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The following new publications are available for reference at the European Documentation Centre.
COMPARATIVE FEDERALISM: A SYSTEMATIC INQUIRTY
Thomas O. Hueglin & Alan Fenna
Broadview Press Ltd.
Comparative Federalism: A Systematic Inquiry is a uniquely comprehensive, analytic, genuinely
comparative, and detailed introduction to the study of federalism in theory and practice. Thomas
Hueglin and Alan Fenna draw from their diverse research on federal systems to argue that
federalism is increasingly important for democratic governance and conflict management in a
globalizing world. They discuss the meaning of federal principles and institutional compromise in
the organization of federal systems and then introduce four main model federal systems: America,
Canada, Germany, and the European Union. But they don't stop there-they also offer an exploration
of federal systems that vary from the four main models, including Switzerland, Australia, Belgium,
South Africa, and Spain. The book also compares federal systems through an examination of the
differing European and North American traditions in the history of federal thought. Institutional
features of federal systems are evaluated, as are the crucial role that constitutional amendment and
judicial review play for the stability and evolutionary dynamic of federal systems. This book serves
the dual role of helping the reader understand federalism and providing a comparative framework
from which to assess the record of federal systems.
COMPARATIVE FEDERALISM: THEORY AND PRACTICE
Michael Burgess
Routledge
A new examination of contemporary federalism and federation, which delivers a detailed theoretical
study underpinned by fresh case studies. It is grounded in a clear distinction between 'federations',
particular kinds of states, and 'federalism', the thinking that drives and promotes them. It also details
the origins, formation, evolution and operations of federal political interests, through an authoritative
series of chapters that: analyse the conceptual bases of federalism and federation through the
evolution of the intellectual debate on federalism; the American Federal experience; the origins of
federal states; and the relationship between state-building and national integration explore
comparative federalism and federation by looking at five main pathways into comparative analysis
with empirical studies on the US, Canada, Australia, India, Malaysia, Belgium, Germany, Austria,
Switzerland and the EU explore the pathology of federations, looking at failures and successes, the
impact of globalization. The final chapter also presents a definitive assessment of federal theory.
THEORIES OF FEDERALISM: A READER
Wayne Norman & Dimitrios Karmis
Palgrave
This project pulls together classic and modern readings and essays that explore theories of
federalism. Spanning the Seventeenth through Twenty-first-centuries of European, U.S. and
Canadian thinkers, this attempts to be a comprehensive reader for students in political theory.
The emphasis throughout is on the normative argument, the advantages or disadvantages of
federal and confederal arrangements compared to unitary states, and on the relative merits of
various proposals to improve particular federations or confederations. These also draw on the full
range of political science subfields: from political sociology, political economy and constitutional
studies to comparative politics and international relations. There are also readings, both
contemporary and historical, that attempt to clarify conceptual issues.
CONSTRUCTING A POLICY-MAKING STATE? POLICY DYNAMICS IN THE EU
Jeremy Richardson
Oxford University Press
Constructing a Policy-Making State? sets out to examine the processes by which Europeanization
takes place. Europeanization is defined as the process by which the key decisions about public
policies are gradually transferred to the European level (or for new policy areas, emerge at the
European level). This is in contrast to definitions of Europeanization which focus on the adaption
of member states to European public policies. Thus, the main focus is whether a European Union
'policy-making state' is being created via changes in the distribution of power between member
states and the European level institutions over time. In addition to several overview chapters
(such as on agenda setting in the EU), there are twelve sectoral studies which analyse the
differing trajectories and outcomes of the Europeanization process and the extent to which the
European Union can make 'authoritative allocations'. The case studies have been selected in
order to illustrate the degree of cross-sectoral variation in the process of Europeanization, from
sectors which have yet to see very much Europeanization, such as health, to sectors such as
competition policy which are almost fully Europeanized. The book is consciously multi-theoretic in
its approach, drawing on a range of theories and concepts, from theories of European integration,
to theories of public policy processes.
SOVEREIGNTY GAMES: INSTRUMENTALIZING STATE SOVEREIGNTY IN EUROPE
AND BEYOND
Rebecca Adler-Nissen & Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen
Palgrave
The book offers an original interdisciplinary approach to the strategic play with State sovereignty
in contemporary international politics and law. The conceptual framework of "Sovereignty Games"
is used to explores how States and other actors are becoming more instrumental in their claims to
sovereignty and skilled in adapting it to the challenges of globalisation, europeanisation and
international legal regimes.
PROPENSITY SCORE ANALYSIS: STATISTICAL METHODS AND APPLICATIONS
Shenyang Y. Guo & Mark W. Fraser
SAGE Publications
Propensity Score Matching provides readers with a systematic review of the origins, history, and
statistical foundations of PSM and illustrates how to use PSM methods for solving evaluation
problems. With a strong focus on practical applications, the authors explore various types of data
and evaluation problems, strategies for using the methods, and the limitations of PSM. Unlike the
existing textbooks on program evaluation, Guo and Fraser's Propensity Score Matching delves
into statistical concepts, formulas, and models underlying the application of PSM.
INTEGRATING INDIFFERENCE: A COMPARATIVE, QUALITATIVE AND
QUANTITATIVE APPROACH TO THE LEGITIMACY OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
Virginie Van Inglegom
ECPR Press
Have European citizens become increasingly Eurosceptic over the last two decades, turning their
backs on European integration? Though many journalists, politicians and academics argue that
they have, this book suggests that reactions to European integration cannot be reduced uniquely
to a rise in Euroscepticism, but that indifference and ambivalence need also to be brought into the
picture when studying EU legitimacy and its politicisation. Drawing on new evidence from survey
data from eight founding member states, and focus groups conducted in francophone Belgium,
France and Great Britain, Integrating Indifference explores the various faces of citizens'
indifference, from fatalism, to detachment, via sheer indecision. This book adopts a pioneering
mixed-methods approach to analysing the middle-of-the-road attitudes of ordinary citizens who
consider themselves neither Europhiles nor Eurosceptics. Complementing existing quantitative
and qualitative literature in the field, it opens up new perspectives on attitudes towards European
integration.
CONTESTING EUROPE: EXPLORING EUROSCEPTICISM IN ONLINE MEDIA
COVERAGE
Pieter de Wilde et al.
ECPR Press
This book investigates the way politicians and citizens evaluated the European Union and the
process of European integration in public debates during the 2009 European Parliament
elections. It presents detailed and rigorous content analysis of online media where citizens directly
and voluntarily responded to news stories posted by journalists. New evidence is presented about
the dynamic nature of contestation about Europe on the internet and the degree of convergence
towards Euroscepticism across EU member states. Such convergence poses new challenges for
democratic representation in the EU and provides insight into the public basis for a legitimate
European Union.
COMMUNITY BASED ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
E. Lisa F. Schipper et al.
Routledge
As climate change adaptation rises up the international policy agenda, matched by increasing
funds and frameworks for action, there are mounting questions over how to ensure the needs of
vulnerable people on the ground are met. Community-based adaptation (CBA) is one growing
proposal that argues for tailored support at the local level to enable vulnerable people to identify
and implement appropriate community-based responses to climate change themselves.
Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change: Scaling it up explores the challenges for
meeting the scale of the adaptation challenge through CBA. It asks the fundamental questions:
How can we draw replicable lessons to move from place-based projects towards more
programmatic adaptation planning? How does CBA fit with larger scale adaptation policy and
programmes? How are CBA interventions situated within the institutions that enable or
undermine adaptive capacity? Combining the research and experience of prominent adaptation
and development theorists and practitioners, this book presents cutting edge knowledge that
moves the debate on CBA forward towards effective, appropriate, and 'scaled-up' adaptive action.
FROM RIO+20 TO A NEW DEVELOPMENT AGENDA: BUILDING A BRIDGE TO A
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Felix Dodds et al.
Routedge
. Written by practitioners and participants involved in the multilateral process of negotiations, this
book presents a unique insider analysis of not only what happened and why at the Rio+20
conference in 2012, but also where the outcomes might impact in the future, particularly in the UN
development agenda beyond 2015. The book throws light on the changing nature of
multilateralism and questions frequent assumptions on how policy is defined within the UN. It
shows that Rio+20 was more than an international meeting; it represented a culminating point of
decades of successes and failures and a watershed moment for seminal concepts, ideas and
partnerships including the Green Economy, zero tolerance on land degradation, the introduction
of Sustainable Development Goals, the creation of national measurements of consumption,
production and well-being that are intended to go beyond GDP, the introduction of national green
accounting and the commitment of billions of dollars for sustainable development partnerships,
including Sustainable Energy for All. The authors conclude by mapping out a new agenda for
development in 2015, when the current Millennium Development Goals framework is due to
expire. An agenda that will restore faith in the UN and inspire a global response to the
demographic, economic and environmental challenges that will define our future in the decades to
come.
AFTER THE SPRING: ECONOMIC TRANSITIONS IN THE ARAB WORLD
Magdi Amin et al.
Oxford University Press
The authors of this book argue that significant economic reforms must accompany the major
political transitions that are underway in the Arab world. There are spill-overs from trade and
investment linkages, the contagion of news cycles, interaction of people and sharing of
expectations that are too great to ignore. Some common foundation of the new Arab economies is
needed. Towards that end, this volume addresses four central challenges of economic reform in
the Arab world. First, with two-thirds of the population under the age of 30, the disproportionate
burdens of unemployment and poor education can no longer be heaped on youth. Second, while
some government policies may have improved the living standards of Arab citizens in the past,
they have also entrenched cronies, enriched a small elite, and become unaffordable. Third, if
Arab economies are to compete in the 21st century they cannot depend solely on oil and gas
money, remittances, and tourism, but will require active, independent private sectors. And finally,
the relative isolation of Arab economies-both from each other and from the world-must end.
Rather than providing specific lists of recommendations, this book sets forth a set of guidelines
and priorities for reformers who will begin creating new opportunities for youth, rebuilding the
institutions of the state, diversifying the private sector, and cooperating with each other and
integrating with the world economy.