European Union Policy Books

New and Published Books

1. The EU’s Democracy Promotion and the Mediterranean Neighbours

   Orientation, Ownership and Dialogue in Jordan and Turkey

   By Ann-Kristin Jonasson

   Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

   This book provides a systematic analysis of the EU’s extensive, but so far largely failed, efforts to promote democracy in the Mediterranean region, thoroughly assessing its democracy promotion in relation to two Mediterranean countries – Jordan and Turkey. By pinpointing essential prerequisites...

   Published June 13th 2013 by Routledge
2. Post-identity?

   Culture and European Integration

   Edited by Richard McMahon

   Series: Routledge/ESA Studies in European Societies

   Collective identity, the emotionally powerful sense of belonging to a group, is a crucial source of popular legitimacy for nations. However efforts since the 1990s to politically support European integration by using identity mechanisms borrowed from nationalism have had very limited success....

   Published June 12th 2013 by Routledge
3. Cohesion Policy and Multi-level Governance in South East Europe

   Edited by Ian Bache, George Andreou

   This book considers the extent to which EU cohesion policy and related pre-accession instruments are contributing to the development of more compound polities in south east Europe and, specifically, promoting multi-level governance. In this respect, there are two points of departure: the first is...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
4. Europe and the Management of Globalization

   Edited by Wade Jacoby, Sophie Meunier

   Series: Journal of European Public Policy Special Issues as Books

   European politicians often speak of their efforts to 'manage globalization.' At one level, this is merely a rhetorical device to make globalization more palatable to citizens and prove that policy-makers are still firmly in control of their country’s fate. This volume argues that the advocacy of...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
5. The European Union's Foreign Economic Policies

   A Principal-Agent Perspective

   Edited by Andreas Dür, Manfred Elsig

   Series: Journal of European Public Policy Special Issues as Books

   The European Union is a key actor in international economic governance. Through its foreign economic policies it plays a central role in the negotiation of international trade agreements, the global regulation of the financial services sector, and the provision of aid to developing countries. This...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
6. The EU and the European Security Order

   Interfacing Security Actors

   By Rikard Bengtsson

   Series: Contemporary Security Studies

   This book attempts to conceptualise EU action in the field of regional security. Drawing on constructivist theory, the framework of the book focuses on the meeting - or 'interface' - of actors, a situation reflecting the mutual construction of self, other and situation. The analytical...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
7. The External Dimension of Justice and Home Affairs

   A Different Security Agenda for the European Union?

   Edited by Sarah Wolff, Nicole Wichmann, Gregory Mounier

   Series: Journal of European Integration Special Issues

   This book proposes to cast some theoretical and empirical light upon the external dimension of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) which has become a priority in the European Union (EU)’s external relations. Counter-terrorism, visa policy, drug trafficking, organized crime or border controls have indeed...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
8. Transatlantic Regulation

   Edited by Susanne Lütz

   The European and American economies are closely interlinked as mutually important investment and trading partners. The growing intensity of economic interdependence has spurred the transatlantic coordination of rules and standards that can lead to the formation of non-tariff barriers to...

   Published May 9th 2013 by Routledge
9. New Perspectives on Turkey-EU Relations

   Edited by Chris Rumford

   This book makes the case for looking afresh at Turkey-EU relations in order to appreciate the richness and complexity of a relationship which is now more than 50 years old and is still not close to reaching fulfilment. The contributors challenge conventional attempts to understand Turkey-EU...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
10. Policy Coherence and EU Development Policy

    Edited by Maurizio Carbone

    Series: Journal of European Integration Special Issues

    The principle of policy coherence has been the object of a contentious debate in the European Union’s external relations, though discussions have been mainly limited to its foreign policy and its ability to speak with one voice in the international arena. Despite being institutionalised in the...

    Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge