European Union Institutions Books

New and Published Books

1. Understanding Transatlantic Relations

   Whither the West?

   By Serena Simoni

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

   In light of the Arab Spring and after days of public quarreling that highlighted the divisions among NATO’s members on an agreement to give command of the "no-fly" zone in Libya to the Alliance, it is evident that the U.S. is having problems engaging with its European allies and partners. Why is...

   Published May 5th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Illusion of Accountability in the European Union

   Edited by Sverker Gustavsson, Christer Karlsson, Thomas Persson

   Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

   This book examines accountability in the EU from different perspectives and considers whether EU citizens have real opportunities for holding decision-makers accountable. This book critically analyses five arguments which claim there are sufficient means for holding decision-makers to account in...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Institutional Challenges in Post-Constitutional Europe

   Governing Change

   Edited by Catherine Moury, Luís de Sousa

   Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

   This book discusses the future of the European Union following the failure of the Constitutional and reform treaties, examining the transformations, dynamics and major issues facing present-day Europe. Discussing key questions relating to the future of the European project, this book brings...

   Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
4. Transnational Power Elites

   The New Professionals of Governance, Law and Security

   Edited by Niilo Kauppi, Mikael Rask Madsen

   Series: Routledge Studies in Liberty and Security

   This book argues that European Union institutional mechanics and the EU as a political unit cannot be properly understood without taking into account the elites that make the policy decisions. Spurred by globalisation, technological and economic development has provided the backbone for social and...

   Published February 10th 2013 by Routledge
5. The European Court of Human Rights in the Post-Cold War Era

   Universality in Transition

   By James A. Sweeney

   Series: Routledge Research in Human Rights Law

   The European Court of Human Rights in the Post-Cold War Era: Universality in Transition examines transitional justice from the perspective of its impact on the universality of human rights, taking the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights as its detailed case study. The problem is...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
6. Routledge Handbook on the European Union and International Institutions

   Performance, Policy, Power

   Edited by Knud Erik Jørgensen, Katie Verlin Laatikainen

   While the EU has championed "effective multilateralism" and experienced a dramatic internal reform process to improve its performance in external relations, broader multilateral processes have also undergone dramatic change. This handbook addresses the increasingly contested issue of profound...

   Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
7. Democratic Decision-making in the EU

   Technocracy in Disguise?

   By Anne Elizabeth Stie

   Series: Routledge Studies on Democratising Europe

   This book examines the democratic legitimacy of the European Union (EU) and evaluates the democratic credentials of the EU’s main decision-making procedure. It finds that though there is potential for democratic decision-making in the EU, the actual process is dominated by technocrats and secret...

   Published November 15th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Performance of the EU in International Institutions

   Edited by Sebastian Oberthür, Knud Erik Jørgensen, Jamal Shahin

   The Performance of the EU in International Institutions marks one of the first attempts to systematically analyse the subject. It focuses on the role of the EU in decision-making within international organizations and regimes as a major locus of global governance. The book unpacks the concept of EU...

   Published October 2nd 2012 by Routledge
9. National and European Foreign Policies

   Towards Europeanization

   Edited by Reuben Wong, Christopher Hill

   Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

   National and European Foreign Policy explores the processes of interaction between the national and the European levels in foreign policy making in European Union states. The volume also assesses the mutual influence which the Member States exert on each other, independent of the EU institutions,...

   Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Routledge Handbook of European Security

    Edited by Sven Biscop, Richard Whitman

    This new Handbook brings together key experts on European security from the academic and policy worlds to examine the European Union (EU) as an international security actor. In the two decades since the end of the Cold War, the EU has gradually emerged as an autonomous actor in the field of...

    Published August 5th 2012 by Routledge