern' have - in recent years - forced the US and the EU to... -
The Art of Peacemaking: Political Essays by Istvan Bibo by Istvan Bibo 9780300203783
€87.68Istvan Bibo (1911-1979) was a Hungarian lawyer, political thinker, prolific essayist, and minister of state for the Hungarian national government during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. This magisterial compendium of Bibo's essays introduces... -
Unveiling the Council of the European Union: Games Governments Play in Brussels by Daniel Naurin 9780230555044
RRP: €53.54€53.51Thanks to new transparency rules and increased efforts by scholars, researchers are better equipped than ever before to analyze the decision-making processes of the Council of the European Union and to test old wisdoms. This book covers the most... -
The End of the French Exception?: Decline and Revival of the 'French Model' by Tony Chafer 9780230220782
RRP: €53.54€53.51Analyzes the notion of the French exception and the ways in which it has informed both academic analysis and political commentary on France today. Adopting a comparative and interdisciplinary approach it examines the resilience of the notion of French... -
Toward a Common European Union Energy Policy: Problems, Progress, and Prospects by Vicki L. Birchfield 9780230113190
RRP: €89.24€66.58Since the mid-2000s, the European Union has made unprecedented strides toward the creation of a common energy policy. This book takes stock of these developments, evaluating how much progress has actually been made and what remains to be done, what... -
Exceptional Socialists: The Case of the French Socialist Party by David S. Bell 9780230282278
RRP: €53.54€53.51This engaging exploration of the French Socialist Party details the exceptional problems that the party has faced and the way it has dealt with them. The result is a comprehensive and compelling guide to the quiddities of political infighting, the... -
Power and German Foreign Policy: Embedded Hegemony in Europe by B. Crawford 9780230521087
RRP: €107.09€106.95What will German foreign policy look like in 2015? This book speculates by making a provocative argument: what drives German foreign policy is its power position in Europe and on the international stage. Crawford examines Germany's manoeuvres in the... -
The Senate of the Fifth French Republic by P. Smith 9780230008113
RRP: €53.54€53.51Paul Smith examines how the Senate has attempted, since 1958, to locate itself within the French (semi-) presidential system, how it asserts its place in relation to the President, Government and National Assembly and how it has sought, in recent years,... -
Germany's New Right as Culture and Politics by R. Woods 9780230506725
RRP: €53.54€53.51This is the first full-length study in English of the New Right in Germany and it breaks new ground by considering the New Right as a political and a cultural movement. The book examines the often contradictory motives that feed into New Right political... -
Parties, Gender Quotas and Candidate Selection in France by R. Murray 9780230242531
RRP: €53.54€53.51Gender quotas are a growing worldwide phenomenon, yet their variable implementation remains under-researched. Using the prominent case study of France this book approaches quotas from the perspective of the key actors responsible for them - political... -
Studies in British Government by Norman Henry Brasher 9780333125502
RRP: €53.54€53.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780333125502Author Norman Henry BrasherFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 306g -
Winning the White House, 2008 by K. McMahon 9780230607682
RRP: €53.54€53.51What does it take to win the White House? This book helps students understand both the issues and how and why people vote for one candidate. After discussing the dynamics of the primary campaigns, the authors examine three broad sets of issues that play... -
European Portugal: The Difficult Road to Sustainable Democracy by Jose M. Magone 9780333654156
RRP: €107.09€106.95This book analyses the Europeanization of the Portuguese political system in the context of globalization and the so-called Third Wave of Democratization. It pursues the thesis that democratization and Europeanization are two intertwined processes in the... -
The Independent Nuclear State: The United States, Britain And The Military Atom by John Simpson 9780333238301
€107.42The Independent Nuclear State: The United States, Britain and the Military Atom is a chronological account and overview of the 40-year history of British military research, development and production work in atomic energy. The United Kingdom's efforts in... -
Environmental Protest and the State in France by G. Hayes 9780333990438
RRP: €107.09€106.95This book discusses the issues and strategies which have characterized the environmental campaigns mounted against recent controversial infrastructure projects in France. Focusing on the changing nature of policymaking in the Fifth Republic as a key... -
At the Heart of the Union: Studies of the European Commission by Neill Nugent 9780333675649
€107.42The European Commission is very much at the heart of the European Union. Its wide variety of roles make it the institution most readily identified with the Union's many different activities. Surprisingly, relatively little has been written about this... -
New Left, New Right and Beyond: Taking the Sixties Seriously by G. Andrews 9780333741474
RRP: €53.54€53.51The 1960s represented a defining turning-point in the politics and cultures of western societies. But what of the lasting political and cultural legacies of the sixties? In this book a range of leading thinkers show how the sixties continue to influence... -
Southern European Welfare States: Problems, Challenges and Prospects by Dr. Gabriella Lazaridis 9780333655375
RRP: €53.54€53.51In this first analytical monograph on the subject, George Katrougalos and Gabriella Lazaridis examine the social welfare state of the main four Southern European countries, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece. They conduct an overall system analysis of the... -
The New World and the New World Order: US Relative Decline, Domestic Instability in the Americas and the End of the Cold War by K. R. Dark 9780333648049
RRP: €107.09€106.95This book re-examines the character of the USA and re-evaluates its relationship to the post-Cold War international order. The USA has often been seen as a model of democratic liberty, a vehement opponent of colonialism and the 'lone superpower' of the... -
The Irish Language in Northern Ireland: The Politics of Culture and Identity by Camille C. O'Reilly 9780333719633
RRP: €107.09€106.95A topical and authoritative investigation of the Irish language and identity in Northern Ireland. The phrase 'our own language' has come to symbolize the importance of the Irish language to Irish identity for many Nationalists in Northern Ireland... -
Financial Participation of Employees in the EU-27 by Jens Lowitzsch 9780230224124
RRP: €107.09€106.95This book aims to systematically assess laws and practices, close gaps that currently prevent a full profiling of financial participation, provide a description of individual countries against the background of comparable scores for the EU 27 and to... -
Discourse and Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe by Aleksandra Galasinska 9780230521025
RRP: €53.54€53.51This volume explores the discursive nature of post-1989 social change in Central and Eastern Europe. Through a set of national case studies, the construction of post-communist transformation is explored from the point of view of accelerating and unique... -
Reflections on European Integration: 50 Years of the Treaty of Rome by David Phinnemore 9780230202535
RRP: €53.54€53.51Exploring the development of the European Union, this book examines the ways in which it has been studied over fifty years from the vantage point of four disciplines, each side of the Atlantic, and both academic and practitioner perspectives. Drawing on... -
The European Union and Internal Security: Guardian of the People? by Valsamis Mitsilegas 9780333968611
RRP: €53.54€53.51In the post-Cold war period new security threats have arisen in Western Europe. Amongst these, organized crime and illegal immigration are acknowledged to represent significant security challenges. The European Union and Internal Security analyses the... -
A Class Against Itself: Power and the Nationalisation of the British Steel Industry by Doug McEachern 9780521135467
RRP: €36.88€28.32This study of the complicated disputes between 1945 and 1970 over the nationalisation of the British steel industry offers original insights into the distribution and exercise of power in a capitalist state. It examines in detail the ways in which the... -
Political Communication Cultures in Western Europe: Attitudes of Political Actors and Journalists in Nine Countries by Barbara Pfetsch 9780230302013
RRP: €53.54€53.51This book offers new and compelling insight into the orientations that shape the cultures of political communication in nine Western democracies. It is a truly comparative account of the views of 2500 political elites and media elites between Helsinki... -
Transformative Politics: The Future of Socialism in Western Europe by A. Butler 9780333695869
RRP: €107.09€54.69This comparative and theoretical account of the heritage and prospects of socialism in Western Europe characterises socialist political theory as transformative. Socialists counterpose objective social appraisal, such as the theory of capitalism, to... -
The Fragmentation of Yugoslavia: Nationalism and War in the Balkans by Aleksandar Pavkovic 9780312230845
RRP: €53.54€53.51War - World War I - created the state of Yugoslavia in 1918 and, in a series of wars, starting in 1991, Yugoslavia was replaced by several new and smaller states. The victors had always presented these wars as wars of national liberation: each war was... -
The Future of our Democracies: Young Party Members in Europe by Michael Bruter 9780230219731
RRP: €53.54€53.51This book presents the results of a new comparative research project on the trajectories, motivations, perceptions and attitudes of young members (aged 18-25) of 15 different European political parties in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Norway and... -
From Maastricht to Brexit: Democracy, Constitutionalism and Citizenship in the EU by Richard Bellamy 9781538157008
€38.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538157008Author Richard BellamyFormat PaperbackPage Count 532Imprint ECPR PressPublisher ECPR PressWeight(grams) 721g -
Political Science in Europe: Achievements, Challenges, Prospects by Thibaud Boncourt 9781538156919
€40.88The last half-century has been a defining period for the development of political science in Europe: disciplinary norms have become institutionalized in professional organizations, training units, and research centres; the scholarly community has... -
Nordic Party Members: Linkages in Troubled Times by Marie Demker 9781538156872
€38.44Political parties provide continuity at the elite level and among the mass electorate in times when "populist" forces threaten the stability of many western democracies. The parties, however, have experienced turbulent times with declining... -
Gendering the European Parliament: Structures, Policies, and Practices by Petra Ahrens 9781538156865
€38.44Gendering the European Parliament: Structures, Policies and Practices provides a multifaceted innovative analysis of the EP by studying it comprehensively from a gender perspective addressing changes and continuities. It asks how and why the EP, as an... -
The Politics of Eurozone Reforms by Sonja Puntscher Riekmann 9781538151532
€99.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538151532Author Sonja Puntscher RiekmannFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint ECPR PressPublisher ECPR PressWeight(grams) 152g -
Consequences of Context: How the Social, Political, and Economic Environment Affects Voting by Hermann Schmitt 9781538151501
€110.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538151501Author Hermann SchmittFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint ECPR PressPublisher ECPR PressWeight(grams) 152g -
Living with Hard Times: European Citizens and the Great Recession by Marco Giugni 9781538151150
€99.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538151150Author Marco GiugniFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield -
Clientelism and Democratic Representation in Comparative Perspective by Saskia Ruth-Lovell 9781538156803
€38.44Since the Third Wave of democratization research on clientelism has experienced a revival. The puzzling persistence of clientelism in new and old democracies inspired researchers to investigate the micro-foundations and causes of this phenomenon. Though... -
Inside Defense: Understanding the U.S. Military in the 21st Century by Derek S. Reveron 9780230602601
RRP: €53.54€53.51Inside Defense brings together scholars, policy experts and practitioners to provide a comprehensive view of the U.S. military to understand the military's role in international politics and its relationship with domestic institutions and society.Book...