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  • 1
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031205934
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 238 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political planning. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Economic development. ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: Introduction: EU Renewable Energy Policy in Context -- Chapter 2. Analytical Framework -- Chapter 3. EU Energy policymaking: Actors and Processes -- Chapter 4. The Emergence of EU Renewable Energy Policy: Unpacking Policymaking Dynamics of RES-E Directive -- Chapter 5. Consolidation of EU Renewable Energy Policy: Renewable Energy Directive (RED) -- Chapter 6. Shaping EU Renewable Policy beyond 2020: RED II -- Chapter 7. Conclusion: Dynamics of EU Energy Policy Integration: Insights from EU’s Renewable Energy Policy. .
    Abstract: “The European Union is a global leader in using public policy to drive the transition to renewable energy. This book provides the best comprehensive overview of how those policies were made and how they work. Scholars of European integration will also find in her study that the case of renewable energy provides a clear lens to see how far integration has progressed during the past two decades.” —Professor Robert Henry Cox, University of South Carolina, USA. This book provides a comprehensive account of EU’s renewable energy policy development as it traces the agenda-shaping, policy formulation and decisionmaking phases of the EU’s secondary legislation on renewable energy – that is the three successive directives of 2001 (RES-E), 2009 (RED), and 2018 (RED II). It also explores the EU’s energy policymaking dynamics and assess integration outcomes of these three policymaking instances in the renewable energy field from a comparative perspective. Enriched with elite interviews with the Brussels policy community, and drawing on European integration and public policy literature, the proposed book will resonate with and offer relevant insights to students, scholars, stakeholders, and policymakers interested in EU energy policy, in particular, and European integration, in general. Mariam Dekanozishvili is Associate Professor of International Relations and European Politics at the Department of Politics, Coastal Carolina University, USA.
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031242359
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 346 p. 18 illus., 16 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Political Psychology
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Comparative government. ; Political psychology. ; Political sociology. ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter 1 Anatomy of democratic frustration -- Chapter 2 Democratic desire and delivery deficit: Operationalising democratic frustration -- Chapter 3 Narratives of democratic frustration -- Chapter 4 Causes of democratic frustration -- Chapter 5 Withdrawal, anger, and aggression: the behavioural consequences of democratic frustration -- Chapter 6 Democratic frustration amongst youth: the case of first time voters -- Chapter 7 An experiment on democratic frustration -- Chapter 8 Conclusions.
    Abstract: At a time of widespread disillusion, citizens keep telling us how “frustrated” they feel with their democracies. However, whilst scholars and commentators alike have heard that complain millions of times, we may not have taken it as seriously as we should. The author takes the concept of democratic frustration literally and puts it under an unprecedented analytical and empirical microscope. She applies insights from the psychology and political science literatures and uses a mixture of panel studies, surveys, interviews, and experiments to understand its sources, nature, dimensions, and consequences. The book sheds unprecedented light on pathologies of democratic frustration in the US, UK, Australia, and South Africa with a double focus on the general population, and on young people. Doing so, it reveals new thought-provoking insights on the true nature of contemporary democratic crises, and not least on how citizens’ actual desire for democracy uniquely shapes their dissatisfaction. Sarah Harrison is Deputy Director of the Electoral Psychology Observatory and Assistant Professorial Research Fellow, Department of Government, LSE, UK. .
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    ISBN: 9783031178757
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVII, 428 p. 19 illus., 17 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Russia—History. ; Europe, Eastern—History. ; Soviet Union—History. ; Europe ; Russia ; Europe, Eastern ; Soviet Union
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction - Examining Pan-Slavism: Conceptual Approach, Methodological Framework, and State of the Art -- Chaper 2. Structure of the Volume -- Section I: Pan-Slavism as History -- Chapter 3. Russian Pan-Slavism: A Historical Perspective -- Chaper 4. A Short History of Pan-Slavism and its Impact on Central Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- Chapter 5. Pan-Slavism in the Balkans: A Historical View -- Section II: Pan-Slavism as a (Political) Tool -- Chapter 6. New Wine in an Old Wineskin: Slavophilia and Geopolitical Populism in Putin’s Russia -- Chapter 7. Ideational Travels of Slavophilia in Belarus: From Tsars to Lukashenka -- Chapter 8. On Pan-Slavism, Brotherhood, and Mythology: The Imagery of Contemporary Geopolitical Discourse in Serbia -- Chapter 9. Intermarium or Hyperborea? Pan-Slavism in Poland after 1989 -- Section III: On Pan-Slavism, Identity, and Other Issues -- Chapter 10. A Distant Acquaintance: Reflecting on Croatia’s Relationship with Pan-Slavism -- Chapter 11. On Pan-Slavism(s) and Macedonian National Identity -- Chapter 12. Invented ‘Europeanness’ versus Residual Slavophilism: Ukraine as an Ideological Battlefield -- Section IV: On Pan-Slavism, East vs. West Divide, and Orthodoxy -- Chapter 13. Bulgaria’s Backlash against the Istanbul Convention: Slavophilia as the Historical Frame of Pseudo-Religious Illiberalism -- Chapter 14. Montenegrin Squaring of the Circle: Between Russophilia, Pan-Orthodoxia, and Competing Nationalism -- Chapter 15. Pan-Slavism and Slavophilia in the Czech Republic within the Context of Hybrid Threats -- Chapter 16. Slovakia: Emergence of an Old-New Pseudo-Pan-Slavism in the Context of the Conflict between Russia and Ukraine after 2014 -- Section V: An Ethnographic Look on Pan-Slavism -- Chapter 17. Manifestations of Pan-Slavic Sentiments among South Slavic Diaspora Communities in the United States of America -- Chapter 18. Interethnic Ritual Kinship as Pan-Slavism in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Afterword.
    Abstract: This collection is an important contribution in both the historical and contemporary analysis of Pan-Slavism. It places this concept in context of Yugoslavism, as well as Russian appeals to Slavic and Orthodox solidarity and competing European identity. This book will become a standard study on the topic through its comprehensive and systematic approach, covering most Slavic countries and not treating Pan-Slavism as just a type of failed meta nationalism, but as an important idea informing the Slavic world today. - Florian Bieber, Professor of Southeast European History and Politics, University of Graz, Austria The heyday of Pan-Slavism may be long gone, but the idea of the brotherhood of Slavs continues to inspire a range of cultural, civilisational and geopolitical imaginations in Europe. This book is a veritable treasure trove for anyone interested in the curious evolution of this understudied phenomenon and its contemporary ramifications. - Filip Ejdus, Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade, Serbia This book explores origins, manifestations, and functions of Pan-Slavism in contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, arguing that despite the extinction of Pan-Slavism as an articulated Romantic-era geopolitical ideology, a number of related discourses, metaphors, and emotions have spilled over into the mainstream debates and popular imagination. Using the term Slavophilia to capture the range of representations, the volume analyses how geopolitical discourses shape the identity and policies of a community, providing a comparative analysis that covers a range of Slavic countries in order to understand how Pan-Slavism works and resonates across geographic and political contexts. Mikhail Suslov is Assistant Professor in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Marek Čejka is Associate Professor in the Department of Territorial Studies at Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic. Đorđević Vladimir is Assistant Professor in the Department of Territorial Studies at Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic. .
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    ISBN: 9783031099823
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XX, 497 p. 24 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political planning. ; Political science. ; Europe ; Gemeindeverwaltung ; Privatisierung
    Abstract: 1. Corporatisation in Local Government: An Introduction -- 2. Municipally Owned Corporations in Canada -- 3. Municipally Owned Corporations in England and Wales: A Tale of Two Countries -- 4. Municipally Owned Corporations in Israel: Local Initiative and the Pursuit of Flexibility in a Centralised Context -- 5. Municipally Owned Corporations in Hungary -- 6. Municipally Owned Corporations in Delivery of Local Public Services in Poland -- 7. Private Law, Public Control: Municipally Owned Corporations in Slovakia -- 8. Municipally Owned Corporations in Austria: High Popularity, Low Transparency -- 9. Corporatised Public Service Provision of Local Governments in Germany: A Key Topic for UN-SDGs and Promising Public Corporate Governance Developments -- 10. Corporatisation in Swiss Local Government -- 11. Municipally Owned Corporations in France: An Emerging Tool of Public Engineering -- 12. Municipally Owned Corporations in Greece: Historical Evolution and the Current Situation -- 13. Municipal Corporatisation in Italy -- 14. Municipal Corporatisation in Portugal: From Mania to Depression -- 15. Corporatisation in Spanish Local Government: Governing the Diversity -- 16. Corporatisation in Local Government: The Case of Turkey -- 17. Municipally Owned Corporations in Denmark: Historical Continuity and Contemporary Complexities in a Local State-Centred Reform Trajectory -- 18. Municipal Corporatisation in the Netherlands: A Vehicle for Inter-municipal Cooperation -- 19. Corporatisation in Norwegian Local Government -- 20. Municipally Owned Corporations in Sweden -- 21. Corporatised Local Public Service Provision: Comparative Evidence from 19 Countries and Research Agenda.
    Abstract: Systematic, thorough, and informative, this volume offers a very welcome contribution to the field of local government studies and, more generally, public administration. The authors show how apparently mundane organisational choices of service provision may raise fundamental questions of democratic accountability. Thus, this volume provides a solid platform for numerous future research projects about the role of corporations in public governance. — Jacob Aars, Professor, Department of Government, University of Bergen “Municipally owned corporations are the invisible entities that shape our local public services. This insightful analysis draws on rich empirical material to provide a much-needed comparative picture of corporatisation in local government across 19 countries. An essential book for students of public management.” — Steven Van de Walle, Professor, Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven This book provides a comprehensive comparison of municipal corporatisation in nineteen countries belonging to five different administrative traditions. Municipal corporatisation is the act of delivering public services at arm’s length from local government through municipally owned corporations. Although it has become an increasing trend in recent years, we still know little about cross-country differences in what these municipally owned corporations look like, what legislation applies to them, and how they are governed. This book seeks to fill this gap. Going beyond the national context, the book provides an overview of what unites countries in terms of municipally owned corporations, and what differentiates them. It offers a critical comparison that will make finding regional and global trends easier for researchers, and will help practitioners to better understand the differences and similarities between countries to allow for greater collaborative policy learning. Rhys Andrews is Professor of Public Management at Cardiff University, UK. Marieke van Genugten is Assistant Professor of Public Administration at Radboud University, the Netherlands. Ulf Papenfuß is Professor of Public Management and Public Policy at Zeppelin University, Germany. Harald Torsteinsen is Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the Arctic University of Norway. Bart Voorn is Assistant Professor of Public Management at Radboud University, the Netherlands.
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    ISBN: 9783031214646
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 344 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political leadership. ; Political science. ; World politics. ; Europe
    Abstract: 1. Introduction (Matt Beech and Simon Lee) -- Part 1: Ideas, Leadership and Elections -- 2. Conservative Party Ideology in the Age of Brexit (Matt Beech) -- 3. Prime Ministerial Leadership in the Age of Brexit (Roderick Crawford) -- 4. The General Elections: 2015, 2017, 2019 (Christopher Fear) -- 5. The EU Referendum and British Politics (Jasper Miles) -- 6. Parliament and the Constitution (Philip Norton) -- Part 2: Continuity and Change in Public Policy -- 7. Two Steps Backwards: UK Economic Policy in the Ages of Austerity and Brexit, 2015 to 2020 (Simon Lee) -- 8. Conservative Governments and Education Policy in the Age of Brexit, 2015 to 2020 (Joseph Tiplady) -- 9. The Submerged Welfare State: Health and Social Care Policy in England from 2015 to 2020(Holly Jarman) -- 10. Conservative Welfare Policies: Ideational Oscillation in the Age of Brexit (Daniel Pitt) -- 11. Consistently inconsistent? Assessing UK Climate Action in the Age of Brexit (Jeremy F.G. Moulton) -- 12. British Defence Policy and Brexit: Finding Stability During a Period of Uncertainty (Philip Mayne) -- 13. Foreign Policy and International Development from Cameron to Johnson (James R. Pritchett) -- Part 3: Four Nation Politics -- 14. A Much-Misgoverned Nation: England in the Age of Brexit (Simon Lee) -- 15.Scotland, Conservatism and the British Union, 2015-20 (Margaret Arnott) -- 16. Wales and the Conservative Government, 2015-20 (Roger Awan-Scully) -- 17. Alienation and Destabilization: Northern Ireland in the Age of Brexit (Cillian McGrattan). .
    Abstract: This book provides the first evaluation of the three Conservative administrations which have been affected, shaped and determined by the age of Brexit. It breaks new ground by collectively analysing the Cameron, May and Johnson governments in an era of political and social shock and disruption, caused by the phenomenon of Brexit. As an edited collection, the book brings experts together who explain the complexities of ideas, leadership, votes, policy areas and territorial politics in an accessible and concise fashion. Contributors consider the continuities and discontinuities in Conservative Party ideas and political action. Matt Beech is Reader in Politics & Director of the Centre for British Politics at University of Hull, UK, and IES Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley, USA. Simon Lee is Senior Lecturer in Politics at University of Hull, UK.
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    ISBN: 9783031255311
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 200 p. 7 illus., 5 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Political Corruption and Governance
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political science. ; Business. ; Management science. ; Europe
    Abstract: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Concepts -- 3. Context and methodology -- 4. Practices in practice -- 5. Drivers of continuity -- 6. Drivers of change -- 7. Evaluating exclusive situationalism and its broader horizons -- 8. Conclusions .
    Abstract: “A welcome and relevant study with an innovate approach, this book provides a sharp insight into processes of business-politics relations within Lithuanian society and does so from a wide perspective. A well-designed research that gives the ability to grasp the depth of the problems and makes a useful reading both for researchers and international policy makers.” Laurynas Pakštaitis, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania Ainius Lašas reveals the world of informal networks and shady arrangements that represent the blind spots of mainstream political science. He guides us through “backstage democracy” in a theoretically competent and empirically responsible manner. His understanding of informal politics is unique and his conclusions make us hope that the marriage of business and politics does not inevitably result in “dirty togetherness.” Jan Zielonka, Professor of European Politics at the University of Oxford, UK, and Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy This book investigates how the actual dynamics of business-state relations work in a democracy and their changes overtime. The focus is limited to one country because access to high-level sources, who are able to openly discuss the nature of the business-politics nexus, cannot be easily replicated. The study is distinctive in a number of ways. First, its focus on politics and business touches upon a number of academic disciplines – business sciences, political science, public policy and administration. Second, it is not limited to a static picture of a relatively new democracy, but instead examines the dynamics of change over the last twenty years. As such, it talks to situations in a number of other countries, especially those in Central and Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet space. Third, the methodological approach, which combines anonymous interviews, mass media sources, governmental and non-governmental reports, is not very typical and thus provides a relatively fresh perspective on studying such social phenomena. Finally, the study offers original theoretical and analytical frames that can be conveniently applied and tested in other national/regional contexts. Ainius Lašas is the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. His research focuses on informal political culture and its practices in transitional democracies. .
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031200892
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 183 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: New Security Challenges
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    Keywords: America—Politics and government. ; Asia—Politics and government. ; Europe—Politics and government. ; Security, International. ; International relations. ; America ; Asia ; Europe ; Internationale Politik ; Kollektive Sicherheit ; Postkommunismus ; Internationales politisches System ; Politischer Wandel ; Politischer Prozess ; Liberalismus ; Demokratie ; Autoritarismus ; Erde
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Management of the Liberal International Order -- 3. Russian – Western Relations: A Trust Never Built -- 4. The Rise of China and the China – Russia Relationship -- 5. The Limits of Liberal Universalism and the Crisis in Ukraine -- 6. Pluralism and Pragmatism in International Relations. .
    Abstract: ❝An exceptionally well-informed, balanced and perceptive analysis of the origins and course of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. Essential reading.❞ — Richard Sakwa, Emeritus Professor of Russian and European Politics, University of Kent, UK ❝As war rages in Ukraine yet the prospect of a world after Putin becomes more thinkable, this is an essential moment to examine the way naive assumptions about the triumph of liberalism after the Cold War led to renewed confrontation. This book unpicks the power but also the limits of liberal hegemony, and makes a clear-eyed pitch for a more pragmatic approach in the future.❞ — Prof. Mark Galeotti, author of 'Putin's Wars: from Chechnya to Ukraine' This book analyzes international affairs in the post-Cold War era by taking a special look at identity, norms and interests and the limits of liberal normative universalism. The book assesses the causes of the deterioration of Russian – Western relations, the management of the liberal international order, the challenges liberal democracies face today, the rise of China and its consequences on global governance, and the war in Ukraine as an outcome of the dynamics described throughout the book. China and Russia represent different normative frameworks, have their own national interests, have increased their relative strength and influence and represent alternative economic and diplomatic partners for the Global South. Meanwhile, rising populist sentiment in western liberal democracies reflects important dissatisfaction with establishment policies. This research is particularly important for crafting creative solutions to the dynamic changes of the 21st century and the rise of nonwestern powers with different identities, interests and norms. Suzanne Loftus is Research Fellow in the Russia/Eurasia program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Her publications include “Legitimacy and Societal Consent under Putin’s Leadership: State Capacity and National Identity,” in Russian Politics, and her book, Insecurity and the Rise of Nationalism in Putin’s Russia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). .
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031307928
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXII, 230 p. 29 illus., 26 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Comparative government. ; Europe
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. The Visegrád discomfort: understanding the predicaments of and the prospects for progressivism -- 3. The state of social democracy in the Czech Republic -- 4. The state of social democracy in Hungary -- 5. The state of social democracy in Poland -- 6. The state of social democracy in Slovakia.
    Abstract: This path-breaking volume examines the transformation of social democracy in the four countries of Visegrád. Rich in detail and cogently argued, the work is a major contribution to debates about the changing nature of social democracy across Europe, and will be required reading for scholars and students alike. Patrick Diamond, Professor of Public Policy, Queen Mary University of London A group of renowned NGO experts from progressive think-tanks have authored a must-read primer for everyone interested in the challenges of contemporary politics in Europe. From progressivism to illiberalism, the book delivers a particularly insightful glimpse at the political currents of Central Europe. An important contribution to the debate on the future of social democracy in Europe. Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland (1995-2005) This volume is an essential contribution to the European debate about the state and future of social democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. Being completed with academic precision and an excellent understanding of the socio-economic reality of the country case studies, the book is a long-awaited, absolute must-read. Biljana Borzan, Vice-President of the S&D Group in the European Parliament and MEP This book provides an in-depth analysis of the social democratic parties in the four member states of the so-called “Visegrád Group”- Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The timeline spans the last two decades, which saw the parties in question come to power, govern and collapse. The case studies of all four countries are structured in the same way, offering: explanation of the historical background (including electoral results), analyses of the context, structures, membership and voters; evaluation of the programmes and hypotheses for potential future trajectories. Given the European relevance of the topic, the fifth chapter provides a comparative analysis, with a handful of explanations as to why Visegrád Group countries have proved to be tough partners in European integration processes. Ania Skrzypek is Director for Research and Training at the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), Belgium. András Bíró-Nagy is Director of Policy Solutions and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Sciences, Hungary. .
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    ISBN: 9783031324727
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 420 p. 11 illus., 8 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political leadership. ; Political planning. ; World politics. ; Legislation. ; Europe
    Abstract: Introduction: The May Premiership.-Part I: Electoral Issues. Chapter 1.The Conservative Leadership Election of 2016.Chapter 2. I’m Not Going to Call a Snap Election’ – Theresa May and the 2017 General Election -- Chapter 3. Attempting to Secure a Sympathetic Press: May and the Media -- Part II: Policy Implementation. Chapter 4. Miscalculations and Constraints: Brexit and the Failed Statecraft of Theresa May -- Chapter 5. Foreign Policy -- Chapter 6.‘An Economy That Works for Everyone’? An Evaluation of The May Government’s Economic Policies and Statecraft -- Chapter 7. Theresa May and Mental Health Policy: A Legacy Unfinished? -- Chapter 8. Theresa May, Statecraft, and the Environment -- Chapter 9. Friends and Allies? Theresa May and the DUP -- Chapter 10. Race Relations Policy -- Part III: Political Debates. Chapter 11. Theresa May’s mode of Conservatism: ‘soft’ One Nation Toryism -- Chapter 12. From Workers on Company Boards to Representatives of ‘Workers Voices’: Explaining May’s Failed ‘One Nation’ Industrial Policy -- Chapter 13. Theresa May as a Political Leader -- Chapter 14. Women political leaders are all feminists, aren’t they? Theresa May and Feminism -- Chapter 15. Theresa May and LGBT Equality -- Chapter 16. Theresa May and Religion – The Vicar’s Daughter in Downing Street -- Chapter 17. Theresa May and the Constitution: A Failure of Statecraft -- Chapter 18. Theresa May and Britishness: Towards a Psychological Dimension of Statecraft -- Chapter 19. Theresa May’s Team: Statecraft and the Cabinet -- Conclusion: Statecraft, Policies, and Politics of Prime Minister Theresa May.
    Abstract: “Theresa May’s short-lived Premiership is a cautionary tale for politicians. These authoritative and compelling essays provide fascinating insights into why it unfolded and ended as it did, while also pinpointing May’s strengths and achievements as a political leader as well as her weaknesses and failures. It is an important addition to our understanding of this Prime Minister and the contemporary Conservative party.” —Andrew Gamble, Professor and Chair in Politics, University of Sheffield, UK “This important volume brings together senior and emerging scholars to provide a critical and comprehensive evaluation of Theresa May’s premiership. Highly readable, engaging, informative and comprehensive, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary political history and learning more about a prime minister who was frequently misunderstood.” —Rainbow Murray, Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London, UK This book examines the statecraft of former UK Prime Minister, Theresa May as a means of deconstructing her leadership of the United Kingdom. Alongside the inescapable issue of Brexit that dominated her Premiership, it takes a wider view of her record in government by looking at how and why she stood for the leadership of the Conservative Party; scrutinizes her approach to economic, social, and foreign policy; interrogates her attitudes towards Northern Ireland and the DUP; and her longstanding records on race relations, LGBT+ issues, and feminism, as well as more traditional concerns such as faith, constitution, and Britishness. This volume is the first of its kind to adopt such a systematic approach in its evaluation of May’s leadership. Andrew S. Roe-Crines is Senior lecturer in British Politics in the Department of Politics at the University of Liverpool, UK, and the author of several academic journal articles on political rhetoric/oratory, alongside his most recent books Corbynism in Perspective: The Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn (2021) and (with P. Dorey & A. Denham) Choosing Party Leaders: Conservative and Labour Party Compared (2020). David Jeffery is Senior Lecturer in British Politics in the Department of Politics at the University of Liverpool, UK, and is the co-editor (with S. Farrall and A. Mullen) of Thatcherism in the 21st Century: The Social and Cultural Legacy (Palgrave, 2020). He is the author of Whatever Happened to Tory Liverpool? (2023), as well as the author of several journal articles in leading academic journals.
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    ISBN: 9783031297045
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 159 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations
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    Keywords: America—Politics and government. ; Europe—Politics and government. ; Diplomacy. ; International relations. ; World politics. ; America ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: American Philhellenism and “The Greek Fire” -- Chapter 3: The Tradition of Neutrality in America -- Chapter 4: The Origins and Promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine -- Chapter 5: Lessons for Greek American Relations.
    Abstract: This book attempts to explain why despite widespread popular support (the “Greek Fire”) in the United States of America for the Greek Revolution, the promulgation in 1823 of the Monroe Doctrine led to Washington D.C.’s non-recognition of the Hellenic efforts. It examines the origins and tradition of the diplomatic doctrine of neutrality and argues that the Monroe Doctrine represents its full realization. The new foreign policy doctrine is placed within its proper diplomatic framework, while the role of Secretary of State John Quincy Adams is highlighted. What remains remarkable, is how high on the U.S. policy agenda the Greek War of Independence was and how close it came to being politically vindicated. The epilogue of this book demonstrates based on specific historical episodes, that the “Greek Fire” and the Monroe Doctrine set in many ways the political framework that came to define Hellenic-American relations for almost the next two centuries.
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    ISBN: 9783031325854
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXII, 245 p. 28 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Interest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political planning. ; Political science. ; Europe
    Abstract: Introduction -- 1. The study of interest groups -- 2. The system of interest representation in Portugal -- 3. Associational involvement and political participation in Portugal: Insights from a longitudinal and comparative study -- 4. Interest groups, political representation and citizen preferences -- 5. Seeking access to policy-makers: Interest group strategies -- 6. Interest groups in the parliamentary arena -- 7. Interest groups in the media -- 8. Portuguese interest groups and the European Union -- 9. Conclusions.
    Abstract: “An indispensable addition to the literature on interest group and political representation. This book provides a unique perspective on the role of interest groups in Portugal and their implications for political representation, and it does so from a rich comparative perspective that illuminates the challenges and prospects for the study of Portuguese interest groups and beyond. A must read for anyone interested in political representation.” —Sebastián Royo, Provost and Professor of Political Science, Clark University, USA “Based on considerable collective research, Marco Lisi and his research team can provide new theoretical insights into the relationship between interest intermediation and political representation. Furthermore, the book is the most comprehensive empirical study of the field in Portugal from a comparative perspective to date. The work also highlights Portuguese interest groups' changing logic of action in an increasingly integrated European Union multilevel arena. This new book is an indispensable, comprehensive addition to the still under-researched field of interest groups and lobbying in southern Europe.” —José M. Magone, Professor in Regional and Global Governance, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany This book examines the characteristics and evolution of interest groups in Portugal. Drawing from a wide array of sources - including surveys, parliamentary activities, media coverage and interviews with MPs and lobbyists – it systematically assesses interest group politics. The book analyses the main features of group population, the strategies utilised by organised interests, their interactions with key decision-makers, and citizens’ opinions regarding their role in the political system. The original data provided in this book frames the Portuguese case in a broader European context, and will be extremely useful for international comparisons. It will appeal to scholars and students of European politics, interest groups, democratic theories, and public policy. Marco Lisi is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Studies, Nova University of Lisbon, and researcher at IPRI-NOVA, Portugal. His research interests include political parties, interest groups, electoral behavior, party systems, political representation and election campaigns. .
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    ISBN: 9783031198564
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 194 Seiten.)
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Comparative government. ; Language policy. ; Political science. ; Human rights. ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction. By David J. Smith, Ivan Dodovski -- Chapter 2: The Role of Law and Non-Territorial Autonomy Arrangements in the Implementation of Linguistic Rights: A Comparative Perspective. By Vladimir Đurić, Vasilije Marković -- Chapter 3: ‘Living the Same Full Life’? A Critical Assessment of Non-Territorial Autonomy Practice in the Vojvodina and Sápmi Contexts. By David J. Smith -- Chapter 4: The Dilemma of Responsibility: The Role of Kin-States and Nation-States in Implementing Non-Territorial Autonomy Models to Realise Minorities’ Linguistic, Cultural and Educational Rights. By Martin Klatt -- Chapter 5: The Evanescence of Autonomy for Minority Groups: The Hungarian Minority in Romania and the Complex Nexus of Dependence. By Andreea Udrea -- Chapter 6: Illiberal Forms of Non-Territorial Autonomy: The Sudeten German Party Case. By Oskar Mulej -- Chapter 7: The Implications of Administrative Decentralisation on the Development of Non-Territorial Autonomy Practices: The Case of Romania. By Valentina Cornea, Mirela Paula Costache, Andreea Elena Matic -- Chapter 8: Linguistic Rights in Greece: Crossing Through Territorial and Non-Territorial Arrangements. By Konstantinos Tsitselikis -- Chapter 9: Critical Analysis of the Linguistic Rights Strategies of the Hungarian National Minority Council in Serbia. By Katinka Beretka -- Chapter 10: Non-Territorial Autonomy and Minority Rights: Impact of the Self-Governing National Communities on Minority Protection in Slovenia. By Ljubica Djordjević- Chapter 11: Cultural Autonomy, Safe Haven or Window-Dressing? Institutions Maintained by Minority Self-Governments in Hungary. By Balázs Dobos -- Chapter 12: Can Non-Territorial Autonomy Help to Enforce the Linguistic, Cultural and Educational Rights of the Roma?. By Natalija Shikova, Immaculada Colomina Limonero.
    Abstract: This open access book assesses Non-Territorial Autonomy (NTA) in terms of its practical capacity to support the linguistic, cultural, and educational rights of national minority groups across Europe. The fact that 2023 marks the 25th anniversary of the coming into force of the Council of Europe Framework Convention on National Minorities (FCNM) and European Charter for Regional and Minority languages (ECRML) makes this book especially timely and relevant. Its numerous detailed empirical studies, one of which uses FCNM reporting as a benchmark, give a picture of the extent (or otherwise) to which international minority rights standards are actually being realized through various NTA arrangements. In keeping with the principles laid out in these foundational documents, the contributions to this volume acknowledge that when it comes to the effective delivery of linguistic, cultural and educational rights, NTA is best regarded not as an alternative but as a complement to territorially based arrangements. David Smith holds the Alec Nove Chair in Russian and East European Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK. Ivan Dodovski is Professor in Critical Theory, and Dean of the School of Political Science at University American College Skopje, North Macedonia. Flavia Ghencea holds the Fundamental Institutions of Administrative Law Chair at the Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences at Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania.
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    ISBN: 9783031116940
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 283 p. 9 illus., 6 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Reform and Transition in the Mediterranean
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political sociology. ; Communication in politics. ; Political leadership. ; Europe
    Abstract: 1. Greek Parliamentary elites in transition (1989-2019) -- 2. Gender, representation and the politics of exclusion. Or, who represents, who is represented? -- 3. Politics and profession: continuities and discontinuities in the occupational composition of the Greek parliamentary elite -- 4. From Media to Politics: Journalists in the Greek Parliament -- 5. Young conservatives, media personalities or old-school elites? The many faces of New Democracy MPs across time -- 6. From Hegemony to Pasokification. Socialist MP’s in transition -- 7. Composition and Role of Parliamentary Elites as an Indicator of Party Transformation: The Case of SYRIZA -- 8. Mapping of the Extreme right MPs: From LAOS to Greek Solution -- 9. Candidates’ personal preference votes and changes in parliamentary representation -- 10. The emergence of “technocracy" in Greek ministerial elites -- 11. Make or Break? A Comparison of Parliamentary Representation in Cyprus and Greece in the Background of the Economic Crisis -- 12. Three generations of parliamentary elites. A proposed typology.
    Abstract: This edited volume contributes to a better understanding of parliamentary changes in times of political transition, and, specifically, the composition of the Greek Parliament before and after the debt crisis. It discusses the profiles of Greek MPs through the lens of continuity and renewal, starting with the first major political crisis after the Metapolitefsi in 1989 and ending with the last legislative elections of 2019. Greece attracted scholarly and international interest due to the transformations that the sovereign debt crisis provoked to its political and partisan system. It is one of the countries of the European periphery most severely hit during the great recession. However, no work so far has been devoted exclusively to the study of Greek parliamentary elites, their cultural and political characteristics, and the factors that shape their selection and election. The book is a multifaceted source of information for all those interested in understanding forms of political representation during normal times and times of crisis. Its distinctive advantage is that it offers an up to date and complete elite study in Greece comparable to similar European studies. Moreover, it is a useful tool for students, scholars and researchers interested in the study of political representation across Europe. Manina Kakepaki is a Principal Researcher at the National Centre for Social Research (EKKE)- Institute of Political Research, Greece. Fani Kountouri is Assistant Professor of Political Science-Political Communication at the Department of Political Science and History, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athina, Greece.
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    ISBN: 9783031207730
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXXVII, 248 p. 13 illus., 12 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Emigration and immigration—Government policy. ; Security, International. ; International relations. ; Identity politics. ; Europe ; Emigration and immigration ; Politischer Wandel ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Einflussgröße ; Internationaler Konflikt ; Geschichtsbild ; Name ; Innenpolitik ; Außenpolitik
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Macedonia’s Long Transition: An overview of the key issues -- 3. Macedonia’s Revolving Security Threats: Perpetual Instability on the Edge of Europe -- 4. The Impossible Reconciling of Historical Narratives: The Macedonian name dispute and prospects for the future -- 5. The Economic Transition of Macedonia -- 6. Privatisation in Macedonia and Communities in Transition -- 7. Political Parties and the Trials of Democracy -- 8. Euro-Atlantic Integrations on Hold -- 9. Migration Movements and their Implications for Macedonia -- 10. The Identity Shift: Claims on Antiquity in Macedonian Fiction and Drama -- 11. The Dissonant Narratives of the Skopje 2014 Project -- 12. An Analysis of Bulgaria’s Rejection of the Macedonian Ethno-Linguistic Identity and its Implications.
    Abstract: “This is a most worthy and timely contribution which will clearly have an impact on regional studies of the Balkans, the new Eastern Europe, and post communism.” — Martyn Rady, Masaryk Professor Emeritus of Central European History, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, UK This book provides a broad, interdisciplinary analysis of events impacting on North Macedonia since its independence, particularly during the last decade. In the past thirty years, the country has gone through deep political, social and economic transition, along with a name change from ‘Macedonia’ to the ‘Republic of North Macedonia’ following the Prespa Agreement signed with Greece. The contributors consider Macedonia’s challenges, its multi-ethnic make-up and its ambition to enter the European mainstream through the auspices of the European Union and NATO. The volume includes chapters on international politics and North Macedonia’s place in the region’s security architecture as well as the difficulties of the privatisation of socially owned enterprises, political corruption, state capture and backsliding. The book also covers the controversial ‘Skopje 2014’ project in addition to the impact of migration along the ‘Balkan Route’ and the current wranglings with Bulgaria over identity politics. Robert Hudson is Emeritus Professor in European History and Cultural Politics at the University of Derby, UK, Professor honoris causa at University American College Skopje, North Macedonia and the former Director of the Identity, Conflict, and Representation Research Centre. Ivan Dodovski is Professor in Critical Theory and Dean of the School of Political Science at University American College Skopje, North Macedonia.
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    ISBN: 9783031227981
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 215 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: St Antony's Series
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Ethnology—Great Britain. ; Fiction. ; Culture. ; Ethnology ; Europe
    Abstract: 1 -- Introduction: Brexit! -- 2 Defending the Nation -- 3 Taking Back Control -- 4 Remaining or Leaving? -- 5 Conclusion: Breturn?
    Abstract: This book looks at the cultural, political and economic conditions of British Euroscepticism. Focusing on eight British dystopian novels, published in the years before the decisive In/Out-Referendum, and taking into account cultural, political and economic contexts, Lisa Bischoff shows how the novels’ stance towards the integration project range from slight criticism to outright hostility. The wide availability of the novels, and the prominence of both its authors and readers, among which are political figures David Cameron, Nigel Farage and Daniel Hannan, amplify the power of literary Euroscepticism. Drawing on cultural studies, literature and social science, British Novels and the European Union reveals the many facets of British Euroscepticism. Lisa Bischoff is a science editor and writer at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. She is a contributing author to The Road to Brexit: A cultural perspective on British attitudes to Europe (2020). Her research interests include cultural narratives, dystopian fiction, British-EU relations and EU studies.
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    ISBN: 9783031259777
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 203 p. 6 illus., 5 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Presidential Politics
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political leadership. ; Legislation. ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter 1: The Presidentialisation and the party of power in Post-Soviet States -- Chapter 2: The presidentialisation of Russian political parties -- Chapter 3: The presidentialisation of Belarus political parties -- Chapter 4: The presidentialisation of Kazakh political parties -- Chapter 5: The presidentialisation in Post-Soviet States: theoretical challenges.
    Abstract: This book analyses the presidentialization of parties in three countries of the post-Soviet space - Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan - and the role of this phenomenon in their recent political history. The concept of presidentialization of politics means that parties tend to adjust by becoming ‘presidentialised’ in the sense that parties delegate their leaders-as- Presidents to shape both their electoral and governing strategies. The presidentialization of parties refers to institutional resources, constraints and opportunities. It can be also described both as centralization of leadership and a style of government, overlapping with that of personalization of politics that it consists of personal characteristics, attitudes, personal capital and charisma in making politics, instead. Since their introduction, the concept of presidentialization have been mostly analysed within the Western or other democratic countries. Very little attention, however, has been paid to the phenomenon presidentialization of political parties in non-democratic countries or in countries with a transitional form of government . This volume enhances our theoretical understanding of the political role of the Presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus in controlling the legislative space and elected officials. Marina Glaser is Professor of Philosophy, Department of International Relations, HSE University, Moscow, Russia. Ivan Krivushin is Professor of Modern History, Department of International Relations, HSE University, Moscow, Russia. Mara Morini is Associate Professor, PhD in Political Science, Department of Political and International Sciences (DISPI), University of Genoa, Italy.
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    ISBN: 9783031257995
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 310 p. 10 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Reform and Transition in the Mediterranean
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Middle East—Politics and government. ; International relations. ; Middle East ; Europe
    Abstract: Introduction -- Transformation of Party and Election System in Turkey -- Transformation and challenges in Government System in Turkey: ‘The Turkish Type of Presidentializm” -- Transformation of Judiciary for a Turkey in Transition: Dynamics and Consequences -- Turkey’s Political Economy in International Context -- Transformation of Secularism in Turkey -- Gender Equality in Turkey -- The Changing Dynamics of Protests under Turkey’s Authoritarian Transformation: Actors, Repertoires and Strategies of Repression -- (De)Securitization of the Kurdish Issue in Turkey: The Nexus between Foreign Policy and Domestic Politics in the Twenty-First Century -- The Transformation of Migration Governance in Turkey -- Transformation of Turkey’s Environmental Policy: A Case of Selective Europeanization? -- Transformation and Challenges in Turkey-EU Relations: A Case of Foreign Policy with Domestic Political Implications -- An Agent-Based Bounded Rationality Analysis Turkey’s Relations with Greece -- Turkey-US Relations: From the Catalyst of the Model Country Image to the Reference Point of Defensive Discourses -- Transformation and Challenges in Turkish Foreign Policy: Turkey Russia Relations -- Turkey and the Middle East: The Rise and Fall of Turkey’s Power -- Cooperation Amid Transformation: Turkey and International Organizations.
    Abstract: This book analyzes the transformation of Turkey’s international and domestic politics in the past two decades through a comprehensive domestic- international nexus. It examines the domestic system and the main historical challenges without neglecting their international drivers and looks into main foreign policy areas and issues by accounting for the domestic developments that affected them. Looking inside Turkey’s transformation on the basis of an interplay of external and internal factors, through the prism of critical scholars who all agree on the interdependency of national and international politics, it is designed to provide a thoughtful look into the future of Turkey through themes and regions. Harun Arikan is Professor of International Relations at Çukurova University, Turkey. He was a research fellow at Oxford University in the UK, and a visiting scholar at the University of Southern Maine in the USA. Zeynep Alemdar is Professor of Political Science at Istanbul Okan University, Turkey, where she currently acts as Dean of the Business and Administration Faculty and directs the Gender Studies Research Center.
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    ISBN: 9783031286827
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 248 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Italian and Italian American Studies
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    Keywords: Italy—History. ; Europe—Politics and government. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Italy ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Where it all began -- Chapter 3: Fieldwork -- Chapter 4: Propaganda -- Chapter 5:The long liberation -- Chapter 6: Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book proposes a significant new interpretation of the relations between Italian partisans and British forces during the Italian campaign of 1943-1945. The core of the argument challenges many assumptions that are today still present both in Italian and in the Anglophone historiography on the subject. In current historiography, the debate is still ongoing as to whether the British were a hostile force to the Italian Resistance, trying to weaken it to better control it, or a genuine and committed ally. Instead of a clear-cut and artificial dichotomy between the 'Italians' and the 'British' this book posits the idea that lines were often blurred, and relations existed on a scale that included lots of grey and overlapping areas. Thanks to an original approach that examines the Italo-British interaction from a point of view as close as possible to the ‘action’, it proposes a new interpretation based on the way the British image was cast in Italy. Politics is left in the background in favour of an analysis of the concrete problems and difficulties that Italians and the British had to face when working together and how these processes influenced the image of Great Britain in Italy in the following decades. This produces a final interpretation that enriches current historiography and pushes forward our understanding of the relationship between Italian partisans and British forces.
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    ISBN: 9783031256097
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIV, 401 p. 3 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: New Perspectives on South-East Europe
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Comparative government. ; Political sociology. ; Europe
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Populism, Clientelism and Corruption and the International Crisis of Democracy -- 3. The Pendulum of Democracy in Post-Yugoslav Successor States: Causes of the Backsliding of Democracy -- 4. Economy, Culture and Party System: Preconditions for State-Society Relations Eroding Democracy -- 5. Populism as a Type of State-Society Relations Eroding Democracy -- 6. Political clientelism as a Type of State-Society Relations Eroding Democracy -- 7. Political corruption as a Type of State-Society Relations Eroding Democracy -- 8. How Elected Governments Make Democracies Backslide: the Case of Serbia -- 9. How Elected Governments Make Democracies Backslide: the Case of Montenegro -- 10. How Elected Governments Make Democracies Backslide: the case of North Macedonia -- 11. Prolonging or Halting Democratic Erosion in Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia: a Comparison -- 12. Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book is a "Must-Read" for those interested to grasp the fluidity of dynamics marking the Yugoslav successor states, and particularly Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia. The author insightfully describes how corruption, clientelism, and populism dramatically squeeze these countries in a vice grip between democratization and its reversal. The image of the "irregular pendulum of democracy" helps focusing on key mechanisms causing the backsliding of democracy in this European region. Stefano Bianchini, University of Bologna, Italy The first original contribution of this book is a productive analytical merge of populism, clientelism and corruption with specific strategies that elites employ to push democracy downhill. The second one is a refined analysis of an “irregular pendulum of democracy” in Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia. Sotiropoulos’ arguments are clear and convincing. His sophisticated empirical analysis is firmly based in theory and sovereign knowledge of post-Yugoslav politics. Jovan Teokarević, University of Belgrade, Serbia, and College of Europe, Belgium The author offers a lucid account of the weakening of democratic institutions in the Western Balkans and a theoretical explanation of the causal mechanisms enabling authoritarian-minded leaderships to hold on power. Drawing on democratization theory and extensive fieldwork, the book presents a deeply thought-out analytical scheme of authoritarian trends that is worth testing in other regions as well. Nikolaos Tzifakis, University of the Peloponnese, Greece This book interprets the backsliding of democracy through a metaphor, the 'irregular pendulum of democracy', suggesting that regimes may swing between liberal democracy and competitive authoritarianism. Irregular movements may occur back and forth, particularly when democracy is not consolidated. The book analyses the swing of unconsolidated democracy away from the democratic end in the cases of today’s Serbia and Montenegro and the tentative swing back towards liberal democracy in the case of North Macedonia after 2017. Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
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    ISBN: 9783031275449
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 230 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political science. ; Discourse analysis. ; Technology. ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Democracy with an ‘E’ -- Chapter 3: The Enlightenment & Beyond -- Chapter 4: Representative Democracy & Crisis -- Chapter 5: The Public Sphere & Global Capital -- Chapter 6: Deliberative Democracy -- Chapter 7: Therorising the Cyberdemocratic Terrain -- Chapter 8: Civic Engagement & the Privitisation of the Public Sphere -- Chapter 9: The Westminster Model: Points & Issues -- Chapter 10: Cyberdemocracy and the Public Sphere -- Chapter 11: The Cyberdemocratic Future: Some Final Thoughts.
    Abstract: This book is explicitly modernist at a time when many scholars have either forgotten the emancipatory promise of the Enlightenment or railed against it in the name of postmodernism. The book, broadly, adopts a hybrid epistemology that utilises the critical insights of Geisteswissenschaften Tradition (Weberian ‘Ideal-Type Analysis’) and the Habermas (1988) notions of the ‘public sphere’ and deliberative/dialogic democracy (‘ideal speech’) to advance a general proposition of democratic renewal by way of cyberdemocracy. Curiously, as democracy spreads across the world in the age of globalisation, it has also been accompanied by increased discontent with democratic systems. To that end, this book is not overly concerned with saving democracy beyond the liberal representative model, rather the focus is on how modern representative democracy has failed and how cyberdemocracy might function as a more effective model that truly represents the people by broadening participation and reflexive deliberation. Harem Karem has recently obtained his Ph.D. in the United Kingdom. He is currently the executive director of a national NGO that focuses on research, training, and media. Formerly, Harem worked as a journalist covering the Middle East and worked as a researcher with a particular focus on democracy and elections. .
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    ISBN: 9783031312649
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 222 p. 20 illus., 19 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Emigration and immigration—Government policy. ; Emigration and immigration—Social aspects. ; Political sociology. ; Human rights. ; Europe ; Emigration and immigration ; Emigration and immigration
    Abstract: Chapter 1: European Societies, EU Politics and Social In/Exclusions of minorities -- Chapter 2: Euro-/Refugee-/Security/Fragmentation/Environment/Corona-Crises: the new Europeanized ‘normal’? -- Chapter 3: Identity Politics, Political Mobilization and Social In/Exclusions -- Chapter 4: The politics of in/exclusion in the EU: Gender and sexuality minorities -- Chapter 5: Political Mobilizations regarding gender & LGBT+: Spain, Sweden, Germany and Poland -- Chapter 6: The politics of in/exclusion in the EU: refugees and migrants’ -- Chapter 7: Political Mobilizations regarding refugees and migrants: Spain, Sweden, Germany and Poland -- Chapter 8: Conclusion: Social In/Exclusions of minorities in an uncertain European future.
    Abstract: “Moving beyond a market-centric paradigm of social in/exclusion, this book critically interrogates the push/pull socio-political factors by which marginalised groups are simultaneously included and excluded across the EU. This sensitive and thought-provoking account highlights the progress being made, the obstacles that remain, and the need for all EU students to rethink conceptualisations and understandings of equality.” –Paul Copeland, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London, UK This volume provides an updated analysis of the most significant constitutive aspects for the political sociology of the EU. It examines in detail how civic and political activism regarding the inclusion and integration of gender and sexual minorities, as well as migrants and refugees, have become substantial forces in Europe today. It exhibits a political sociology perspective that moves away from the predominant state-centrism and institutional focus in mainstream analyses of European politics. It brings to the fore the role of citizens, civil society and identity politics as well as transnational societal phenomena impacting on the ambivalent civic in/exclusion tendencies prevalent in the EU. The book highlights the linkage of EU institutions and policies to established and new societal actors in response to recent challenges of the EU. Markus Thiel is Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations and Director of the EU-Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, Florida International University, USA. Ernesto Fiocchetto is Research Assistant at the EU-Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, Florida International University, USA. Jeffrey D. Maslanik is Visiting Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Vietnam National University, Vietnam.
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    ISBN: 9783031292989
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 162 p. 23 illus., 8 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Elections. ; Communication in politics. ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter. 1. Introduction. -Italian Voters: Where They Have Come and Where They Are Going -- Chapter. 2. The Outcome: Electoral Trends and The Geopolitics of Voting.-Chapter 3. Grappling With a Difficult Decision: How Voters Made Their Choices -- Chapter 4. Citizens’ Engagement With the 'Seaside Campaign' on Instagram and Facebook -- Chapter 5. New and Old (Global) Cleavages, Crises and Wars -- Chapter 6. Outside the Box: Who Is the Italian Abstainer?.
    Abstract: “This book provides an excellent description of the outcome of the 2022 election in Italy, which saw the rise of Giorgia Meloni and her far right party, Brothers of Italy, to the helm of government. The phenomenon is even more important given that Italy has often been a laboratory for future trends in European politics. The authors make good use of media, survey and official electoral data to analyse the campaign and electoral geography, as well as voting choices and their timing, to provide a vivid account of the election outcome in a country where instability and uncertainty have become the norm.” —Marina Costa Lobo, University of Lisbon, Portugal “This book provides an impressive first analysis of the 2022 Italian elections, the third most volatile elections in Italy’s post-war history, after 1994 and 2013. Its authors document how the widespread economic, cultural and political malaise influenced Italians’ electoral choices. They help us understand how, in the fluid Italian political context, widespread insecurity among voters and resentment against the political elites led to a massive shift to the right and an exceptionally high abstention rate.” —Hanspeter Kriesi, European University Institute, Italy Italian politics has changed course yet again. Thanks to the outcome of the 2022 general election, a coalition dominated, for the first time, by a party of the far right has taken office under Giorgia Meloni, the first woman to serve as prime minister in Italy’s republican history. Italy has always been a kind of ‘political laboratory’ for Western democracies – one in which new political phenomena have developed with considerable potency. Consequently, the electoral analyses presented in this book make it possible for the reader to understand the challenges and related consequences that established democracies are currently facing, beyond Italy. Fabio Bordignon is Associate Professor at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy Luigi Ceccarini is Professor at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy James L. Newell is Adjunct Professor at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy .
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    ISBN: 9783031327032
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 229 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Security, International. ; International relations. ; Political sociology. ; Europe ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Verteidigung ; Planung ; Änderung ; Außenpolitik ; Strategie ; Sicherheit ; Bedrohungsvorstellung ; Geopolitik ; Einflussgröße ; Internationale Politik ; Diskussion ; Innenpolitik ; Politische Willensbildung ; Tschechien
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: The Problematic Politics of ‘hybrid warfare’ -- 2. Liminal Insecurities: Crises, Geopolitics and the Logic of War -- 3. Formation: Emergence of the ‘hybrid warfare’ Assemblage in Czechia (2014–2016/17) -- 4. Politicisation, Institutionalisation, Internationalisation: The Czech ‘hybrid warfare’ Assemblage in 2017–2021 -- 5. Differentiation: Three Main Narratives of ‘hybrid warfare’ -- 6. Boundaries: Expertise, Authority and Contestation in the Czech ‘hybrid warfare’ Debate -- 7. Conclusion: Reclaiming Politics from the Logic of War.
    Abstract: This book offers a timely and trenchant addition to the vanguard of critical political thought in Central Europe. Reclaiming politics from the logic of war, the book provides a sobering cut into the political work of hybrid warfare discourse. With its theoretical sophistication and thick empirical embeddedness in the stories from the ‘in-between zone’ of Czechia, this is a must-read for untangling the lazy causality between the problems with Western democracies and Russian subversive actions. -Maria Mälksoo, University of Copenhagen This is a first book-long analysis showing how the notion of ‘hybrid warfare’ was used to transform security policies and discourses in an EU/NATO country. Building on current debates in International Political Sociology, Critical Security Studies, and Critical Geopolitics, it provides a novel account of how crisis, geopolitics, uncertainty, and expertise are intertwined in the social construction of threats. Based on extensive and original empirical research of large textual archive and elite interviews in the Czech Republic and Brussels, the book shows how officials, bureaucrats, journalists, activists, and experts all participate in the reshaping of security in a new geopolitical environment. Zooming on the case of Czechia and its specific Central European context, it complements the predominantly Western-centric studies of insecurity with an account of how the liminal position on an East/West boundary influences security politics. As a first study of its kind and scope, it will be of interest to academics and students interested in Central European politics, practices and discourses of hybrid warfare, as well as critical approaches to security and geopolitics. Jakub Eberle is Research Director and Senior Researcher at the Institute of International Relations Prague. He works on IR theory, Czech and German foreign policy, and politics of Central Europe. He is the author of Discourse and Affect in Foreign Policy: Germany and the Iraq War (2019). Jan Daniel is Senior Researcher at the Institute of International Relations Prague. His research mostly draws on International Political Sociology and Critical Security and Peace Studies and focuses on politics of (in)security in Central Europe and the Middle East.
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    ISBN: 9783031388743
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 193 p. 11 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Russia—History. ; Europe, Eastern—History. ; Soviet Union—History. ; Europe ; Russia ; Europe, Eastern ; Soviet Union
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: Mosaics of the post-Soviet economic transition in Russia -- 2. Early concepts of economic growth and implications for Russia -- 3. Endogenous economic growth and human capital -- 4. Sustainable economic growth and development -- 5. Economic crises and sustainable growth in Russia -- 6. Economic growth in Russia in the 1990s and 2000s -- 7. Economic growth in Russia in the 2010s and 2020s -- 8. Consumption, Investment, Debt, Inflation, and Unemployment in Russia -- 9. Structure of foreign trade in Russia -- 10. Conclusion: Transition to sustainable economic growth.
    Abstract: This book presents a theoretical and empirical investigation of sustainable economic growth in Russia. The ill-planned transition in the 1990s from planned economy to market economy resulted in a sharp decline in national production; however, Russian economic growth was evident in the 2000s and 2010s. Osipian here analyses whether Russia has potential to achieve sustainable economic growth, filling a gap between the continuous presence of volatile economic growth in Russia and the lack of scholarly literature in the field. This book considers Russia’s economic transition within the set of early, modern, classical, exogenous, and endogenous theories of economic growth. At the same time, this book considers the phenomenon of sustainable economic growth in the context of the post-Soviet transition. Such a contextualization allows for finding and highlighting certain features and processes within economic transition that were earlier neglected by the scholars, including primarily the possibility of not only recovering after economic and financial crises, but also initiating sustainable economic growth. It identifies the place and role of human capital in economic growth within the market-type post-transitional Russian economy and concludes that human capital accumulation is key for sustainable economic growth. Ararat L. Osipian is fellow of Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, USA.
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    ISBN: 9783031322051
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIV, 452 p. 26 illus., 25 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: New Perspectives on South-East Europe
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political planning. ; International relations. ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter 1: The perceptions of European Union – Western Balkan integration prospects. Introduction and overview -- Part I: Perceptions From the West -- Chapter 2: The drivers of EU financial assistance to the Western Balkans: economic, altruistic or democracy promotion motives? -- Chapter 3: Moving the Western Balkans towards the European Union: The daunting case of Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Chapter 4: Yugoslav partition and post-war EU integration: the role of Italy, 1990-2022 -- Chapter 5: The Western Balkans, a German view -- Chapter 6: Imagining Europe in a new and small state: the case of Croatia -- Chapter 7: The United States in the Western Balkans: reluctant, late and distant involvement vs. quick radical fix -- Part II: Regional Perceptions -- Chapter 8: The image of the European Union in the Western Balkans -- Chapter 9: Perceptions and misperceptions of EU conditionality in the Western Balkans: a case of a “capability-expectations gap”? -- Chapter 10: European Union – Western Balkan misperceptions and paradoxes -- Chapter 11: Perceptions of regional cooperation in the Western Balkans -- Chapter 12: The foggy future of the Balkans: in or out of the European Union? -- Part III: Perceptions in Individual Countries -- Chapter 13: European Union and the Western Balkans, an endless story. The case of Albania -- Chapter 14: The role of mis-coordinated European integration mechanisms in decelerating progress in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s EU accession -- Chapter 15: Pro-EU, no matter what: European Union (mis)perceptions in Kosovo -- Chapter 16: The perception of the EU and its policies: a view from Montenegro -- Chapter 17: Reinforcing or conflicting? EU conditionality and political socialization during the 2015-2017 political crisis in the Republic of North Macedonia -- Chapter 18: Love and hate relationship: media framing of the official political communication about the EU in Serbia’s media -- Chapter 19: Bridging the perceptions-based gap between the European Union and the Western Balkan.
    Abstract: Only Milica Uvalic could gather such a stellar group of authors on relations between countries in Southeastern Europe and the European Union; their wide range of perspectives is both timely and extremely valuable for scholars and policy makers alike. ---Susan L. Woodward, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA This book is crucial reading for anyone who wants to understand why it is taking so long to integrate the Western Balkans countries into the European Union. It addresses the misconceptions on both sides by scholars from a variety of disciplines, providing real understanding and insight. ---Saul Estrin, London School of Economics, UK Among the main stumbling blocks of European Union-Western Balkan integration are the differences in perceptions on both sides. Today, the gap between what the Western Balkan politicians and citizens think about the European Union and what the politicians and citizens in the EU member states think about the Western Balkans is probably wider than ever. This volume offers fresh insights about these misperceptions and how to possibly bridge the gap. It examines perceptions about the region’s “European perspectives” both on the side of the six Western Balkan countries - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia – and the key European Union member states (Italy, Germany, Croatia), international donors, USA. An analysis of the diverse views regarding the prospects of EU – Western Balkan integration is today highly relevant, in view of the current uncertainties regarding European Union’s enlargement policy, particularly after the attack of Russia on Ukraine and candidate status granted to Ukraine and Moldova. Milica Uvalic is Professor at the University of Perugia, Italy. She was also member of the UN Committee for Development Policy and Assistant Minister in the first post-Milošević government in FR Yugoslavia. Recent publications include Towards Economic Inclusion in the Western Balkans coedited with W. Bartlett (Palgrave, 2022) and The Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans co-authored with W. Bartlett and M. Bonomi (European Parliament, 2022).
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    ISBN: 9783031162626
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 225 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Europe ; Regionalkonflikt ; Territorialer Anspruch ; Minderheitenfrage ; Internationaler Konflikt ; Ursache ; Verlauf ; Armenien
    Abstract: Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Historical Background to the Continuing Conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh -- Chapter 3 The Causes of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War -- Chapter 4 The Consequences of the First War on Armenia and Azerbaijan -- Chapter 5 Failed Negotiations -- Chapter 6 Self-Determination or Territorial Integrity? International Legal/Political Doctrines in Opposition & Their Implications for Karabakh -- Chapter 7 The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Causes and Consequences -- Chapter 8 Conclusions.
    Abstract: “This is a comprehensive and timely study by two eminent political scientists, Professors Yavuz and Gunter, on the recent war over Nagorno-Karabakh. It is essential reading for anyone interested in ethnic conflict and the failure of the international system of conflict resolution, specifically the so-called OSCE’s Minsk Group. In eight detailed chapters the authors deal with the history, causes and consequences of the war, expertly covering the failed diplomacy. They also approach future peace prospects in a rational and realistic manner.” --Ozay Mehmet, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus, Carleton University, Ottawa “The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has significant relevance for ethnic conflict studies in general, post-Soviet conflict studies in particular, and great power struggles involving Russia, Turkey, Iran, and even further afoot the United States and the European Union. Yavuz and Gunter’s cause, event, and consequence methodology eases the difficulty of making sense of a very complex situation. Moreover, their multi-disciplinary narrative includes not just Caucasian history but brings in a deep understanding and explanation of international law, “clash of civilizations” theory, diaspora narratives, great power proxy involvement, and media perception and manipulation. In doing so, they open new avenues for understanding these important events and issues going forward.” --Edward Erickson, Professor of Military History Emeritus, Department of War Studies, U.S. Marine Corps University This project deals with the historical, social and political aspects of the Karabakh issue regarding its origins, development and the current status of the conflict and its precedents and implications for other secessionist wars subsequent to the war in the autumn of 2020. This book also explores the international legal precedents of self-determination versus territorial integrity and the latest successful weapons developments lessons from the recent war involving drones and Azerbaijan’s rich oil reserves. M. Hakan Yavuz is Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah, USA. Michael M. Gunter is Professor of Political Science at Tennessee Technological, University in Cookeville, USA.
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    ISBN: 9783031122057
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 258 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy
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    Keywords: Civilization—History. ; Europe—Politics and government. ; Diplomacy. ; Communication in politics. ; International relations. ; Civilization ; Europe
    Abstract: 1. Studying Finland’s Cultural Diplomacy from World War II to the CSCE -- 2. Defining Finland’s Cultural Diplomacy from Postwar to Cold War -- 3. Developing State Agencies and Centralizing International Cultural Relations -- 4. Coordinating and Facilitating Bilateral Cultural Contacts -- 5. Participating in Multilateral Cultural Cooperation -- 6. The Finnish State and International Cultural Relations, 1945–1975.
    Abstract: This open access book explores the organization and evolution of Finland’s Cold War cultural diplomacy (1945-1975) as the basis for a reflection on the country’s foreign relations, the link between culture and politics, small states’ autonomy during the Cold War, and the porosity of the East-West divide. The book offers a historical survey of the development of Finland’s cultural diplomacy as part of the Finnish state’s foreign activities. In its empirical parts, it focuses on archives drawn from the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education in order to explain Finland’s cultural diplomacy as the result of the country’s foreign policy orientations, interactions between domestic and foreign policy, and the expansion of state activities in the artistic, educational, and cultural sectors. Various reflections and reports on foreign cultural relations highlight the role of identity concerns, cultural relations, geopolitics and economic imperatives in the development of a specifically Finnish cultural diplomacy. Furthermore, the book focuses on specific aspects and events, considering for instance the organization and evolutions of Finland’s cultural relations with the USSR, the role of cultural treaties, academic exchanges and scientific cooperation, “cultural exports” and the marketization of culture, overlaps between cultural relations and high politics. Louis Clerc is Professor in Contemporary History in the Department of Contemporary History, Philosophy and Political Science at the University of Turku, Finland. His current research projects deal with the history of public and cultural diplomacy and the study of diplomatic relations.
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    ISBN: 9783031092893
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 138 p. 4 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Comparative government. ; International relations. ; Europe
    Abstract: 1. Imagined States: Nationalism and Internationalism -- 2. At the Crossroads: Ireland's Path to Europe -- 3. Hopes and Handouts: Adapting to Membership -- 4. A Tiger in the Zoo: Growth and Greed -- 5. The Bonds that Tie: Crisis and Cooperation -- 6. Four Green Fields and 12 Gold Stars: Nationalism in Internationalism.
    Abstract: This book interprets the relationship between Ireland and the European Union (EU). We are coming up to 50 years since Ireland acceded to the EU (2023), and the links between the two are unique and distinctive. This volume presents an original interpretation of Irish-EU relations, and this in turn has implications for a wider understanding of the EU. Its aim is to analyse the Irish-EU relationship from the idea of two apparently contradictory political ideas – internationalism (as represented by European integration in this particular instance) and nationalism (long the dominant value in Irish politics). The authors argue that to date the contradictions have been managed with considerable ease, leading us to characterise the Irish-EU relationship as “nationalism within internationalism.” Michael Holmes is Associate Professor of Political Science at ESPOL (European School of Political and Social Sciences) at the Catholic University of Lille, France. His research focuses mainly on Ireland and the EU and on the impact of European integration on political parties. Kathryn Simpson is Associate Professor of Economics and Politics of the European Union at Keele Business School and School of Social, Political and Studies at Keele University, UK. Her research focuses on public opinion, political behaviour and attitudes towards the EU, in particular in Ireland and the UK in the context of Brexit.
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    ISBN: 9783031265303
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 255 p. 1 illus.)
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political science. ; Political sociology. ; Social justice. ; Social structure. ; Equality. ; World politics. ; Europe
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. The First Structural Experiment: Communist-era Homogenisation -- 3. Consequences of the Experiment: the Division between Society and the nomenklatura -- 4. The Second Experiment: the Differentiation of the Social Structure -- 5. Consequences of the Second Experiment: the ‘winners’ – ‘losers’ Division -- 6. The Formation of Social Divisions and the Theory of Practices of Repartition -- 7. Conclusion.
    Abstract: The monograph examines the sources of Polish social divisions. It explains their emergence and discusses the mechanisms behind their evolution from 1945-2022. The findings corroborate the idea that divisions were formed irrespective of the current state of social hierarchy, or the accepted interpretation of justice, and that they existed both in totalitarian and democratic systems alike. The book distinguishes the category of divisions from the practices of repartition, and demonstrates that the repartitions discussed in a political discourse do not generate divisions, but constitute the politicization of the latter. Repartitions are understood as discursive, dichotomic juxtapositions that result from the existence of divisions and can be used as political tools. It has been demonstrated that they can also function as analytical categories used with a view to determining the state of social inequalities. The notions of divisions and repartitions discussed in this volume confirm the existence of the continuity of changes and describe the evolution of Polish society has a consequence. Piotr Borowiec is Head of the Department of Theory and Methodology of Politics at the Institute of Political Science and International Relations, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland. He is the editor-in-chief of the international journal Teoria Polityki and author and co-author of over 70 articles on the sociology of politics, political theory, and methodology, as well as seven monographs. .
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    ISBN: 9783031261329
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 141 p. 15 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Communication in politics. ; Political leadership. ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Brothers of Italy and right-wing populism in Italy -- Chapter 2: The Ideology and Programmatic Positions -- Chapter 3: Party Organisation and Leadership -- Chapter 4: Friends and Enemies -- Chapter 5: Brothers of Italy in the Electoral Arena and Representative Institutions -- Chapter 6: Conclusion: A New Populist Wave?.
    Abstract: “Vampa has written a beautifully concise book that explains with clarity and sophistication the origins, nature and prospects of Italy’s latest political party innovation – the Brothers of Italy – locating the party in a comparative political context. Replete with interesting data and penetrating insights, this book should be read by anyone wanting to understand the Italian, and European, far right” —Professor Martin Bull, University of Salford, UK This volume examines the origins, ideology, organisation, leadership, political alliances, electoral performance and institutional role of the right-wing party Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d’Italia, Fdl). FdI’s meteoric rise is only the latest in a series of shocks that have hit Italy’s unstable political system in recent years. However, it would be a mistake to brand FdI as yet another Italian anomaly. Indeed, the party stands at the crossroads between an established political tradition, that of the post-fascist and conservative right, and the more recent populist waves that have affected many mature democracies. By placing Giorgia Meloni’s party in a comparative analytical framework, the author shows that its success stems from a mix of past legacies and current developments seen in much of Europe (and beyond): the growing role of right-wing female leaders and their reliance on new media; the mainstreaming of the far right mixed with populist repertoires; the de-alignment and (partial) re-alignment of voters; the reconfiguration of electoral geographies; and ultimately the emergence of an illiberal model of democracy. In short, rather than being an exception, FdI can be seen as one of the most recent and advanced manifestations of a broader process of political change sweeping the West. Davide Vampa is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Aston University, UK. His work focuses on transformations in democratic representation, rising populism and the links between territorial party politics and public policy.
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    ISBN: 9783031246432
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 178 p. 18 illus., 12 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political science. ; Education, Higher. ; Education and state. ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter 1. European political science: the magnitude, heterogeneity and relevance of a divided discipline -- 2. The legacies. Explaining the richness and heterogeneity of European political science -- 3. The current scenario. Mapping fragmentation and transformation in European political science -- 4. The future of European Political Science.
    Abstract: The Fate of Political Scientists in Europe not only draws a comprehensive picture of today’s political science and of its scholars, but also reflects in a refreshing and challenging way on what it should be. - Kris Deschouwer, Emeritus Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium. Giliberto Capano and Luca Verzichelli take us into a fascinating intellectual journey that sheds light on how European scholars conceive of the profession and what attitudes and values animate their research activities. - Manuela Moschella, Associate professor in Political Science, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy. Every so often academic disciplines should take stock of where they have come from, what they are, and what they want to be. This thorough study of European political science is an excellent example of such a stock-taking. - B. Guy Peters, Maurice Falk Professor of American Government, University of Pittsburgh, USA. This open access book offers a systematic survey of the attitudes and values of European political scientists. It builds a structural interpretation based on empirical data, as well as offering reflections on the future structure of the discipline. In the middle of a delicate phase of changes marked by the effects of pandemic and the war in Ukraine, we need to pay attention to the factors that are affecting not only the ‘objects’ of Political Science as a discipline but also its interactions with the world around it. First, this book asks to what extent the work of European political scientists is impacted by the current change. Second, their attitudes and predisposition about the future goals of the discipline are analysed. In the final chapter, the authors seek to understand to what extent a diffuse but still not completely institutionalized academic discipline will be able to produce a comprehensive impact around the European society, in order to be more visible and effective in policy making and policy processes. Giliberto Capano is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Bologna, Italy. Luca Verzichelli is Professor of Political Science at the University of Siena, Italy.
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    ISBN: 9783031294792
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 243 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: New Perspectives in German Political Studies
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political planning. ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Higher education policy -- Chapter 3: Care homes policy -- Chapter 4: Prisons and justice policy -- Chapter 5: Reform of public service regulation -- Chapter 6: The changing face of German parties in the federal system -- Chapter 7: Germany and the Covid-19 pandemic -- Chapter 8: Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book provides an account of the reforms undertaken in German federalism throughout the 2000’s. It explores the consequences of the historic changes made to the German federal order through detailed analysis of a set of unique case study areas. It also evaluates the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic on German federalism, and the relationship between party politics and federalism in Germany. The authors investigate what happens when policy responsibility is decentralized. The reforms undertaken in Germany fundamentally altered the roles played by the federal and state-level governments in several policy fields, and the question as to what kind of impact this has for policy itself is a global one. In a world that sees an increasing trend towards the decentralization of political authority, this book offers insights and lessons that have a practical application on a global scale. It will find the interest of students and scholars in countries worldwide which are grappling with the nature of policy responsibility across levels of political authority. Carolyn Rowe is Reader in Politics at Aston University, UK, where she is also Co-Director of the Aston Centre for Europe (ACE). Her research interests are in issues of federalism, decentralisation, and the politics of territory in Europe. She has recently completed a DAAD-funded investigation (with Dr Ed Turner) into the new dimensions of German federalism and is author of the 2011 monograph Regional Representations in the European Union: Between Diplomacy and Interest Representation (Palgrave). Her research activities are tweeted through the ACE twitter feed, Aston_ACE and on the ACE Facebook page. Ed Turner is Reader in Politics and International Relations at Aston University, UK, is Co-Director of the Aston Centre for Europe (ACE) and is acting chair of the International Association for the Study of German Politics (IASGP). He is author of Political Parties and Public Policy in the German Länder (Palgrave, 2011), as well as editor, with Simon Green, of The Transformation of Germany’s CDU (2014), and numerous other papers on German political parties and federalism, and he is currently working on a study of Germany’s Social Democratic Party. .
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    ISBN: 9783031291876
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVIII, 337 p. 70 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Elections. ; Communication in politics. ; Political sociology. ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Holding Europe Accountable Nationally -- Chapter 2: News vs. Opinion Articles on the European Union. The politicization of the EU in the mainstream press -- Chapter 3: Parties acting Strategically: National Parliaments’ role in holding the EU Accountable -- Chapter 4: Polity or Policies? The European Union in Parliamentary debates and the media -- Chapter 5: Experimental Evidence of EU issue voting -- Chapter 6: The Left-Right dimension, Europe and Voting in Bailout Europe -- Chapter 7: EU issue voting in simultaneous elections: The case of Belgium -- Chapter 8: The importance of EU issues in German elections -- Chapter 9: After the crisis: EU issue voting in Greece -- Chapter 10: Salient but not polarized: The role of the EU in the Irish electoral arena -- Chapter 11: Portugal: EU issue voting in Mainstream and Challenger Parties -- Chapter 12: A broken national consensus? EU issue voting and the radical right in Spain -- Chapter 13: Consequences of EU Politicisation for Voting in National Elections. .
    Abstract: “This book makes a major contribution to our understanding of how the European Union influences national politics and how the national response to Europe can serve as a channel of accountability in the European Union. The authors engage fundamental questions relating to national elections and European issues with an eye to explaining the dynamics of EU political support and opposition in Belgium, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain. The authors come to grips with these questions using extensive original data on EU coverage in the national media, parliamentary debates, and online surveys. In short, this volume is a signal contribution to our understanding of EU politicization.” -- Gary Marks, Burton Craige Professor, UNC Chapel Hill, USA, and Professor, Robert Schuman Centre, EUI, Italy. This open access book focuses on the importance that EU politicization has gained in European democracies and the consequences for voting behaviour in six countries of the EU: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain. Most of the studies which research the way the EU is being legitimised focus on the European Parliament elections. In this book we argue that to understand how EU accountability works, it is necessary to focus instead on national elections and the national political environment. Through a detailed, multimethod analysis this book establishes rigorously the paths of European accountability at the national level, its propitious contexts in the media and parliamentary debates, and whether the paths are similar from Greece to Germany. The findings have implications for both national and European Union democracy, underlining the importance that national institutions have in enabling citizens to hold the EU accountable. Marina Costa Lobo is Research Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon in Portugal, and Director of the European Political Science Review.
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    ISBN: 9783031306051
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 194 p. 4 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: New Perspectives in German Political Studies
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Executive power. ; Europe
    Abstract: This book investigates the parliamentary negotiation of executive secrecy. Parliaments depend on information to fulfil their roles as the people’s representatives, legislators and overseers of the executive. However, there are examples of executive secrecy across all policy fields. How, then, do parliamentary actors try to reconcile secrecy and the normative demands of an open, democratic society? This volume analyses parliamentary arguments, conflicts and patterns of agreement around this topic in the case of Germany. Based on two case studies – intelligence agencies secrecy and Public Private Partnership secrecy – it argues that substantive justifications of secrecy focusing on necessity are highly contested. By contrast, procedural legitimation of secrecy, namely deciding about it democratically, is crucial. Still, there are inherent limits to the legitimation of executive secrecy. The book therefore underlines the fragility of secrecy’s legitimation, and its need for constant actualisation. Dorothee Riese is a political scientist currently working at Fernuniversität Hagen after appointments at Leipzig University and Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands. She studied at Leipzig University and Sciences Po Paris and obtained her PhD from Leiden University. Dorothee is the 2017 Rudolf-Wildenmann-Prize winner for a paper on Public Private Partnership secrecy.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 402 p. 4 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Peace. ; Human rights. ; Europe ; Friedenskonsolidierung ; Friede ; Konfliktlösung ; Beilegung ; Konfliktregelung ; Friedensverhandlung ; Internationale Organisation ; Förderung ; Unterstützung ; Kolumbien
    Abstract: Chapter 1. EU support for peace in Colombia. Contributions from the territorial approach, the strengthening of civil society and the defence of human rights. (Karlos Pérez de Armiño. University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU) -- Chapter 2. The recent context in Colombia in historical and territorial perspective: Armed conflict, the Havana Agreements and their implementation (Jerónimo Ríos. Complutense University of Madrid) -- Chapter 3. EU development cooperation in Colombia and support for peacebuilding. A historical perspective. (Juana García Duque. University of the Andes, Bogotá) -- Chapter 4. Multilevel support for the process for the reincorporation of FARC-EP: The experience of the EU Trust Fund (Carlos Madridejos. University of the Basque Country) -- Chapter 5. A review of the European Union's gender approach in its support to the peace process in Colombia (Irantzu Mendia. University of the Basque Country) -- Chapter 6. The European Union’s contribution to the implementation of the ethnic approach within the Colombian Peace Agreement (2016-2021) (Alba Linares, University of the Basque Country), etc.
    Abstract: “A truly original contribution to our understanding of peacebuilding in the 21st Century. This detailed analysis of the role of the European Union in Colombia’s struggle to make and build peace gives us vital insights into whether and how International actors can contribute seriously to both.” — Jenny Pearce, Research Professor, Latin America and Caribbean Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom This open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of the EU's crucial support for the implementation of the Havana Peace Agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP. It explores the use of new approaches and instruments that, despite some limitations and criticisms, could go beyond conventional liberal peace and provide useful lessons. Particular attention is paid to three axes: strengthening civil society, protection of human rights and a territorial peace perspective, as a contribution to the "local turn" in peace policies. The book first outlines the background of the conflict, the EU's two-decade defense of a negotiated peace, and the complexities of the peace process. Then, it analyses the development cooperation and political support provided in different areas: the collective reinsertion of ex-guerrillas, women and gender initiatives, the rights of ethnic communities, the sophisticated transitional justice system, as well as activities on reconciliation, victims and protection of human rights defenders. Karlos Pérez de Armiño is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bilbao. Research fellow and former director (2015-2021) of Hegoa, Institute for International Cooperation and Development Studies. His research interests include critical approaches to peacebuilding, EU peacebuilding policies, human security, humanitarian action, and conflicts and famines.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 193 p. 1 illus.)
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    Series Statement: Federalism and Internal Conflicts
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Europe
    Abstract: Federalism, regionalism, sub-state nationalism: some theoretical insights -- Italian regionalism. From Risorgimento to the 2001 constitutional reform -- Italian regionalism. The 2001 constitutional reform and beyond -- Theorising economic regionalism -- Reconciling economic regionalism and solidarity -- Conclusion. Federalism, (economic) regionalism, solidarity.
    Abstract: This monograph thoroughly illustrates the debate on federalism and regionalism as it emerged in Italy in the years preceding the unification of 1861 and then again in the early 1990s, a debate mainly centred on the deep socio-economic differences between the North and the South of the country. Torn between centripetal and centrifugal forces, the Italian regional model implemented with the 1948 constitution and strengthened in 2001 provokes questions that intersect with topical debates engaging scholars globally, potentially stimulating comparative discussions. While the future of Italian regionalism remains unclear, the Italian regional model combines lessons coming from different theoretical experiences, including federalism, sub-state nationalism, and the European unification process, representing a novel experiment fashioned by those who were looking for a compromise between unitary and federal schemes. Erika Arban is Senior Research Associate in the Laureate Program in Comparative Constitutional Law at Melbourne Law School, Australia. .
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    ISBN: 9783031383809
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 273 p. 13 illus., 11 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political sociology. ; Political leadership. ; Comparative government. ; Communication in politics. ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Introducing women leaders: Merkel and Solberg -- Chapter 3: Angela Merkel’s approach to the pandemic -- Chapter 4: Erna Solberg’s approach to the pandemic -- Chapter 5: Introducing techno-populist leaders and their alternative: Conte and Macron faced to Sánchez -- Chapter 6: Giuseppe Conte’s approach to the pandemic Chapter 7: Emmanuel Macron’s approach to the pandemic -- Chapter 8: Pedro Sánchez’s approach to the pandemic -- Chapter 9: The Pandemic Turn: Populist government leaders facing the virus Chapter 10: Boris Johnson’s approach to the pandemic Chapter 11: Viktor Orbán’s approach to the pandemic -- Chapter 12: Conclusions.
    Abstract: European leaders faced the Covid-19 pandemic by adopting very different leadership styles, characterized by diverging approaches to crisis communication, power management, and relationship-building with actors and stakeholders in the public sphere. The pandemic also highlighted the importance of the already-existing cleavage between populism and technocracy, positioning it at the centre of the political scene. These complex circumstances required a multidisciplinary perspective grounded in political sociology and communication studies. To address these issues, this book analyses the communication and leadership styles of seven European leaders, grouped into ‘political families’. It analyses the cases of Angela Merkel and Erna Solberg to understand if and how female leaderships differentiated from their male counterparts. It then analyses the relationship between techno-populism and professional politics by comparing the cases of Giuseppe Conte, Emmanuel Macron and Pedro Sanchez. Finally, it focuses on populist leaders Boris Johnson and Victor Orbán, who represent emblematic cases with opposite outcomes. Flaminia Saccà is Full Professor of Political Sociology at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; President of the International Sociological Association Research Committee ‘Sociotechnics-Sociological Practice’; board member of the ESA Political Sociology Research Network; and Director of the Science, Politics and Society Lab. Her latest publications focus on female leadership and gender violence. Donatella Selva is Assistant Professor in Sociology of Communication at the University of Florence, Italy. She works in the field of political communication, media and cultural studies. She has recently published a monograph to explore the relationship between social media, information disorders and the processes of emotionalization of the public sphere.
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    ISBN: 9783031122095
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 246 p. 5 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Gender and Politics
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Identity politics. ; Security, International. ; Europe ; Europäische Union ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Frau ; Menschenhandel ; Prostitution ; Feminismus
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Internal Security and the EU: The Securitisation by Contagion of Trafficking in Women for Sexual Exploitation -- 3. Prostitution and the EU: Neoliberalism, Vulnerability and Security -- 4. The Intersection of Security and Neo-abolitionism in the EU’s Anti-trafficking Policies -- 5. Desecuritising Trafficking in Women for Sexual Exploitation Through a Neo-Abolitionist Approach? the European Women’s Lobby -- 6. Desecuritising Trafficking in Women for Sexual Exploitation Through a Sex Work Approach? Aradau Post-anarchism and Whore-Walks -- 7. Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book explores the triangular dynamics of securitisation and desecuritisation that underpin the EU’s approach to trafficking in women for sexual exploitation. That is, its progressive securitisation within the EU’s anti-trafficking policies and the existence of two distinct and competing approaches that coexist among feminist struggles against such trend: a neo-abolitionist approach, on the one hand, that is increasingly defended from within EU institutions, and has thus become increasingly entangled with the securitisation of trafficking in women; and a sex work approach, on the other, that has been largely relegated to the domains of academia and civil society. As such, this book addresses the intersection of security and feminist neo-abolitionism within the EU’s anti-trafficking policies, as well as the desecuritising potential of the anti-trafficking advocacy of both transnational neo-abolitionist and sex worker organisations. This book unprecedentedly brings together three bodies of literature that rarely interact: Critical Security Studies, EU Gender Studies and the feminist literature on prostitution and trafficking in women and demonstrates their fruitful interaction in an extensive empirical analysis of the EU’s internal security, violence against women and anti-trafficking policies. Lucrecia Rubio Grundell is UNA4CAREER Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
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    ISBN: 9783031316098
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 228 Seiten) , Illustrationen, Karte
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Human rights. ; Economic development. ; Europe ; Autonomie ; Selbstverwaltung ; Konzeption ; Minderheitenrecht ; Indigenes Volk ; Stammesgesellschaft ; Rechtsstellung ; Grundwerte ; Non-territorial autonomy ; Erde
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. The Concept of Non-Territorial Autonomy: Origins, Developments, and Subtypes -- 3. Origins and Early Implementations of Non-Territorial Autonomy -- 4. NTA and International Minority Rights -- 5. NTA as a Democratization Tool -- 6. Normative Principles and Non-territorial autonomy -- 7. The Politics of NTA -- 8. The legal and institutional context of NTA -- 9. The Many Faces of Minority Non-Territorial Autonomy -- 10. Cultural Autonomy as Non-Territorial Autonomy -- 11. Operationalizing Non-Territorial Autonomy: Indicators Assessing Mobilization For Empowerment.
    Abstract: This Open Access textbook is a result of the work of ENTAN – the European Non-Territorial Autonomy Network. It provides students with a comprehensive analysis of the different aspects and issues around the concept of non-territorial autonomy (NTA). The themes of each chapter have been selected to ensure a multi- and interdisciplinary overview of an emerging research field and show both in theory and in practice the possibilities of NTA in addressing cultural, ethnic, religious and language differences in contemporary societies. This is an open access book. Marina Andeva is Associate Professor at the School of Political Science, University American College Skopje (UACS), North Macedonia, and Research Fellow at the Institute of International Sociology in Gorizia (ISIG), Italy. Balázs Dobos is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Minority Studies within the Centre for Social Sciences in Budapest, Hungary. Ljubica Djordjević is Senior Researcher and Head of the ‘Justice and Governance’ Cluster at the European Centre for Minority Issues in Flensburg, Germany. Börries Kuzmany is a historian and Slavicist by training, an assistant professor at the Department for East European History at the University of Vienna, Austria. Tove Malloy is Professor of European Studies at the Europa-Universität Flensburg, Germany, and External Lecturer at Roskilde University, Denmark.
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    ISBN: 9783031282713
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 253 p. 24 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Comparative government. ; International relations. ; Europe
    Abstract: 1: Introduction (Krzysztof Zuba) -- Part 1. Determinants of stability and cohesion -- 2: Social determinants (Robert Geisler) -- 3: Selection and election (Anna Pacześniak) -- 4: Euro-sceptics and cohesion of the Polish delegation (Anna Pacześniak) -- 5: Career paths (Krzysztof Zuba) -- Part 2. Stability of the delegation -- 6: Political stability (Błażej Choroś) -- 7: Membership stability (Krzysztof Zuba) -- 8: Group switching (Krzysztof Zuba) -- Part 3. Cohesion of the delegation -- 9: Ideological and political cohesion (Aleksandra Trzcielińska-Polus, Kamil Weber) -- 10: Voting cohesion (Michał Niebylski) -- 11: Parliamentary questions (Aleksandra Trzcielińska-Polus, Kamil Weber) -- Conclusion 12. Conclusion (Krzysztof Zuba).
    Abstract: Based on the example of the Polish delegation to the European Parliament, the book examines the factors influencing the cohesion and stability of EP national delegations. It takes into account the impact of institutional arrangements such as the electoral law and the candidate selection process, the ideological and programmatic profiles of political parties, the career paths of MEPs, affiliation to political groups in the EP, group switching, as well as the significance of Euroscepticism and national divisions transferred to the European level. It is not a typical case study, as the regularities discovered through the in-depth analysis of the Polish national delegation are compared with those characteristic of other national delegations in the EP. The book fills a gap in studies devoted to the EP, in which the importance of national delegations has not so far been the subject of thorough analyses. Krzysztof Zuba is a professor of political sciences. He is the head of European Study chair in the Institute of Political Science and Administration, University of Opole. His areas of research include: Politics in Poland, religion and politics, European integration. He is the author and editor of eight books.
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    ISBN: 9783031225048
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXII, 334 p. 8 illus., 5 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political science. ; Marxian school of sociology. ; World politics. ; Political sociology. ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I: A third road in Eastern Europe? -- Chapter 2. The interdependence of socialist Hungary’s external and internal balances: The bridge model and the consolidation of the Kádár era (Tamás Gerőcs and András Pinkasz) -- Chapter 3. The neoliberalism as a legal project in state socialist Hungary (Attila Antal) -- Chapter 4. Dance around a “sacred cow”: Women’s night work and the gender politics of the mass worker in state-socialist Hungary and internationally (Susan Zimmermann) -- Chapter 5. Emancipated or excluded?: Women workers and the gender regime in state socialist Hungary (Eszter Bartha) -- Part II: System change and the alternatives -- Chapter 6. System change and property relations: On Soviet perestroika’s historical experiences (Tamás Krausz) -- Chapter 7. The rise and fall of red Halas, 1944–2019 (Chris Hann) -- Part III: The new canon -- Chapter 8. Imagining state socialism in Slovakia after 1989: Public discourse and history education practices (Slávka Otčenášová) -- Chapter 9. Between goulash Communism and dictatorship: The image of the Hungarian state socialism in secondary school textbooks (published after 1990) (Bálint Mezei) -- Part IV: Concluding Essays -- Chapter 10. The socialist transition in the materialist view of history and the state socialist systems (György Wiener) -- Chapter 11. State socialist experiments – Historical lessons (Péter Szigeti).
    Abstract: This volume brings together a diverse set of scholars to address the long theoretical, conceptual and political debate on the interpretation of “actually existing” socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. While the major paradigms – totalitarianism, neo-totalitarianism, revisionism, post-revisionism, modernization, and the world-system analysis – are well known in the Western (English-language) literature, the concept of state socialism, which has strong theoretical roots in Hungary (going back to the works of György Lukács and István Mészáros) received less international attention. This book contributes to a productive discussion about viable alternatives to capitalism by introducing and theoretically elaborating on the concept and practice of state socialism, highlighting the historical significance of Hungary’s experiment with the “new economic mechanism” of 1968. It generates a common point of reference for various generations of anti-systemic thinkers, scholars, and activists to move beyond Cold War simplifications and ideological divides, and contributes to the discussion about anti-capitalist alternatives, which are relevant today for the global left. The chapter “Dance Around a ‘Sacred Cow’: Women’s Night Work and the Gender Politics of the Mass Worker in State-Socialist Hungary and Internationally” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. Eszter Bartha is Associate Professor at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. She has published extensively on the state socialist era and the working class. Tamás Krausz is Professor Emeritus at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. He is an internationally renowned scholar of the Soviet and Russian history in the 20th century, with a special focus on the history of left-wing ideas. Bálint Mezei is Associate Professor at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. The main subjects of his publications are the interparty relations of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, Eurocommunism and studies based on oral history. .
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    ISBN: 9783031064203
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(xii, 318 Seiten)
    Series Statement: Palgrave studies in European Union politics
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; International relations. ; Europe ; Internationale Organisation ; Politik ; Außenpolitik ; Staatensystem ; Internationale Kooperation ; Internationale Politik ; Diplomatie ; Verhandlung ; Auftrag ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Außenhandelspolitik ; Entwicklung
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Theorising the EU as an International Actor -- 3. Development Negotiations -- 4. Trade Negotiations -- 5. Enlargement Negotiations -- 6. Withdrawal Negotiations -- 7. Conclusion.
    Abstract: “Magdalena Frennhoff Larsén’s book makes a welcome and significant contribution to the sparse literature on the EU as an international negotiator. It fills a major gap in our understanding of EU negotiation behaviour by examining the interplay between internal and external bargaining games. The four case- studies brilliantly illustrate the intricacies and complexity of external negotiations. The book will serve as a major reference point for students and scholars alike.” —Ole Elgström, Professor emeritus, Lund University, Sweden “This book is an important and pioneering contribution to our understanding of the EU’s global role. Based on high level interviews with negotiators, it combines a compelling qualitative analysis informed empirically from four case-studies with an insightful application of theories. The analysis is theoretically rigorous and the writing style refreshingly articulate and clear. It is highly recommended and an essential addition to all EU Studies library collections.” —Professor Martin Holland, University of Canterbury, New Zealand “The EU in International Negotiations breaks new ground in providing a comprehensive account of the practices of the EU as an international negotiator. In its cogent analysis drawing comparisons and contrasts between negotiations on trade, development, enlargement and withdrawal negotiations undertaken by the EU it deserves to be widely read by scholars of the EU.” —Professor Richard Whitman, University of Kent, UK This book, which is aimed at scholars, practitioners, advanced under-graduate and post-graduate students, seeks to contribute to the understanding of the EU as an international negotiator by analysing a number of external policy areas where the EU to a great extent engages internationally through negotiations, including development, trade, enlargement, and withdrawal. Magdalena Frennhoff Larsén is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, University of Westminster, UK. She teaches EU studies, and her research interests are in the areas of EU external relations. She has published articles on the topic in leading journals, including European Comparative Politics, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, Policy and Politics, and International Negotiation.
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    ISBN: 9783030989934
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXXIV, 400 p. 12 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: Communication in politics. ; Advertising. ; Europe—Politics and government.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: A campaign (more or less) about the European Union -- 2. The First European Election Campaign in the Time of Social Media -- 3. Getting More Intense: Quantitative and Qualitative Dynamics of Political Communication on Facebook -- 4. Visual Personalization in the 2019 EU Election Campaign -- 5. Gender and Multimodality in 2019 European Parliament Election Campaign -- 6. The climate of public opinion and emotional strategies in 2019 European Parliament election campaign -- 7. Attacking each other, attacking Europe – Negative advertising in the 2019 European election -- 8. Green as Greta? Environmental Issues in the 2019 European Election Campaigns -- 9. A Gulf Across the Irish Sea? The European Election Campaigns in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland -- 10. Multicultural Representations in the 2014 and 2019 European Parliament Election Campaigns -- 11. Campaigns without Frontiers? The Europeanisation of the 2019 Elections based on the appearance of foreign public figures in national campaigns -- 12. Similar Aims, Different Approaches: An Analyze of Campaign Video Ads in the Baltic States -- 13. Online Parties and Digital Campaign -- 14. Europe or Homeland? How populist right-wing parties in national governments campaigned on Facebook in the 2019 European elections -- 15. Talking about ‘International Sovereignty’. A comparative analysis of the Identity and Democracy parties campaigning in the 2019 European Elections -- 16.Campaigning for Europe ‘after’ the Economic ‘Crisis’: The Cases of Greece and Portugal -- 17. Between Euroscepticism and Euro-optimism in Newer EU Member States.
    Abstract: The 2019 European Electoral Campaign: in the time of populism and social media examines political advertising during the 2019 elections to the European Parliament, which has become the largest supranational campaign of its kind in the world. Based on a research project funded by the European Parliament, and an archive of more than 11,000 campaign items, the book draws on results from a major content analysis covering every one of the 28 member states involved. The 2019 European Electoral Campaign delivers a unique comparative assessment on the state of political communication within a European Union convulsed by momentous change. This book will be of interest to scholars, researchers and students of political communication, media, political science, history, European (Union) studies as well as a wider readership including politicians, political strategists, and journalists. Edoardo Novelli is Professor at the University Roma Tre, Italy, where he teaches Political Communication and Media Sociology. His research interests focus on political communication, history of propaganda, electoral campaigns and on the relationship between politics, media and images. He is the responsible for the digital archive of Italian political commercials (www.archivispotpolitici.it) and principal investigator of the European Election Monitoring Center 20-23 (www.electionsmonitoringcenter.eu). Bengt Johansson is Professor in Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His research and teaching focus on political communication and crisis communication. He is currently co-editor of the Journal of Visual Political Communication and is the principal investigator of Swedish Media Election Studies. Dominic Wring is Professor of Political Communication at Loughborough University, UK. His research and teaching interests are in politics, campaigning, advertising and public relations and recently he co-directed a real-time news media analysis of the 2019 General Election in the UK. .
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    ISBN: 9783031138812
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 181 p. 14 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: Journalism. ; Communication in politics. ; Europe—Politics and government.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Approaching Discourse Analysis of the Euro Crisis -- 3. Delineating the Boundaries of Discourse -- 4. Dimensions of the Euro Crisis -- 5. Social Actors in the Euro Crisis -- 6. Policy Legitimization in the Euro Crisis Discourse -- 7. Metaphors of the Euro Crisis -- 8. Conclusions.
    Abstract: “A much needed study which shows how the once highly contested ‘Euro Crisis’ has found wider resonance across the German, Polish and the UK public spheres thus shaping their discursive patterns of European integration in the new millennium. The book gives an excellent account of dynamics of Europe-related debates in pre-Brexit EU, and connects excellently to ongoing intellectual debates on how various crises have shaped today's EU-rope. An obligatory read for those interested in Europe, crisis, discourse as well as in wider politics of European integration.” -Prof. Michał Krzyzanowski, Chair in Media & Communications, Uppsala University, Sweden. "The European media speak distinct, local languages, chiefly to national audiences. However, Katarzyna Sobieraj’s book shows a powerful bonding factor, which is the neoliberal ideology rather than the quest for European solidarity. This book is highly recommended not only to students of media communication, but also to those interested in European politics, ideologies, and financial crises." -Jan Zielonka is Professor of European Politics at the University of Oxford and Venice, Ca Foscari. This book offers a comparative study of the political debate on the Euro crisis in the press. In the tradition of Critical Discourse Analysis, it investigates the ways in which discourse produces and reproduces social domination. The book examines the discursive constructions of the crisis in a selection of broadsheet newspapers in Germany, Poland, and the UK. It demonstrates how neoliberalism determined the hegemonic discourse on the Euro crisis, which resulted in ideologically biased discursive constructions that created and legitimised an image of non-agentic social change. The book will appeal to an international audience of discourse and media studies, political communication, and linguistics. Katarzyna Sobieraj is based in Brussels and works at the European Commission. She completed her PhD at the University of Wroclaw and MA at Humboldt University in Berlin. She was an associate in ‘The Euro Crisis, Media Coverage, and Perceptions of Europe within the EU’ project at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford.
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    ISBN: 9783031050350
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 325 p. 17 illus., 11 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: St Antony's Series
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Communication in politics. ; Journalism.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Measurement and Methods of Data Collection -- 3. Historical Overview – Establishment of Formal Particularism and the First Transition in the 1990s -- 4. Ivica Račan and Jadranka Kosor: Steps to Universalism -- 5. Ivo Sanader and Zoran Milanović: Regression to Particularism -- 6. Quantitative Text Analysis -- 7. What Motivated the Shifts between Particularism and Universalism? -- 8. Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book explores the form, dynamics, and main reasons for media capture and conspiracy between editors and executive politicians in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) since 2000. Situated in the literatures on Europeanization, democratization, party studies, and media studies, the book aims to connect these fields by showing that internal party dynamics play an important role in motivating executive politicians to hijack or collaborate with media. Against this backdrop, the book tells the story of Croatian journalism in the context of media-mafia conglomerates, political corruption, and media hijacking, and examines how “traditional” democratic drivers that the literature frequently cites, such as Europeanization and party competition, failed to prevent systematic transgressions by politicians. Methodologically, the book takes a two-pronged approach. First, nearly 50 interviews were conducted with Croatian investigative journalists, from which the narratives about the relationships between government politicians and editors over 15 years were reconstructed. In a second step, a sample of 40,000 media articles was subjected to a computational sentiment analysis, covering the same 15-year period and showing high levels of cooperation between corrupt politicians and corrupt media outlets. This interdisciplinary work offers rich scholarly analysis through a compelling narrative of corrupt collaboration in Croatia. It will appeal to a wide academic audience across the fields of Europeanization studies, party studies, and media studies. Tomislav Maršić is a political and media scientist with a professional background in political consulting.
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    ISBN: 9783030975050
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 178 p. 16 illus., 9 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Elections. ; Political sociology.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Voter turnout and imperfect inclusivity: a democratic problem -- Chapter 3. Turnout and socio-economic inequality at the individual level -- Chapter 4. The institutional determinants of turnout inequalities -- Chapter 5. Voting in times of crisis. From opting out to regaining a voice.
    Abstract: “Inequality in people’s vote participation boosts the challenges to democracy originating from trends of falling turnout. Tuorto’s engaging book offers a thoroughly theoretical and empirical exploration of the causes and consequences of falling turnout among unprivileged segments of society, whose abandonment of the polling booth has widened with the inception of the Great Recession. A must-read for the political behaviour community and for all concerned about the prospects of representative democracy.” – Professor Paolo Bellucci, University of Siena, Italy This volume investigates the reasons behind contemporary participatory inequality, the form and dimensions it assumes in relation to the institutional constraints that regulate access to the electoral arena and socio-cultural transformations which have altered both the class structures and the territorial basis of voting. At the same time, it analyses the effects that the intensification of these processes risk to produce, if uncontrolled, on the stability of the democratic system and on the individual life of voters, deprived of institutional representation and left with the alternatives of protest (channelled by existing parties or elements outside the party system) or detachment from politics. Dario Tuorto is Associate Professor in Sociology at the Department of Education, University of Bologna, Italy.
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    ISBN: 9783031040597
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 259 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022
    Series Statement: Palgrave studies in European Union politics
    Series Statement: Springer eBook collection
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; America—Politics and government. ; Communication in politics. ; Political science. ; Internationaler Umweltschutz ; Klimaänderung ; Internationale Organisation ; Politisierung ; Umwelt ; Diskussion ; Erwärmung ; USA
    Abstract: ‘This comparative analysis of contemporary climate change discourse in the EU and the US impresses through its sound theoretical grounding and systematic empirical investigation. It makes an outstanding contribution to understanding the critical role of ideas and their framing in climate politics. It also provides new insights into the deep-rooted transatlantic differences in this policy field. Recommended reading!’ —Sebastian Oberthür, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium and University of Eastern Finland, Finland ‘This book provides the first comprehensive comparison of climate action in the EU and the US after the Paris Agreement. Contrasting policy development in both cases, it shows the power of ideas in explaining different approaches to tackling climate change.’ —Jon Birger Skjærseth, Fridtjof Nansens Institute, Norway ‘This book makes a novel contribution to our understanding of different discourses in climate change policy-making on the EU level and in the US. The book makes an important and very timely contribution to the literature. It provides a comprehensive assessment of core ideas and discourses which shape EU and American climate policy-making.’ —Rüdiger Wurzel, University of Hull, UK Political responses to climate change are shaped by beliefs and ideas. How does discourse on climate action and its contestation affect policy-making? Addressing this question, the book compares EU and US policy-making since the Paris Agreement and its framing by key political institutions. The empirical part analyses the structure, linkages and contestation of frames to evaluate the contrasting spaces of climate politics in both systems. As the first direct comparison of EU and US climate governance since the Paris Agreement, the book advances current research on the politics of climate change, the politicization of multi-level governance and the role of discourse for policy change. Frank Wendler is Senior Faculty Member (Privatdozent) at the Department of Social Sciences and Lead Researcher for the project 'How Ideas Frame the Politics of Climate Change', funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) and based at the Center for Sustainable Society (CSS) of the University of Hamburg, Germany.
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    ISBN: 9783031088223
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 222 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Comparative government. ; Elections.
    Abstract: 1 Introduction: Brexit and a Pro-European Fight-back -- 2 European Integration as a Social Democratic Project -- 3 The Crisis of Social Democracy: Why Is the Mainstream Left in Europe Struggling, Electorally? -- 4 The European Union’s Crisis of Legitimacy -- 5 Social Democratic Opponents of Europe -- 6 ‘Critical Europeanism’ -- 7 Conclusion: What’s Left of the European Left?.
    Abstract: ‘In this excellent book, Newell offers a sharp and compelling analysis shedding a critical light on the relationship between European integration and the crisis of social democracy.’ —Arianna Giovannini, Associate Professor of Local Politics and Public Policy, De Montfort University, UK ‘Lucidly written, and with a keen grasp of historical detail and comparative example, this is a fascinating book, essential for understanding the European left’s past and future.’ —Luke March, Professor of Post-Soviet and Comparative Politics, University of Edinburgh, UK ‘Admirably weaving three (red) threads – Brexit; European integration; the attitudes and policies of left-wing parties – Newell has written a highly commendable book.’ —Gianfranco Pasquino, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Bologna, Italy This is a book about European integration and mainstream parties of the left, the main underlying question driving it being: Given that the communist left was fatally wounded by the collapse of the Berlin Wall; given that, since then, the terms ‘left’ and ‘right’ have not infrequently been attacked (especially by populists) as being no longer useful for making sense of politics; given that social democracy, understood as ‘national Keynesianism’ no longer appears to be viable (as reflected in its long-term electoral decline), what does it mean to be on the left in the early 21st century and what can be done to revive its fortunes? Its answer is that being on the left means embracing principles of equality and international solidarity, and that since the nation state is too small to respond effectively to climate change and the other most pressing issues of the present, no viable strategy for left-wing revival in Europe can dispense with European integration as a central element, of which European democratisation is a core component. James L. Newell is former Professor of Politics at the University of Salford, UK, and currently Adjunct Professor of Politics at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy.
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    ISBN: 9783031061127
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXXII, 375 p. 42 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: New Perspectives on South-East Europe
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Economic policy. ; Political planning.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction: Key Challenges for Economic Inclusion in the Western Balkans -- Part I: Labour Market Inclusion -- Chapter 2: A Low-Wage, High-Tax Trap in the Western Balkans -- Chapter 3: Envelope Wages in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Incidence and Distributional Implications -- Chapter 4: Horizontal Job-Education Mismatch in Kosovo: Is There a Gender Gap? -- Chapter 5: Cross-national Comparison of Job Types: Analysis Using the EU LFS and Albanian LFS -- Part II: Vocational Training and Skills -- Chapter 6: The Professional Training Programme in Montenegro: An Active Labour Market Policy or a Way to Fill the Structural Gap? -- Chapter 7: The Quality of Vocational Training and the Position of the Individual in the Labour market in Serbia -- Chapter 8: The Apprenticeship System in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Myth or Reality? -- Part III: Female Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 9: Case Study on Female Entrepreneurship in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Chapter 10: Female Entrepreneurship in Albania: Financial Incentives and Disincentives -- Chapter 11: Economic Inclusion of Women Entrepreneurs During Covid-19 in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Part IV: Integrating Returning Migrants -- Chapter 12: The Relationship between Migration and Pensions Policy: The Case of Albania -- Chapter 13: The Role of Voluntary Return Migration in Supporting Economic Development in Albania -- Chapter 14: Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Croatia -- Part V: Conclusions -- Chapter 15: Towards an Inclusive Model of Development in the Western Balkans.
    Abstract: The countries in the Western Balkans have been severely affected by the wars and conflicts that led to the breakup of former Yugoslavia, by political instability and the effort of creating new states, weak economies and high levels of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, and inequality. As revealed by recent surveys, such as EBRD’s Life in Transition Survey and Eurofound’s European Quality of Life Survey, life satisfaction in the region is far below that elsewhere in Europe. In recent years they had achieved a strong impetus of economic growth with falling rates of unemployment and increasing optimism for the future. However, the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has brought about a sudden reversal of these trends and a renewed deterioration in the economic outlook, and an increase in social hardships that heralds a repeat of past failures in economic inclusion policies. This book identifies the key challenges in the areas of economic inclusion, focusing on the themes of labour markets, vocational education and skills, female entrepreneurship and the integration of migrants. It considers the opportunities for solutions to “build back better” once the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis begins, and offers proposals for more acceptable, equitable and effective economic inclusion policies. William Bartlett is Deputy Director of the LSEE Research Unit of the European Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Milica Uvalić is Professor in Political Science at the University of Perugia, Italy.
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    ISBN: 9783031172816
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(V, 104 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Elections. ; World politics. ; International relations. ; Regionalism. ; Internationale Organisation ; Ausscheiden ; Politischer Wandel ; Tradition ; Nationalbewusstsein ; Ideologie ; Partei ; Außenpolitik ; Großbritannien
    Abstract: 1. Brexit and the Myth of British National Identity (Richard T. Ashcroft & Mark Bevir) -- 2. Political Community and the New Parochialism: Brexit and the Reimagination of British Liberalism and Conservatism (Mark I. Vail) -- 3. Brexit and the Labour Party: Europe, Cosmopolitanism and the Narrowing of Traditions (Matt Beech) -- 4. The Dilemma of Brexit: Hard Choices in the Narrow Context of British Foreign Policy Traditions (Jamie Gaskarth & Nicola Langdon) -- 5. Ironic Inversions and Stable Purposes: Reimagining Political Traditions in Ireland After the EU Referendum 2016 (Cathy Gormley-Heenan & Arthur Aughey) -- 6. The Deep Story of Leave Voters Affective Assemblages: Implications for Political Decentralisation in the UK (Joanie Willett).
    Abstract: This volume examines the impact of Brexit on political traditions such as nationalism, liberalism and conservatism, cosmopolitanism and decentralization. Bringing together scholars of British Politics, the chapters focus on the following topics: Brexit and the myth of British National identity since World War II; the evolution of discourses surrounding Brexit and the broader shifts in the character of British liberal and conservative traditions; how the phenomenon of Brexit has decentered the Labour Party’s ideational tradition; the expression of beliefs about Brexit and British foreign policy; the ‘identity effects’ of Brexit on unionism and nationalism in Northern Ireland; whether the UK require a more decentred local government at a community level in order for people to feel both represented, and able to participate. Mark Bevir is Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science and Center for British Studies, University of California at Berkeley, USA. Matt Beech is Reader in Politics and Director of the Centre for British Politics, University of Hull, UK.
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    ISBN: 9783031046209
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 207 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Global Political Transitions
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Europe—Politics and government. ; Comparative government. ; World politics.
    Abstract: 1. Democratisation Theory and Comparative Politics -- 2. From 'Organic Democracy' to 'Democracy without Adjectives': Spain 1976-77 -- 3. From Dictatorship to Dictatorship: Greece 1973 -- 4. From Dictatorship to 'Difficult Democracy': Turkey 1983 -- 5. Is 'Democracy Out of Tyranny' Feasible and Viable?.
    Abstract: This book examines three cases of democratic transitions by self-transformation of the non-democratic regimes in Southern Europe—the Spanish reforma pactada-ruptura pactada of 1976-77, the Greek “Markezinis experiment” of 1973, and the Turkish democratic transition of 1983—in a comparative perspective. The author argues that a democratic transition initiated by the regime elites is, in contrast to widely held assumptions and notwithstanding some reservations on whether democracy can be (re-)introduced by non-democrats, worth viewing as a “window of opportunity” for democratisation. It is up to the democratic counter-elites to respond to it, using the civil society and the international factor as allies to achieve their goal of acquiring more concessions from the regime. Ioannis Tzortis is Teaching Fellow in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.
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    ISBN: 9783030991586
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 233 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: St Antony's Series
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
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    Keywords: Political planning. ; International relations. ; Europe—Politics and government. ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Geschichte ; Internationale Politik ; Internationale Organisation ; Internationaler Konflikt ; Europäische Integration ; Interview
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- Part I: Theoretical framework -- 2. Historical institutionalism and the limits of neofunctionalism -- 3. Continuity and change: critical junctures as game changers -- 4. Global Europe, the European Global Strategy and the quest for a European Strategic culture -- 5. EU institutions as agents of change -- Part II: Critical junctures and the evolution of CSDP -- 6. The Yugoslav Wars -- 7. The Iraq war in 2003 -- 8. Ukraine- Brexit- Trump administration -- 9. The migration crisis of 2015 -- Part III: The quest for “Strategic Autonomy” -- 10. The EU’s Holy Grail: Strategic autonomy and the objective of a European Security Union -- 11. Over-institutionalization and the capability deficit -- 12. Conclusion: A Look into the future of CSDP.
    Abstract: This book examines the evolution of the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) from its inception in 1998 to the present day. Using the theoretical framework of historical institutionalism, it examines both the successes and failures of the CSDP. Drawing on a series of interviews with officials and researchers from various EU institutions, NATO, and diplomatic missions of EU member states, it assesses what has instigated changes in the CSDP, and why some events have proven more determining and influential than others. The book reviews six crises that have shaped the CSDP, including the Yugoslav Wars, the Second Gulf War, the Libyan campaign, the Ukrainian crisis, the Syrian crisis, and Brexit, in order to understand how real-life events have influenced policy. In this context, the book defines the term ‘European Strategic Autonomy’ dynamically, as the residual effect of negotiation over time. It will appeal to government officials and policymakers, as well as students and scholars of European politics and international relations. Marilena Koppa is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at Panteion University of Athens, Greece. She was a Member of the European Parliament from 2007 to 2014. Whilst an MEP she was the Coordinator of the S&D Group at the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, and rapporteur on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy.
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    ISBN: 9783030941635
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 130 p. 4 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: French Politics, Society and Culture
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Facing terrorism in France
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political sociology. ; Sociology. ; Terrorism. ; Political violence. ; Frankreich ; Islam ; Fundamentalismus ; Terrorismus ; Attentat ; Geschichte 2015-2016
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction (Florence Faucher and Gérôme Truc) -- Chapter 2. At the Centre of the Attack: from Individual Fear to Mutual Assistance (Guillaume Dezecache) -- Chapter 3. Out in the Street: Ephemeral Memorials to Express Mourning (Maëlle Bazin) -- Chapter 4. On Television: Journalists Caught between Rival Demands (Pierre Lefébure and Claire Sécail) -- Chapter 5. On the Internet: From Conflicting Values to Counter-Publics (Romain Badouard) -- Chapter 6. In the Schools: Bringing Pupils into the National Community of Mourning (Sébastien Ledoux) -- Chapter 7. French Muslims: A Silent Community? (Vincent Geisser) -- Chapter 8. At the Upper Echelons of the State: Symbols to Build National Unity (Laurie Boussaguet and Florence Faucher) -- Chapter 9. In People’s minds: An Authoritarian Dynamic or the Spread of Tolerance? (Vincent Tiberj) -- Chapter 10. Social sciences in a time of terror (Gérôme Truc).
    Abstract: “France has been the target of more terrorist attacks than any other Western country. In this major contribution to the burgeoning new field of ‘terrorism studies’, these attacks are subjected to intense social scientific analysis.” – Jolyon Howorth, Harvard University, USA “This timely and important volume presents a compelling analysis of terrorism's impacts and the responses needed to counteract these effects.” – Bruce Hoffman, Georgetown University, USA “Taking a very original perspective, this precious collection investigates the learning and healing processes that followed the Charlie Hebdo’s attacks.” – Donatella della Porta, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy “This fine, wide-ranging collection on the 2015 Paris attacks takes stock of what we know while charting future directions of research.” – Stéphane Gerson, New York University, USA “By bringing together perspectives from political science, sociology, psychology, and media studies, the editors produce the most complete treatment of a society’s reaction to these horrific events that I have seen.” – Marc J. Hetherington, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA From Charlie Hebdo to the Bataclan, the terrorist attacks perpetrated in Paris in 2015 shocked France and the world. This book offers a unique interdisciplinary approach on the complex responses of French society to these events: from the individual level (survivors of the Bataclan attack, emotional citizens paying homage to the victims, French Muslims) to the meso level of civic association and web communities, and the macro level of the State and public opinion. Florence Faucher is Professor of Political Science at Sciences Po, Paris, France and Associate Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK. Gérôme Truc is Research Fellow in Sociology at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France. He is the author of Shell Shocked: The Social Response to Terrorist Attacks (2018).
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    ISBN: 9783031110313
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 292 Seiten)
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Africa—Politics and government. ; International relations. ; Internationale Organisation ; Militärische Kooperation ; Internationale Politik ; Friedenssichernde Maßnahme ; Strategische Allianz ; Effektivität ; Fallstudie ; Qualitativ vergleichende Analyse ; Evaluation ; Afrika
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: Evaluating the Africa-EU Partnership on Peace and Security -- Chapter 2. Theorizing interregional effectiveness and its conditions -- Chapter 3. Case Study I: AU-EU cooperation in response to the 2013 crisis in the Central African Republic -- Chapter 4. Case Study II: ECOWAS-EU cooperation in Mali -- Chapter 5. Case Study III: AU-EU cooperation in response to the crisis in Somalia -- Chapter 6. Conclusions: cross-case comparison, theoretical reflections, and policy recommendations.
    Abstract: “This important new book explains variation in the effectiveness of the EU’s interregional partnership with Africa in the realm of peace and security. It is a brilliant piece of academic work, which masters a huge task and sets a new standard of excellence in this domain. Plank deserves to be seriously engaged by both practitioners and scholars in fields such as EU foreign policy, African studies, peace and conflict research, and comparative regionalism.” — Fredrik Söderbaum, University of Gothenburg, Sweden “For researchers and practitioners of interregional cooperation alike, this book is a must-read. It offers a novel perspective on the effectiveness of interregional partnerships with respect to peace and security challenges on the African continent. Covering the Central African Republic, Mali and Somalia, it provides important lessons on conditions under which cooperation between the EU and African partners (the AU and ECOWAS) is successfully contributing to the effectiveness of peace operations.” — Diana Panke, University of Freiburg, Germany “This fine book makes a critical contribution to the study of effectiveness of peacekeeping operations in the context of interregional studies. It fills an important gap in the thriving literature on inter-organizational relations and their effects not only for involved institutions but also in the field.” — Malte Brosig, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Interregional cooperation in peace and security as key feature of the EU external relations is particularly relevant in Africa-EU relations. However, these efforts have not been systematically evaluated to date. Focusing specifically on interregional peace operations, this volume provides the first comprehensive evaluation of the Africa-EU Partnership on Peace and Security. It explains the effectiveness of interregional security cooperation across three cases: (1) the AU-EU response in the Central African Republic (2013) and (2) in Somalia (2007–2017), (3) and the ECOWAS-EU efforts in Mali (2012). The book makes a valuable empirical, theoretical, and methodological contribution to EU foreign policy, comparative regionalism, and conflict studies. Friedrich Plank is Lecturer at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany.
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    ISBN: 9783030911775
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 372 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Reform and Transition in the Mediterranean
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; International relations. ; Peace.
    Abstract: Part 1: Historical Background, Concepts and Foreign Policy Drivers -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Foreign Policy of the Republic of Cyprus. The Age of Maturity? -- Chapter 2: The Republic of Cyprus and its Foreign Policy: A Historical Overview, 1960-2004 -- Chapter 3: All the President’s Decisions: Foreign Policy in the Republic of Cyprus after 2004 -- Part 2: Between East and West – The International Orientation -- Chapter 4: Stuck in the Middle: Constructing Maturity and Restoring Balance in RoC-EU Relations -- Chapter 5: The Republic of Cyprus and the USA: A Revamped Relationship with key Limitations -- Chapter 6: Russia’s Place in the Foreign Policy of the Republic of Cyprus: Will ‘Pragmatic Idealism’ Survive in the 2020s? -- Part 3: A Newly-Discovered Identity in the Eastern Mediterranean? -- Chapter 7: Assessing Maturity in the RoC’s Eastern Mediterranean Foreign Policy -- Chapter 8: The Eastern Mediterranean Disputes in the RoC’s Foreign Policy: A Socio-Psychological Account -- Chapter 9: Towards a Foreign Policy Actor? Turkish Cypriot Perceptions of Cyprus in European Affairs and the Eastern Mediterranean -- Part 4: Foreign Policymaking, Institutional Capacities & Grand Strategic Concerns -- Chapter 10: International law and the Republic of Cyprus’ Foreign Policy -- Chapter 11: Gender Mainstreaming in the Foreign Policy of the Republic of Cyprus -- Chapter 12: The Republic of Cyprus in International and Regional Organisations: Towards a Mature Small State Status-Seeking Strategy? -- Chapter 13: Defence Diplomacy by the Republic of Cyprus: A Dynamic Policy in the Process of Maturation -- Chapter 14: Foreign Policy Maturity and Grand Strategy: The Way Forward for the Republic of Cyprus -- Index.
    Abstract: This book examines the foreign policy of the Republic of Cyprus, particularly since 2004—the year of its accession to the European Union and of the failed Annan Plan V of the United Nations which aimed to solve the decades-old Cyprus Problem. Scholarly work about the politics and foreign policy of the Republic of Cyprus (RoC) has been almost entirely analyzed through the prism of the Cyprus Problem. This is not without justification since the Cyprus Problem is indeed central to the social, political, and economic life of Cyprus. However, Cyprus is located in a highly neuralgic area of historical and geopolitical importance that is, more often than not, characterized by rapid developments, instability, and insecurity. Therefore, the RoC’s politics and foreign policy go well beyond the confines of the Cyprus Problem, or so they should. Although the subject of the book is not international by definition, the book touches upon many regional and international dimensions that render it relevant for anyone who wants to better understand not just Cyprus but also the broader region and its importance for regional and international actors. Zenonas Tziarras is Researcher at PRIO Cyprus Centre focusing on Eastern Mediterranean geopolitics. He holds a Ph.D. in politics and international studies from the University of Warwick, UK, and has taught at the University of Cyprus, UCLan Cyprus, the University of Warwick, and Cyprus Police Academy. He completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Cyprus and participates in the editorial board of New Middle Eastern Studies. Among other publications, he authored Turkish Foreign Policy: The Lausanne Syndrome in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. .
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    ISBN: 9783031075476
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 197 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Law—Philosophy. ; Law—History. ; Political science—Philosophy. ; Critical theory. ; Europe—Politics and government.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Vulnerability: What Are We Talking About? -- 3. The Vulnerable Groups and Their Legal Value -- 4. Towards a Theory of Group Vulnerability -- 5. Group Vulnerability and Parallel Dimensions -- 6.Group Vulnerability and Power -- 7. Vulnerability in a Positional Sense: The Case of Trials -- 8. Identity-Based Group Vulnerability: The Case of "Irregular" Migrants.
    Abstract: This book describes and analyzes the conceptual ambiguity of vulnerability, in an effort to understand its particular applications for legal and political protection when relating to groups. Group vulnerability has become a common concept within legal and political scholarship but remains largely undertheorized as a phenomenon itself. At the same time, in academia and within legal circles, vulnerability is primarily understood as a phenomenon affecting individuals, and the attempts to identify vulnerable groups are discredited as essentialist and stereotypical. In contrast, this book demonstrates that a conception of group vulnerability is not only theoretically possible, but also politically and legally necessary. Two conceptions of group vulnerability are discussed: one focuses on systemic violence or oppression directed toward several individuals, while another requires a common positioning of individuals within a given context that conditions their agency, ability to cope with risks and uncertainties, and manage their consequences. By comparing these two definitions of group vulnerability and their implications, Macioce seeks a more precise delineation of the theoretical boundaries of the concept of group vulnerability. Fabio Macioce is Professor of Philosophy of Law and Bioethics at LUMSA University, School of Law, Italy.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 206 p. 10 illus., 5 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Rhetoric, Politics and Society
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Communication in politics. ; Political science. ; Political sociology.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. The Political Bricolage of EU Theories -- 3. National Politics and Transnational Feminisms in Early Twentieth-Century Europe: Perspectives from the Francophone Sphere -- 4. Saving European Democracy: British Debates on European Unifications in 1948-49 -- 5. Between Conceptual Innovation and 'There is No Alternative': Conceptual Politics in Building the EU as a Polity -- 6. The Colonialism of Partisanship: Politics of National Interest and the National Science Foundation in the U.S. Congressional Debates -- 7. Mapping Postmodern Patterns of Political Agency and Rhetoric: Established Politics Facing Bricolage -- 8. Politics at Distance: Parliamentary Politics in the Face of New Challenges.
    Abstract: This book seeks to develop Rhetoric as a field of knowledge in an important new direction, European Union politics. The authors analyse what could be called a “European style of politics”: textual strategies and rhetorical styles evolving within and around the EU’s supranational and national institutions. By fusing rhetorical and sociological approaches, political thought and culture, the book contributes to the analysis of the ‘political’ as a way of thinking and judging the political aspect of any phenomena. Niilo Kauppi is Research Professor at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Strasbourg, France. Kari Palonen is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 207 p. 39 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Political Corruption and Governance
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    Keywords: Political planning. ; Europe—Politics and government. ; Social sciences.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Public Spending and the Response of the Public -- 3. Pork-barrel Politics in a Multi-layer Perspective -- 4. Benefits v. Fairness – Priorities in Public Attitudes -- 5. The Shadow of Ethnicity – Rewarding the Others -- 6. Can Trust Be Bought? The Effects of the EU Subsidies Given to Municipalities on Trust in Local, National and European Authorities in the Czech Republic -- 7. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the distribution of public money and its political and societal implications. Drawing on evidence from central and eastern Europe, it offers an innovative insight into public responses to various strategies of public spending. Given that public expenditures are funded mainly from tax revenues, it also assesses public attitudes to politically motivated allocations of funds. The book seeks to identify how people evaluate the material benefits of funding in light of the fairness - or lack thereof - of the distribution process, whether popular acceptance of variations in public spending depends on the framing of the beneficiaries, and the implications of money allocation for political trust in political institutions. Peter Spáč is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. Petr Voda is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. Michal Tóth is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. Miroslav Nemčok is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway. Lenka Hrbková is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 275 Seiten) , Diagramme
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Europe—Politics and government. ; Comparative government. ; Asia—Politics and government. ; Regionalism. ; Außenpolitik ; Internationale Politik ; Staatensystem ; Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik ; Strategie ; Entwicklung ; Tendenz ; Deutschland ; Frankreich ; Großbritannien ; China
    Abstract: This book explores the foreign and security policies of Germany, France and the UK vis-à-vis China. Despite the progress made by the Lisbon Treaty and notwithstanding the first EU Global Strategy, the European Union does not have a strategy to address the rise of China. Since this strategic deficit does not automatically reflect the level of EU member states, this book argues that the vacuum at EU level provides member states with an opportunity to fill this gap. By assuming that an increase in national policies on China would eventually lead to a comprehensive European strategy for China, the author focuses on the three biggest European countries and looks at the rise of China to understand the development of the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy vis-à-vis the PRC. While the CFSP depends on the contribution of EU member states, their role in shaping the CFSP towards China has not been researched yet, and this book fills the gap. Claude Zanardi received her PhD from King’s College London, UK. She studied diplomacy and served briefly at the Italian Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal. Previously, she worked at the European Institute for Security Studies, the Assembly of the West European Union, produced research for the Budget Division of OECD GOV and for the International Secretariat of Amnesty International (Paris Office). She is a Global Royster Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was part of the European China Resource Advise Network, and a Taiwan Fellow researcher of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the ROC, affiliated with the College of International Affairs of NCCU.
    Note: Tabellen, Literaturverzeichnisse, Literaturhinweise , Introduction , The EU as a foreign and security actor : towards a CFSP towards China? , The re-emergence of China and the deepening of EU-China relations , German foreign and security policy towards China in the twenty-first century , British foreign and security policy towards China in the twenty-first century , French foreign and security policy towards China in the twenty-first century , Conclusions
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    ISBN: 9783031045288
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 249 p. 4 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: The European Union in International Affairs
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; International organization. ; Emigration and immigration—Government policy.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: The Legislative Adoption of Asylum Norms in Ukraine: A Process Driven by International Actors -- Chapter 2: An Unfavourable Domestic Context for Asylum Policies -- Chapter 3: Norm Transfer into Law: Delaying, Selecting, Translating -- Chapter 4: Why Adopt International Norms? Legislators between Contestation and Submission to International Organisations -- Part II: Transforming State Practices: Norm Promoters Adapt to Obstacles -- Chapter 5: Policy Implementation in Practice: Political Power Struggles, Lack of Money, and the Role of Street-Level Bureaucrats -- Chapter 6: The Transfer Chain: the Capital, Control, and Contacts of Norm Promoters -- Chapter 7: Contentious Approaches to Counter Resistance to Transfer: Multi-Scalar Complaints -- Chapter 8: Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book analyses how international and non-governmental organisations have transferred international asylum norms to Ukraine despite the country’s low number of asylum seekers over the last 30 years. Various actors, local and international, state and non-state, participate in multi-scalar transfer, which involves translating, spreading, and sometimes resisting the norms. Analysing the support of and subtle forms of resistance to the legislative adoption of international norms in Ukraine’s Parliament, this research shows that adoption is shaped largely by domestic politicians’ pursuit of recognition and conditionality of international organisations such as the European Union and the Council of Europe. Non-state actors seek to influence administrative practices by adapting to resistance and structural obstacles, using top-down and horizontal confrontational and conciliatory, formal and informal approaches, often relying on personal contacts. While norm promoters try to formalise changes, the effects of the transfer attempts on state practices remain heterogeneous and unstable across actors, space, and time. Irina Mützelburg is Researcher at the Centre for East European and International Studies in Berlin, Germany. Her research interests include NGO-donor relations, administrative practices, and migration and education policies in Ukraine. She has taught, among others, at the Humboldt University, Germany, the European University Viadrina, Germany, and Sciences Po, France.
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    ISBN: 9783030798437
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 246 p. 12 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022
    Series Statement: Memory politics and transitional justice
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Historiography. ; Political science. ; Kollektives Gedächtnis ; Geschichtsbewusstsein ; Geschichtsbild ; Geschichtsschreibung ; Geschichte ; Europa
    Abstract: "In European Memory and Conflicting Visions of the Past, Mano Toth traces the manifold ways in which diverse conceptions of the past shape the present. Theoretically innovative and empirically rich, it is an important contribution to the study of both social memory and contemporary European politics." --Professor Duncan Bell, University of Cambridge, UK This book discusses a number of ways in which the dialogue about Europe’s past and future could be rendered more inclusive, such as the promotion of critical and sentimental education and the creation of virtual and actual social spaces in which citizens and organised identity groups can participate. The discussion about European memory is far from being a “merely” symbolic issue with no political consequences. Imagining Europe and its past in different ways will lead to different real political outcomes. For instance, thinking about European integration as an embodiment of the values of the Enlightenment (such as human rights, liberal democracy, and reason), as a guarantor of peace on the continent, as a guarantor of prosperity, or as a guarantor that massive human rights violations like genocide will “never again” be committed on its soil, all entail different political objectives. Similarly, conflicting understandings of European memory as either a thing or a social construct, as either one memory or a plurality of memories, as either the end point of deliberation or a dialogical process, represent not merely inconsequential cultural “froth on the tides of society,” but crucially important issues with real political consequences. The book is intended to contribute to this discussion about the common European approach to the past (and thus to the future). Mano Toth is Visiting Lecturer at the Central European University, Austria. He earned his PhD from the University of Cambridge, UK, and specialises in European memory politics. His work has been previously published in Millennium, the Journal of Common Market Studies, and Memory Studies.
    Note: Tabellen, Literaturverzeichnisse, Index , Introduction , The misleading metaphor of memory , Reflexivist social theory of memory , Pluralist ethics of memory , Disciplinary approaches to the idea of European memory , Historical trajectories of the idea of European memory , European institutions and the idea of European memory , Conclusion
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    ISBN: 9783030855888
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 203 Seiten)
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    Series Statement: The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Political communication. ; Europe—Politics and government. ; Journalism. ; Social sciences. ; Internationale Politik ; Narrativität ; Stereotyp ; Fremdbild ; Ausland ; Geschichtsbild ; Politisches Verhalten ; Nationalcharakter ; Westliche Welt
    Abstract: Chapter 1 Representing the International -- Chapter 2 From Beliefs to Traditions -- Chapter 3 Turkey Getting Lost -- Chapter 4 Turkey at a Perpetual Crossroads -- Chapter 5 Strongmen Embodying Turkey -- Chapter 6 Continuously Creeping Islamisation -- Chapter 7 Conclusion: A long Conversation about Turkey and the West. .
    Abstract: “In her valuable and theoretically rich study, Vuorelma insightfully explores Western narrative representations of Turkey, tracing certain narrative traditions from the early years of the Turkish Republic to the present. This is an important contribution to IR scholarship, particularly given the recent ‘narrative turn’ in the field.” —Catherine MacMillan, Yeditepe University, Turkey This book introduces the concept of narrative tradition to study representation in international politics. Focusing specifically on the case of Turkey, the book shows how narrative traditions are constructed, maintained, and passed on by a loose epistemic community that involves practitioners and experts including scholars, journalists, diplomats, and political representatives. Employing an interpretative approach, the book distinguishes between four narrative traditions in the study of Turkey: Turkey as a state that is (1) getting lost, (2) standing at a decisive crossroad, (3) led by strongmen, and (4) struggling with a creeping Islamisation.These narrative traditions carry enduring beliefs that not only describe, moralise, judge, and stigmatise Turkey, but also contribute to the idea of the West. The book focuses on knowledge that is produced from a Western perspective, showing that Turkey provides a channel through which the Western self can be debated, challenged, celebrated, and judged. Johanna Vuorelma is a researcher at the Centre for European Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland. She holds a PhD from the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK. Her current research project (2021–2024), funded by the Kone Foundation, examines irony in international politics.
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    ISBN: 9783030812812
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 371 Seiten) , Diagramme, Illustrationen
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022
    Series Statement: The European Union in international affairs
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als A geo-economic turn in trade policy?
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    Keywords: Europäische Union ; Freihandelsabkommen ; Außenwirtschaftspolitik ; Internationale Beziehungen ; EU-Staaten ; Asiatisch-pazifischer Raum ; Europe—Politics and government. ; Asia—Politics and government. ; International relations. ; International economic relations. ; International trade.
    Abstract: “Focusing on how Europe pursues strategic trade agreements with Asian partners, as well as the response of the US and China to the strategic context of EU trade policy in Asia, this empirically rich edited volume covers both the negotiations as well the design of specific chapters of preferential trade agreements. It will be important for those focusing on the structural power and systemic rivalry in international trade politics in the Asia-Pacific region.” —Michelle Egan, American University “This great volume is one of the first to address directly the recent geo- politicization of EU trade policy. It is also notable for its promising merger of the International Political Economy and Foreign Policy literatures, which often exist in their own academic silos. Bringing together an impressive roster of established and rising scholars from all around the globe, A Geo-Economic Turn in Trade Policy shine a particularly important focus on the Asia-Pacific region, which is of obvious contemporary relevance. A must-read!” —Sophie Meunier, Princeton University Contemporary trade policy is increasingly framed in geo-strategic terms. But how much of that rhetoric is reflected in actual policy choices by the European Union or its trading partners? This book provides the first systematic study of the broader international context in which EU trade agreements are conceived, negotiated, and designed. Building on a refined conceptualisation of geo-economics, the book develops a cogent framework that combines insights from scholarship on the design of free trade agreements with ideas from foreign policy analysis. Empirically, the analysis focuses on the relations between the EU and the Asia-Pacific. Johan Adriaensen is Assistant Professor at Maastricht University, Netherlands. His research focuses on institutional politics and EU trade policy. He is the author of National Administrations in EU Trade Policy (2016). Evgeny Postnikov is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has published on trade and sustainable development in leading journals and is author of Social Standards in EU and US Trade Agreements (2020).
    Note: Tabellen, Literaturverzeichnisse, Literaturhinweise, Index , Geo-economic motives and the negotiation of free trade agreements : introduction , The politics of FTAs in Asia : the role of China and implications for EU trade policy , US trade policy : Japan vs. China, from politically economic to existential , Global value chains and EU–East Asia trade : an antidote for geo-economic competition? , Intellectual property rights : EU and US initiatives in the Asia–Pacific : competition, coordination or duplication? , Most-favoured nation clauses : a double-edged sword in a geo-economic era , Product regulations : you can drive my car, otherwise let it be , Rules of origin : bridging regions to withstand turbulent times , Sustainable development in EU–Asia trade relations , EU and South Korea : a model example for foreign trade policy relations? , Australia and the EU : from trade tensions to FTA negotiations , EU–Singapore negotiations : overlapping negotiations, conflicting interests? , The Vietnam-European Union free trade agreement: : victim of changing times? , EU-Indonesia trade relations , Geo-economic motives in EU FTA’s with the Asia–Pacific : more discourse than design?
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    ISBN: 9783030928841
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 338 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Legislation. ; Constitutional law.
    Abstract: Part 1: The Populist Ideology and Constitutional Democracy -- Chapter 1: From Populist Parties to Populist Politics. Populism as a unifying ideology -- Chapter 2: Populisms, Constitutions, Constitutional Courts and Constitutional Democracy -- Chapter 3: The Sirens’ Song. When Right-Wing Populism Deals with “Democracy”. The Case of the Rassemblement National in France -- Part 2: Populism in Practice. Its Impact on the Rule of Law -- Chapter 4: Populism and constitutional courts: a perspective from the Venice Commission -- Chapter 5: Constitutional effects of populism in EU Member States, 2010-2020 -- Chapter 6: On the Experiences of a Constitutional Court in an Illiberal Democracy. Incapacitated but Necessary -- Chapter 7: Constitutional Erosion in Spain: From the Catalan Pro-Independence Crisis to the (Intended) Judiciary Reforms -- Part 3: Populism and the European Union -- Chapter 8: The EU Unease about Populism -- Chapter 9: The Authoritarian Conjuncture in Europe and Liberals’ Crocodile Tears -- Chapter 10: The ‘EU populist crisis’: The effect of populism on the EU legal order and vice versa: Populism, EU responses and EU constitutional identity -- Chapter 10: Judicializing the Rule of law Through the Preliminary Ruling -- Part 4: Populism, the Pandemic and the Future of Democracy -- Chapter 11: Preserving Democracy and the Rule of Law in a Pandemic. Some Lessons from the Venice Commission -- Chapter 12: The duration of the state of alarm in Spain and the problems posed for democracy -- Chapter 13: "To Watch and Control the Government”. ‘Rediscovering’ Parliaments’ Oversight Function -- Chapter 14: Pandemic, Populism, and Polarisation -- Chapter 15: Might Covid Help Strengthening European Democracies?. .
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of populism on the European democratic polity. In the last two decades, European democracies have come under strain amid growing populism. By asserting the superiority of the majority over the law, of direct democracy over representation, and claiming the necessity to defend national sovereignty against foreign interferences, the populist conception of democracy is in stark contrast with the longstanding Western notion of liberal democracy. This volume investigates populist attempts to radically change what Bobbio called the “rules of the game” of democracy from an eminently legal perspective. Weaving together normative and empirical analysis, the contributions focus on the institutions that have suffered the most from the rise of populism as well as those that have better resisted the populist tide. Special attention will be paid to the Venice Commission’s opinions and documents, as they represent the best European standards to evaluate the extent to which populism deviates from constitutional democracy requirements. The book also considers the responses of European States to the explosion of the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has indeed been an accelerator of known and studied trends in most constitutional systems, such as the concentration of powers in the executive hands and the consequential loss of parliament's centrality. Various forms of populism across Europe have thus found an ideal breeding ground to implement their agenda of granting the executive broad regulatory and decision-making powers while loosening parliamentary and judicial checks. Against this backdrop, the book analyses how European democracies should adapt to the challenges posed by the pandemic, as this reflection can help respond to populist threats and propose a way forward for liberal democracy. Josep Maria Castellà Andreu is Full Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Barcelona, Spain. Marco Antonio Simonelli is Postdoctoral Research Fellow on Constitutional Law, University of Barcelona, Spain.
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    ISBN: 9783031057892
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 261 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Russia—History. ; Europe, Eastern—History. ; Soviet Union—History.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Personalistic regimes and the processes of governance -- Chapter 2. Providing goods: health mandates and authoritarian performance -- Chapter 3. Managing actors: faulty controls and flawed performance -- Chapter 4. Constructing the oversight: organizational atrophy and particularized exchanges -- Chapter 5. Securitizing the epidemic: ideological adaptations and illiberal meanings -- Chapter 6. Conclusions, implications, and dashed hopes.
    Abstract: The book is the first attempt to investigate how and to what extent authoritarian (personalistic) regimes fail to provide fundamental goods and services. For two decades, Russian authorities spent much effort and money to improve health administration, but most success stories are borderline fake. The failure is by design; because personalistic regimes rely on personalized exchanges and bargains instead of impersonal rules and permanent organizations, all actors put self-interest ahead of patients’ needs. It is a severe problem because authoritarian principals proclaim social betterment as their central goal -- and many Russians take such claims at face value -- but incentivize their agents to imitate progress and tolerate slipshod performance. The benefits of this investigation are three-fold. First, the book provides an analytical framework of bad governance rooted in the rational institutionalist tradition and connected to competence-control theory. Second, it gives a general readership interested in how Russia works a sense of the key political players’ mindset and the regime-induced constraints under which elites operate. Third, although the book investigates health governance exclusively, its analytical framework is portable to other issue areas and could be applied to explain how and why Russia evolved into an ineffective, coercive, and predatory state under Putin’s leadership. Vlad Kravtsov is Associate Professor of Political Science & Law at Spring Hill College, the US. .
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    ISBN: 9783031096037
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIX, 221 p. 34 illus., 31 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The International Energy Landscape -- Chapter 3: The Energy Security of Europe -- Chapter 4: The Energy Security in Mediterranean region -- Chapter 5: Conceptual Framework and Research -- Chapter 6: Case Studies (Cyprus and Israel) -- Chapter 7: Conclusions and Recommendations.
    Abstract: This book aims to provide an overview of crucial aspects related to the interconnection between the political economy of energy security and national security, which is of great importance globally due to high volatility and complexity. In this book, contemporary energy issues in relation to the energy security are examined, along with main vulnerabilities and challenges that have appeared lately with an impact beyond country borders and with a particular focus on the Eastern Mediterranean region. Energy security is studied on both International and European level and finally the Eastern Mediterranean region with special reference to the countries of the State of Israel and the Republic of Cyprus. The rapidly changing geopolitical environment makes energy security one of the critical areas of immediate interest that need a holistic approach. The importance of energy security in the Eastern Mediterranean region is constantly growing and requires the proper vision to enhance security in the region. Energy is now linked to the issues of sustainable development and tackling climate change, which is also taken into account. Finally, this book is expected to contribute to the existing literature and provide an in-depth study that gives a fresh approach to the academic and political community. Floros Flouros is an Assistant Professor in International Political Economy: Energy, Environment and Climate Change at the University of Neapolis Pafos, Cyprus.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 356 p. 3 illus.)
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    Series Statement: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms
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    Keywords: World politics. ; Marxian school of sociology. ; Europe—Politics and government. ; Political science.
    Abstract: 1. Origin and Formation of a New Party -- 2. Bolsheviks “à la française” 1921-1933 -- 3. The time of the Popular Front -- 4. The CPF in the War -- 5. The First Party of France -- 6. Joining the Cold War -- 7. An Uncertain Party 1953-1958 -- 8. The PCF and Gaullism 1958-1968 -- 9. 1968-1972 Between Two Springs -- 10. From the Common Agenda to the Departure of the Government 1972-1984 -- 11. 1984-2002: An Irresistible Setback -- 12. 2002-2019: Conjuring Decline.
    Abstract: The Communist Party appeared a hundred years ago on the French political and social scene. According to opinions and moments, it has been the party of Moscow, of those shot, of the working class, of the union of the left, the party of the foreigner or that of the nation. It has been underground, in government, in town halls, in factories or in the streets. Some considered it too revolutionary, others not enough. More than others, it aroused passions, positive or negative. It attracted many and repelled just as many. After the fall of the USSR, it decided to remain a communist party, while many others gave it up. But it no longer has the place it once had, in reality as in the imagination. This book does not intend to judge, but to provide keys to understanding. It is based on a considerable number of archives that are now available and is an ordered and distanced look at an object that is not lacking in complexity and no doubt even in mystery. Roger Martelli is an independent scholar and historian, based in France. Jean Vigreux is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Burgundy-Franche-Comte, Dijon, France. Serge Wolikow is Professor Emeritus at the University of Burgundy, France.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXII, 301 p. 17 illus., 14 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political science. ; Demokratie ; Politischer Wandel ; Internationale Organisation ; Internationale Politik ; Ökonomische Theorie der Demokratie ; Herrschaftssystem ; Good Governance ; Politische Bildung ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Politisches System
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Governance Quality and Transparency in Politics in the EU -- 3. Rising Illiberalism in the European Periphery and the EU's Application of Membership Conditionality for Democratic Governance -- 4. Externalising Externalisation and Bad Governance of Migration in the EU: Turkey Learning from Europe -- 5. EU as a Good (Enough) Governance Exporter in Kosovo? Local Views on the Aborted Kosovo E Re Power Plant Project -- 6. The EU's Promotion of Good Governance and Democracy in the South Caucasus: Regional Strategies and Domestic Constraints -- 7. EU Good Governance Promotion and Development Cooperation in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Age of Democracy Crisis -- 8. Assessment of Good Governance and Gender Equality in the EU's Budgetary Support Program in Tanzania: Insight from Agriculture Sector -- 9. Promotion of What Now? EU's Official Development Assistance (ODA) Policies in the Changing European and Global Context -- 10. EU Democratic Governance Promotion towards Central Asia and Illiberal Regional Powers -- 11. The External Face of the EU's Cybersecurity Policies: Promoting Good Cybersecurity Governance Abroad? -- 12. The China Model Debate: China as an Alternative Governance Exporter? -- 13. Conclusion: Still a Good Governance Exporter? Questioning EU's Transformative Power in the Age of Democratic Decline.
    Abstract: “This edited volume makes a key and original contribution towards a growing strand of research on EU good governance support in the neighbourhood and beyond, taking into account also the role of alternative governance exporters.” —Christine Hackenesch, Political Scientist and Senior Researcher, German Development Institute, Germany “This book, by a reputable group of EU scholars, provides a comprehensive and multi-national assessment of the EU’s governance capacity and policy conditionalities both within the EU and beyond its borders. Strongly recommended.” —Ziya Öniş, Professor of International Political Economy, Koç University, Turkey “Once hailed as a major strength of its external action, the European Union’s promotion of good governance has recently suffered from severe difficulties. This volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment, and stands out by its broad geographical and issue coverage.” —Frank Schimmelfennig, Professor of European Politics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland The European Union (EU) support for good governance reforms has been the cornerstone of its conditionality and funding policies and contributed its role as a transformative power. This book re-evaluates the EU’s governance promotion capacity both within the EU and beyond its borders in light of the simultaneous decline in democracy in Europe in particular, and across the whole world in general. The book is divided into three parts. Part I focuses on the EU’s good governance transfer to member and accession countries. Part II examines how and to what extent the EU’s governance promotion strategies travel beyond its borders and focuses on neighbours, partners, and aid recipient countries especially in Africa. Part III turns to other regional and global actors and discusses the implications of illiberal contesters such as China and Russia on the future of EU’s good governance promotion efforts. The findings of the book bring fresh insights for the scope and depth of the EU’s governance transfer capacity. Digdem Soyaltin-Colella is Lecturer in Public Policy at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 173 p.)
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Comparative government. ; Political sociology. ; Identity politics.
    Abstract: 1. Constructing EU's Political Identity in Policy Making (Sabine Saurugger & Mark Thatcher) -- 2. Constructing and De-constructing the European Political Identity: The Contradictory Logic of the EU's Institutional System (Sergio Fabbrini) -- 3. Affirming Europe with Trade: Deal Negotiations and the Making of a Political Identity (Francesco Duina & Ezekiel Smith) -- 4. Transforming Identity in International Society: The Potential and Failure of European Integration (Thomas Diez) -- 5. Do Central Bankers Dream of Political Union? From Epistemic Community to Common Identity (Erik Jones) -- 6. The EU's Legal Identities and the Court of Justice of the EU (Sabine Saurugger & Fabien Terpan) -- 7. Common Market, Normative Power or Super-State? Conflicting Political Identities in EU Asylum and Immigration Policy (Sandra Lavenex) -- 8. Direct and Market Governance Paths for the Creation of an EU Political Identity: Cultural Heritage Policy (Mark Thatcher) -- 9. Understanding the Identity of a Policy Field: The European Commission and Liberal Modernization in the Doman of Labour and Social Policy (Georg Menz) -- 10. Comment: The EU and European Identity (Neil Fligstein) -- 11. EU Political Identity, Integration and Top-down Analysis: A Reply to Neil Fligstein (Sabine Saurugger & Mark Thatcher).
    Abstract: This book examines the construction of the EU’s political identity (or identities), variations in its strength, and the nature of its content. Drawing on studies both on European nation-state formation and on the EU’s identity, the chapters take a top-down approach and analyse how EU institutions in different major policy domains have themselves sought to create political identity through policy making. The authors define the construction of EU political identity and set out empirically applicable indicators to assess political identity in policy making. They analyse the construction of identity through a process-oriented approach that explicitly includes contestation and the existence of rival political identities. Comparing across policy domains, the contributions suggest that the ability of EU institutions to construct an EU political identity has been limited not only by existing national identities but also by the coexistence of rival EU political identities within policy domains. Hence, it has been difficult for EU institutions to establish a strong identity, with identity being strongest where there are clear external alternatives and limited rival identities within the EU. Sabine Saurugger is Professor of Political Science at Sciences Po Grenoble, France, and Research Fellow at the Institut Universitaire de France. Mark Thatcher is Professor of Political Science at Luiss University Rome, Italy, and Visiting Professor at LSE, UK.
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    ISBN: 9783030789152
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 270 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: International Political Economy Series
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    Keywords: International economic relations. ; International relations. ; Europe—Politics and government.
    Abstract: Preface (Hilary Wainwright and Daniel Chavez) -- Chapter 1. Introduction: East European new left perspectives on postsocialist transformation (Ágnes Gagyi) -- Chapter 2. A clear cut? The restoration of capitalism and the contradictions of socialism in Yugoslavia (Vladimir Simović, Tanja Vukša) -- Chapter 3. Capitalist restoration and development in Slovenia and Croatia (Marko Kržan, Dimitrije Birač) -- Chapter 4. Ukraine and the (dis)integrating empire of capital (Yuliya Yurchenko) -- Chapter 5. Reconfiguring regimes of capitalist integration: Hungary between 1970-2020 (Ágnes Gagyi, Tamás Gerőcs) -- Chapter 6. Czechia 30 years on: The (im)perfect oligarchy and the misery of emancipatory alternative (Ondřej Slačálek, Daniel Šitera) -- Chapter 7. Bosnia and Herzegovina after the transition: forever postwar, postsocialist and peripheral? (Danijela Majstorović, Zoran Vučkovac) -- Chapter 8. Life in transition and in crisis. The political autobiography of a generation (Dana Dömsödi, Florin Poenaru), etc.
    Abstract: By the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, in most parts of Eastern Europe, high expectations associated with postsocialist transition have been substituted by disillusionment. After 1990, Eastern Europe has been internationally treated with a low-interest acknowledgement of what was understood as a slow and erratic, but unquestionable process of integration in a Western-dominated world order. In the context of today’s geopolitical reorganization, East European examples of authoritarian politics once again become discussed as significant reference points for Western and global politics. This book represents a contribution to this debate from a distinctive East European perspective: that of new left scholars and activists from the region, whose lifetime largely corresponds to the transformations of the postsocialist period, and who came to develop an understanding of their environment in terms of its relations to global capitalist processes. A both theoretical and empirical contribution, the book provides essential insights on topics conventionally associated with East European transition from privatization to the politicized slogans of corruption or civil society, and analyzes their connection to the newest reconfigurations of postsocialist capitalist regimes. As a contribution to contemporary debates on the present global socio-political transformation, this collection does not only seek to debate analytical statements, but also to change the field where analytical stakes are set, by adding perspectives that think Eastern Europe’s global relations from within the regional context and its political stakes. Agnes Gagyi works on East European politics and social movements from the perspective of the region’s long-term global integration. She is researcher on East European social movements at the University of Gothenburg, and member of the Working Group for Public Sociology “Helyzet” in Budapest. Ondřej Slačálek is a political scientist and journalist, he focuses on East European politics, nationalism and social movements. He works at Charles University, Prague. He is a regular collaborator of Czech new left journal A2/A2larm.
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    ISBN: 9783031059773
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 228 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue
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    Keywords: Theology. ; Europe—History. ; Europe—Politics and government.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: Theological Refugees in Oxford During the Great War—Ecumenical Dimensions of Christian Solidarity -- 2. British-Serbian Church Relations from the Mid-nineteenth Century to 1878 -- 3. Henry Liddon and Serbia: Ecumenism and Politics in the Late Nineteenth Century -- 4. Serbian Orthodox Presence in Switzerland in the Early Twentieth century: Nikolaj Velimirović and His Doctoral Theses at the University of Bern -- 5. From Kosovo to Oxford: Nikolaj Velimirović and the Serbian Orthodox Church in England, 1916–1919 -- 6. Beyond ‘Holy Serbia’: Anglican Christianity and Nationalism in The First World War -- 7. St Justin Popović and Anglican Theologians: Reflections on a Complex and Multifaceted Encounter -- 8. Toward the History of Serbian New Testament Scholarship: The Cuddesdon Episode (1917–1919) -- 9. Тhe Role of Pavle Popović in the Development of Anglo-Serbian Relations (1916–1933) -- 10. Anglican-Serbian Encounters in the Era of the Two World Wars.
    Abstract: This book presents the first comprehensive account of the changing ecumenical relationships between Britain and Serbia. While the impetus for the collection is the commemoration of the Serbian seminarians who settled in and around Oxford towards the end of the First World War, the scope is much broader, including detailed accounts of the relationships between the Church of England and Serbia and its Orthodox Church from the middle of the nineteenth century until World War II. It includes studies of leading thinkers from the period, especially the charismatic Nikolaj Velimirović. The contributors use many unpublished resources that reveal the centrality of the churches in promoting the Serbian cause through the course of the First World War and in its aftermath.
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    ISBN: 9783031042645
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 184 p. 3 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: Political planning. ; Europe—Politics and government. ; Political science.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: EMU, fiscal policy coordination, crisis, and the case for learning -- Chapter 2. Research design -- Chapter 3. Introducing the beast: a primer on the euro crisis -- Chapter 4. How contingent learning saved EMU in 2010 -- Chapter 5. The influence of internal epistemic actors on the construction of EMU expansionary consolidation paradigm -- Chapter 6. Conclusions. Integration through crisis and learning.
    Abstract: “Finally, a book that asks the core forward-looking question overlooked in most analyses of the crises the EU has faced over the past decade: who learned what lesson, and to what effect? Using the case of the Eurozone crisis, the answers Kamkhaji provides are a crucial read for everyone interested in the process of European integration, crisis management and policy-making in general.” —Femke van Esch, Professor of European Governance and Leadership of the EU, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. This book analyzes the EU’s responses to the sovereign debt crisis that hit the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in 2010. After reviewing the events that led to the crisis, it examines two case studies. The first assesses the short-term policy changes by drawing on a new mechanism, contingent learning. The second case study revolves around the long-term EMU reforms passed during the period 2010-2013. More specifically, it assesses these responses in relation to the institutional scientific publications of the European Central Bank and the DG ECFIN of the Commission. By analyzing both the short and long-term responses to the sovereign debt crisis, the book elucidates how policy learning can be an effective engine for deeper European integration. It will be of interest to scholars and students of EU integration, the EMU, policy learning, and supranational bureaucracies. Jonathan C. Kamkhaji is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico Milano, Italy. His research interests include European integration, public policy, and regulatory governance. He previously worked as a consultant for the World Bank, and has published research in the Journal of European Public Policy, Regulation & Governance, and Policy Studies Journal. .
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    ISBN: 9783031040320
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 172 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Comparative government. ; Political leadership. ; Elections.
    Abstract: Introduction.-Chapter 1. Theoretical and methodological framework -- Chapter 2. The loser has to fall : party leadership after electoral defeat -- Chapter 3. The bigger wound the smaller bandage - revisions of the programme discourse -- Chapter 4. Abandoning a sinking ship (?): party membership change -- Chapter 5. The story of electoral defeat – how subjective experience shapes party change -- Political parties after a defeat: retouch instead of makeover - conclusions.
    Abstract: “This book looks into the subjective black box of electoral defeat and offers important insights for our understanding of when and how parties react to electoral losses.” —Thomas Poguntke, Chair of Comparative Politics, Universität Düsseldorf, Germany “Adopting a nuanced framework that combines objective elements of organisational change with subjective accounts of the consequences of defeat from key party actors, this book convincingly shows that it is not just the defeat itself, but how actors’ own beliefs and subjective assessments of that defeat shape the organisational decisions made by parties.” —Anika Gauja, Professor, University of Sydney, Australia “This book is a must-read for scholars and students who want to understand what electoral defeat is doing to parties and how different degrees of party change can be one of the answers.” —Kris Deschouwer, Research Professor in the Department of Political Science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium This book examines the factors determining the character, depth, scope and outcomes of changes made by political parties in the aftermath of electoral losses. It considers not only the objective aspects of party organisation and its features and structure, in explaining post-defeat party change, but also includes findings on the perceptions and interpretations of electoral results within political parties. Based on an extensive fieldwork, the authors propose a new analytical perspective to establish whether and under what conditions and circumstances an electoral defeat leads to a profound party makeover. Anna Pacześniak is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wrocław, Poland. Maciej Bachryj-Krzywaźnia is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wrocław, Poland. Małgorzata Kaczorowska is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Warsaw, Poland.
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    ISBN: 9783031160950
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 201 p. 43 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Elections. ; Communication in politics. ; World politics.
    Abstract: 1. Studying Referendums and Voting in Scotland -- 2. The 2014 Referendum Campaign -- 3. How Voters Reacted to Campaign Cues -- 4. Explaining Referendum Vote Choice -- 5. Two Earthquakes or One? -- 6. Electoral Behaviour 2014 to 2019: The Multi-Level Voter in Scotland -- 7. How the Referendum Changes Scotland: Engagement, Polarisation and Losers' Consent -- 8. Conclusion.
    Abstract: “This book is short but very sweet, in electoral analysis terms. You can pick this book up and read it in one sitting, gain a ton of fascinating insights you didn’t know, gain a depth of understanding about referenda in general and the Scottish referendum in particular, and learn lessons from the 2014 independence referendum and what has followed with all the implications still to come. Accessible and careful scholarship at its best.” —Jane Green, Professor of Political Science, University of Oxford, UK “This outstanding book provides a wonderfully detailed but accessible analysis of the lasting significance of a seismic event in Scottish – and UK – politics, the 2014 independence referendum. Packed with informative and authoritative data, The Referendum that Changed a Nation is a must-read for anyone who wants to enhance their understanding of contemporary Scottish politics and a constitutional debate which will not disappear anytime soon.” —Jon Tonge, Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool, UK Drawing on data from the Scottish Referendum Study and subsequent Scottish Election Studies, this book provides the first in depth analysis of how voters engaged with the independence referendum in 2014 and what impact this has had on vote choice, polarisation and engagement in Scotland since then. The book contains eight chapters, and discusses how voters engaged with the referendum campaign, explains vote choice by examining reactions to the cues of parties, leaders and events, and compares the importance of these to calculations about risk. Ailsa Henderson is Professor of Political Science at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Robert Johns is Professor of Politics at the University of Essex, UK. Jac M. Larner is Lecturer in Politics at Cardiff University and Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Christopher J. Carman is Stevenson Professor of Citizenship at the University of Glasgow, UK. .
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    ISBN: 9783031040023
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 250 p. 3 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political sociology. ; Comparative government.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Far Right and the Workers: An Overview -- Chapter 3: Belgium -- Chapter 4: France -- Chapter 5: Germany -- Chapter 6: Hungary -- Chapter 7: Italy -- Chapter 8: Poland -- Chapter 9: Conclusions: The Far Right and the Workers in Comparative Perspective.
    Abstract: “Thanks to its robust comparative design covering paradigmatic cases in Western and Eastern Europe and the authors’ careful attention to the interplay between demand and supply of far-right politics among workers, The Far Right in the Workplace is a major success and a pathbreaking contribution to a crowded field. The book offers much to learn to sociologists and political scientists as well as to trade unionists and political practitioners. A must-read for everyone interested in the roots of the far right and the future of labor politics.” – Gábor Scheiring, Bocconi University “This is a very important contribution to the study of the far right and, in particular, to the much discussed and yet widely contested relationship between the far right and workers. The early clarification of key terms, often taken for granted, such as far right and working class is particularly important and makes the case studies all the more convincing and interesting. At a time when the mainstreaming of far-right politics is ever present, this critical account is an essential read for anyone interested in these issues.” – Aurélien Mondon, University of Bath This book offers the first comparative study of far-right messaging and organizing efforts at the workplace level as well as responses by established trade unions, encompassing six European countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland). Drawing on semi-structured interviews with workers and trade union actors with a focus on the automobile industry, the volume develops a classification of far-right strategies and trade union counter-strategies in comparative perspective. Based on a research project in cooperation with trade unions, the book is situated at the interface of comparative politics, industrial sociology, political economy, and political sociology. Seongcheol Kim is a postdoctoral researcher in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kassel, Germany. Samuel Greef is a postdoctoral researcher in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kassel, Germany. Wolfgang Schroeder is Professor and Chair for Political System of Germany in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kassel, Germany.
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    ISBN: 9783031099052
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 239 p. 4 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Young People and Politics
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political sociology. ; Sociology.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Youth Political Participation in Greece: A Comparative, Multiple Methods -- Perspective -- Part I: Youth Political Participation: Socialization, Attitudes and Intentions -- Chapter 2: Young Greeks Taking to the Streets: How Protest Shapes Political Socialisation in Times of Crisis? -- Chapter 3: Engendering Political Participation among Greek Youth in Times of Crisis -- Chapter 4: Youths’ Cultural Orientations, Attributions to Inequality and Political Engagement Attitudes and Intentions -- Part II: Youth Political Participation: Precarity, Organizational and Spatial Aspects -- Chapter 5: Youth Political Participation and Precarity during Times of Crisis: Greece in a Comparative Perspective -- Chapter 6: For Youth or by Youth? Exploring Youth Action Organisations in Greece -- Chapter 7: Political Participation of Greek Youth: Exploring Rural, Semi-urban and Urban Disparities -- Chapter 8: Conclusions: Modes and Determinants of Youth Political Participation in Greece from a Multiple Methods Perspective.
    Abstract: “This volume shines a light on the vitality of Greek young people's political participation, including in institutional and protest politics…This is a critical work for scholars interested in the variety of young people’s political experiences in Europe today.” —Jennifer Earl, Professor of Sociology & (by courtesy) Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona, USA “This book provides the first comprehensive account on the changing nature of youth political participation in Greece, with the use of an extensive material and a multi methods perspective.” —Manina Kakepaki, Principal Researcher, Institute of Political Research, National Centre for Social Research, Greece “A must read for any academic, practitioner or organization interested in Greek youth’s political engagement. It provides with a comprehensive overview of the forms, patters, and recent changes in youth participation in the aftermath of the Great Recession...I highly recommend it!” — Gema García Albacete, Associate Professor at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and research fellow at the IC3JM, Spain The overarching aim of this edited volume is to investigate different modes, patterns and determinants of youth political participation in Greece, since the economic crisis, by incorporating a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods. The chapters examine different forms of youth political participation, from institutionalized (such as voting, or membership in political parties) to non-institutionalized (such as signing petitions, protesting through demonstrations or occupations, and political consumerism). Moreover, the chapters shed light on diverse aspects of youth political participation, such as the interlinkages between occupational precarity and political behaviour, the spatial portrait of youth political engagement in rural, suburban and urban Greek contexts, the engendered aspects of political involvement, the pivotal role of protest events in youth political socialization and in mobilization in contentious political actions, the different impacts of priming inequality on youth’s political beliefs, depending on different modes of thinking, as well as the key features of youth-related and youth-led (non-state) organisations operating in Greece. The aforementioned aspects are examined at the micro, meso or/and macro level through distinct methodological approaches including panel survey, experimental survey, biographical interviews, in-depth interviews and action organization analysis, carried out in the context of the EURYKA (European Commission) project. Stefania Kalogeraki is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Crete, Greece. Maria Kousis is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology, University of Crete, Greece. .
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    ISBN: 9783030940126
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 290 p. 3 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als European Parliament's political groups in turbulent times
    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Executive power. ; Identity politics.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: European Parliament's Political Groups in Turbulent Times -- 2. Negotiating Power and Democracy in Political Groups Formation in the European Parliament -- 3. The Political Groups as Organisations: The Institutionalisation of Transnational Party Politics -- 4. Democratic Practices and Political Dynamics of Intra-Group Policy Formation in the European Parliament -- 5. Eurosceptic Contestation and Legislative Behaviour in the European Parliament -- 6. When Words Do Not Follow Deeds: An Analysis of Party Competition between Centre-Right and Eurosceptic Radical-Right Parties in the European Parliament? -- 7. How Do Eurosceptics Wage Opposition in the European Parliament? Patterns of Behaviour in the 8th Legislature -- 8. Shaping the EU's Future? Europarties, European Parliament's Political Groups and the Conference on the Future of Europe -- 9. (Disap)pointing in the Mirror: The European Parliament's Obligations to Protect EU Basic Values in Member States and at EU Level -- 10. Parliamentary Politics and Polarisation around Gender: Tackling Inequalities in Political Groups in the European Parliament -- 11. 'Ethno, Ethno, What?': Using Ethnography to Explore the European Parliament's Political Groups in Turbulent Times -- 12. Turbulent Times for the European Parliament's Political Groups? Lessons on Continuity and Change.
    Abstract: This open access book provides the first ever authoritative collection of scholarly insights, based upon original research, into the political groups of the EP tackling the fundamental changes since the Lisbon Treaty and the upsurge of radical right parties. It analyses political groups and their importance from multiple perspectives critically assessing their role and significance in EU politics. Each chapter is authored by leading scholars in the field, working on key topics in relation to political groups: political group formation and function, their role in parliamentary and EU policy-making, the way that Eurosceptic MEPs influence (or not) the Parliament, and the nature and form of interactions with external actors. In doing so, each chapter opens hitherto unexplored ‘black boxes’ in the political work of the EP, such as the internal practices of, and power relations within the political groups, and informal arenas of intra-group decision-making. Petra Ahrens is Senior Researcher in the Faculty of Social Science, Tampere University, Finland. Anna Elomäki is Senior Researcher in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Finland. Johanna Kantola is Professor of Gender Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Finland. .
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    ISBN: 9783031116919
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 189 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Political Campaigning and Communication
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Communication in politics. ; Political leadership. ; Elections.
    Abstract: 1. Permanent Campaigning in Greece -- 2. Antonis Samaras: The Permanent Campaign Strategy of a Center-Right Prime Minister -- 3. Alexis Tsipras: The Permanent Campaign Strategy of a Left-Wing Prime Minister -- 4. Kyriakos Mitsotakis: The Permanent Campaign Prime Minister -- 5. The Permanent Campaign Revisited.
    Abstract: This book investigates the phenomenon of permanent campaigning in Greece over the last decade. It explores the political communication strategies of three recent successive Greek prime ministers from 2012 until the early months of 2022 to deal with economic, migration and pandemic crises, from a permanent campaigning perspective. Moreover, it evaluates and measures, for the first time, their permanent campaign strategies using the proposed framework of Lilleker and Joathan (2020) and the three following indicators: capacity building and strategy, paid and owned media and earned media. The need for presidents to communicate with public opinion and their dependence on public support is anything but new. Τhe difference in the case of the permanent campaign is that the campaign tools, methods, techniques and personnel follow the elected leader in office in order to back his constant efforts to retain or even increase public approval as well as advance their re-election prospects. This book aims to extend the research on the permanent campaigning applied by prime ministers in European parliamentary systems and will be of interest to political communication and campaigning students and researchers. Panos Koliastasis is Postdoctoral Researcher in Politics at the University of Athens and Lecturer (adjunct) at the University of Peloponnese, Greece.
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    ISBN: 9783030790547
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 281 p. 4 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: Comparative politics. ; Higher education. ; Political science. ; Europe—Politics and government. ; Comparative government. ; Education, Higher.
    Abstract: Chapter 1 Introduction: The Formation and Aims of the Book, COST and WG1, Gabriella Ilonszki and Christophe Roux -- Chapter 2 Institutionalisation of political science in East Central Europe: Connecting Theory to the Ground, Gabriella Ilonszki -- Chapter 3 Continuities and New Beginnings in the Post-Yugoslav States, Davor Boban, Ivan Stanojevic, Simona Kukovic -- Chapter 4 Political Science in Central European Democracies under Pressure, Darina Malova, Aneta Vilagi, Dobrinka Kostova -- Chapter 5 Is small beautiful? Institutionalization of Political Science in small states, Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir, Irmina Matonyte -- Chapter 6 From Scientific Communism to Political Science: Development of the Profession in the Post-Soviet States, Dangis Gudelis, Irmina Matonyte, Serghei Sprincean, Tatsiana Chulitskaya -- Chapter 7 On the Way to Relevance: At the crossroads of recognition and performance, Gabriella Ilonszki, Davor Boban, Dangis Gudelis -- Chapter 8 Adjusting of New Countries into Existing (Old) Institutional Frameworks, Erkki Berndston -- Chapter 9 Conclusion: Political Science Between Opportunities and Challenges, Christophe Roux.
    Abstract: “The volume demonstrates that political science on the European fringes has seized opportunities and shown a remarkable development. On the other hand, perils of deinstitutionalization mainly caused by lack of resources and democratic backsliding may darken the discipline’s future. It is a must read for all those interested in political science as a discipline and for policy-makers as well.” ⁠—Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Emeritus Professor, Berlin Social Science Centre, Germany “As Gabriel Almond famously noted, political science has always been a discipline divided into a great variety of schools and sects. This volume brings a perspective on this perennial theme which is as fresh as it is fascinating. What this reveals is the essential fragility of the discipline due to its power-challenging foundations - an insight which is of increasing significance for the discipline in all parts of the world.” ⁠—Matthew Flinders, Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield, UK "This volume shows how the autonomous status reached by political science in the analysed countries cannot be guaranteed against persistent threats and significant risks of de-institutionalization. A book that deserves to be read by all those who have at heart both the future of the discipline and the quality of democracy.” ⁠—Giliberto Capano, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, University of Bologna, Italy This open access book offers an updated examination of the institutionalisation of political science in sixteen latecomer or peripheral countries in Europe. Its main theme is how political science as a science of democracy is influenced and how it responds to the challenges of the new millennium. The chapters, built upon a common theoretical framework of institutionalisation, are evidence-based and comparative. Overall, the book diagnoses diversity among the country cases due to their take-off points and varied political and economic trajectories. Gabriella Ilonszki is Professor Emerita of Political Science at Corvinus University Budapest, Hungary. Christophe Roux is Professor of Political Science at the University of Montpellier, France.
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    ISBN: 9783030796648
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 485 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: Translating and interpreting. ; Political science. ; Europe—Politics and government. ; Literature. ; Russia—History. ; Europe, Eastern—History. ; Soviet Union—History.
    Abstract: Part 1: Introduction -- Chapter 1. Introduction (Christopher Rundle, Anne Lange, and Daniele Monticelli) -- Chapter 2. Translation and the History of Communism (Anne Lange, Daniele Monticelli, and Christopher Rundle) -- Part 2: The Soviet Union -- Chapter 3. Translation and the Formation of the Soviet Canon of World Literature (Nataliia Rudnytska) -- Chapter 4. Censorship, Permitted Dissent, and Translation Theory in the USSR: The Case of Kornei Chukovsky (Brian James Baer) -- Chapter 5. Translating Inferno: Mikhail Lozinskii, Dante and the Soviet Myth of the Translator (Susanna Witt) -- Chapter 6. Translation in Ukraine during the Stalinism Period: Literary Translation Policies and Practices (Oleksandr Kalnychenko and Lada Kolomiyets) -- Part 3: Communist Europe -- Chapter 7. The Politics of Translation in Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1952 (Maria Rita Leto) -- Chapter 8. Ideological Control in a Slovene Socialist State Publishing House: Conformity and Dissent (Nike K. Pokorn) -- Chapter 9. “Anyone who isn’t against us is for us”. Science Fiction Translated from English during the Kádár Era in Hungary (1956–89) (Anikó Sohár) -- Chapter 10. The Impact of the Cultural Policy of the GDR on the Work of Translators (Hanna Blum) -- Chapter 11. The Allen Ginsberg ‘Case’ and Translation (in) History: How Czechoslovakia Elected and then Expelled the King of May (Igor Tyšš) -- Chapter 12. Literary Translation in Communist Bulgaria (1944-1989) (Krasimira Ivleva) -- Chapter 13. Underground Fiction Translation in People’s Poland, 1976–1989 (Robert Looby) -- Part 4: Response -- Chapter 14. A Battle for Translation (Vitaly Chernetsky).
    Abstract: This book examines the history of translation under European communism, bringing together studies on the Soviet Union, including Russia and Ukraine, Yugoslavia, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Poland. In any totalitarian regime maintaining control over cultural exchange is strategically important, so studying these regimes from the perspective of translation can provide a unique insight into their history and into the nature of their power. This book is intended as a sister volume to Translation Under Fascism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010) and adopts a similar approach of using translation as a lens through which to examine history. With a strong interdisciplinary focus, it will appeal to students and scholars of translation studies, translation history, censorship, translation and ideology, and public policy, as well as cultural and literary historians of Eastern Europe, Soviet communism, and the Cold War period. Christopher Rundle is Associate Professor in Translation Studies at the University of Bologna, Italy; and Research Fellow in Italian and Translation Studies at the University of Manchester, UK. He has published extensively on the history of translation, including Publishing Translations in Fascist Italy (2010) and Translation Under Fascism (2010). He is co-editor of the book series Routledge Research on Translation and Interpreting History, and is coordinating editor of the translation studies journal inTRAlinea. Anne Lange is Associate Professor in Translation Studies at Tallinn University, Estonia. She has published on translation in Estonia at the backdrop of its cultural and intellectual history. She initiated the series of international conferences Between Cultures and Texts: Itineraries in the History of Translation held in Tallinn and Tartu. She is co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of the History of Translation Studies (forthcoming). Daniele Monticelli is Professor of Translation Studies and Semiotics at Tallinn University, Estonia. His research focuses on the ideological aspects of translation and the role of translation in cultural and social change. He is co-editor of the volume Between Cultures and Texts: Itineraries in Translation History (2011) and the Project Leader of the Research Grant “Translation in History, Estonia 1850-2010: Texts, Agents, Institutions and Practices”.
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    ISBN: 9783030523718
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XX, 198 p. 3 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    Series Statement: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms
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    Keywords: Political theory. ; Political philosophy. ; Europe—Politics and government. ; World politics. ; Europe—History—1492-. ; Socialism ; History ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. “Revolution is not what is supposed to be by revolutionaries”. Gustav Landauer (1870-1919) -- Chapter 3. Class struggle and women liberation. Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952) -- Chapter 4. Self-government and Communism. Paul Mattick (1904-1981) -- Chapter 5. Workers struggles in the Neocapitalistic Age. Raniero Panzieri (1921-1964) -- Chapter 6. A revolutionary reformism: Rudolf Meidner (1914-2005) -- Chapter 7. A Communist Theory of Politics: Nicos Poulantzas (1936-1979) -- Chapter 8. Into the crisis -- Chapter 9. Conclusions; Attempts. .
    Abstract: Considering the history of workers' and socialist movements in Europe, Frontier Socialismfocuses on unconventional forms of anti-capitalist thought, particularly by examining several militant-intellectuals whose legacy is of particular interest for those aiming for a radical critique of capitalism. Following on the work of Michael Löwy, Quirico & Ragona identify relationships of “elective affinity” between figures who might appear different and dissimilar, at least at first glance: the German Anarchist Gustav Landauer, the Bolshevik Alexandra Kollontai, the German communist Paul Mattick, the Italian Socialist Raniero Panzieri, the Greek-born French euro-communist Nikos Poulantzas, the German-born Swedish Social Democrat Rudolf Meidner, and the French social scientist Alain Bihr as well as two historical struggle experiences, the Spanish Republic and the Italian revolutionary group “Lotta continua”. Frontier Socialism then analyzes these thinkers' and experiences’ respective paths to socialism based on and achieved through self-organization and self-government, not to build a new tradition but to suggest a path forward for both research and political activism. Monica Quirico is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Institute of Contemporary History at Södertörn University, Sweden. Gianfranco Ragona is Associate Professor in the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society at the University of Turin, Italy.
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    ISBN: 9783030695033
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 197 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
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    Keywords: Linguistics. ; Political communication. ; Communication. ; Journalism. ; Europe—Politics and government.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Euromyths -- Chapter 3: News Stories as Narrations and as Myths -- Chapter 4: The Myths of British Superiority and European Silliness -- Chapter 5: Eurosceptic Ideology -- Chapter 6: Disinformation and Narratives -- Chapter 7: Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book offers a new approach to understanding disinformation and its destructive impact on the democratic function of the news media. Using the notoriously false reporting of EU policies by the British press as a starting point, it utilises Critical Discourse Analysis to examine the linguistic properties of false news stories and to understand how they function as myth in Roland Barthes’ sense. The disinformation is essential for the impact these news stories had as it provides the simplification which creates the blissful clarity of myth that Barthes described. As myth, the false news stories depoliticised a political argument and naturalised the claim of antagonistic British-European relations. Henkel shows how news stories used disinformation to articulate a Eurosceptic myth of the feisty, witty Briton who stands up against the European bully. Her main argument is that the disinformation contributed to the Brexit vote because, as myth, it transported an ideology. Henkel argues that the Brexit debate and the news reporting that preceded it for decades can be understood as a case study for how political journalism becomes democratically dysfunctional. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of journalism, media and culture, political communication, and Critical Discourse Analysis. Imke Henkel is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the University of Lincoln, UK. She is a former political journalist who wrote for top German national newspapers including Sueddeutsche Zeitung and Die Zeit, as well as being the UK and Ireland correspondent for the German news magazine Focus for ten years. Her research focuses, among other topics, on how the British media report European issues.
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    ISBN: 9783030636760
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 262 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Young People and Politics
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Political sociology. ; Social groups. ; Family. ; Personality. ; Social psychology. ; Human geography.
    Abstract: 1 Youth and Politics in Times of Increasing Inequalities, Marco Giugni and Maria Grasso -- Part I Socialization and Youth Political Participation -- 2 Class Against Democracy? Family Background, Education, and (Youth) Political Participation in Germany, Johannes Kiess -- 3 Youth’s Socializing Spheres in Switzerland: Educational, Recreational, and Community Activities, Valentina Holecz, Eva Fernández G. G., and Marco Giugni -- 4 Disclosing Inequalities: Gender and Patterns of Political Participation Among the Italian Youth Anna Lavizzari and Martín Portos -- Part II Modes of Youth Participation -- 5 Between Indifference and Rejection of Politics: Mobilization of Youth in Post-contentious France, Henry P. Rammelt, Manlio Cinalli, and Didier Chabanet -- 6 Inequalities in Young Adults’ Electoral and Non-institutionalised Modes of Political Participation in Greece: Similar or Diverse Patterns?, Stefania Kalogeraki -- 7 An Unequal Surge? UK Youth Participation in Political Organisations and the Role of Gender Inequalities, Katherine A. Smith -- 8 Knocking on the Public Sphere Door: Does Online Political Participation Make a Difference for Young People in Spain?, Anna Clua, Susana López-León, and Núria Ferran-Ferrer -- Part III The Mobilization of Youth Politics -- 9 The Concern About Environment and Climate Among Young Adults in Sweden, Katrin Uba -- 10 Inequalities Among Youth and Support for Right-Wing Populism in Poland, Marcin Sińczuch, Piotr Michalski, and Mariusz Piotrowski.
    Abstract: “This volume is an indispensable guide to understanding young Europeans’ experience and engagement of politics. Based on compelling and extensive research across nine nations, this volume makes important advances in key debates on youth politics, provides critical empirical insights and succeeds in the herculean task of focusing on specific national contexts while also rendering a comprehensive picture of youth politics and inequality in Europe today.” —Jennifer Earl, Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona, USA “This text, drawing on data and analysis across and between nine European countries, captures the changing nature of political ‘activism’ by young people. It indicates how this is strongly nuanced by factors such as social class and gender identity. It also highlights important distinctions between young people’s approaches towards participation.” — Howard Williamson, Professor of European Youth Policy, University of South Wales, UK “This book is an incredible guide to understanding the role and sources of inequalities on young people’s political involvement. Country specific chapters allow the authors to integrate a large number of the key and most pressing issues regarding young people’s relationship to politics. The result is a must read piece for researchers and practitioners aiming to understand the challenges young people face in developing their relationship to politics.” — Gema García-Albacete, Associate Professor of Political Science, University Carlos III Madrid, Spain Young people are very often the driving forces of political participation that aims to change societies and political systems. Rather than being depoliticized, young people in different national contexts are giving rise to alternative politics. Drawing on original survey data collected in 2018, this edited volume provides a detailed analysis of youth participation in nine European countries by focusing on socialization processes, different modes of participation and the mobilization of youth politics. Marco Giugni is Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the Institute of Citizenship Studies (InCite), University of Geneva, Switzerland. Maria Grasso is Professor at the School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London, UK.
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