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The following new publications are available for reference at the European Documentation Centre.
ENERGY SECURITY: THE EXTERNAL LEGAL RELATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WITH MAJOR OIL AND GAS
SUPPLYING COUNTRIES
Sanam Salem Haghighi
Hart Publishing
This book offers the first comprehensive assessment of the various internal and external measures
undertaken by the European Union to guarantee security of oil and gas supply. It sets out and analyses
in a coherent and thorough manner those aspects of EU external policy that are relevant in establishing
a framework for guaranteeing energy security for the Union. What makes the book unique is that it is the
first of its kind to bridge the gap between EU energy and EU external policy. The book discusses EU
policy towards the major oil and gas producing countries of Russia, the Mediterranean and the Persian
Gulf at the bilateral as well as regional and multilateral level. It brings together not only the dimensions of
trade and investment but also other important aspects of external policy, namely development and
foreign policy. The author argues that the EU's energy security cannot be achieved through adopting a
purely internal approach to energy issues, but that it is necessary to adopt a holistic approach to external
policy, covering efficient economic relations as well as development co-operation and foreign policies
towards energy producing countries.
MANGAGING ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE RISK: BEYONG FRAGMENTED RESPONSES
Phil O’Keefe & Geoff O’Brien
Routledge
Climate change is the single largest threat to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) and sustainable development. Addressing climate risk is a challenge for all. This book calls for
greater collaboration between climate communities and disaster development communities. In
discussing this, the book will evaluate the approaches used by each community to reduce the adverse
effects of climate change. One area that offers some promise for bringing together these communities is
through the concept of resilience. This term is increasingly used in each community to describe a
process that embeds capacity to respond to and cope with disruptive events. This emphasizes an
approach that is more focused on pre-event planning and using strategies to build resilience to hazards
in an adaptation framework. The book will conclude by evaluating the scope for a holistic approach
where these communities can effectively contribute to building communities that are resilient to climate
driven risks.
MEASURING VULNERABILITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES – NEW ANALYTICAL
APPROACHES
Wim Naude et al.
Routledge
New approaches in development economics have in recent years started from the premise that
we cannot successfully deal with poverty unless we also deal with vulnerability-but not only
vulnerability to income poverty but also vulnerability to various others hazards-such as climate,
conflict, macroeconomic shocks and natural disasters. This book provides insights into new
approaches in conceptualising and measuring vulnerability. It includes chapters dealing with
advanced issues such as the compilation of economic vulnerability indices (EVIs) on a macrolevel, of conceptualizing and measuring local vulnerability across regions in a country, and of
measuring the flip-side of vulnerability, namely resilience. The book also explores the sensitivities
of the various measurements of vulnerability to vulnerability lines, poverty lines, and permanent
income, with consideration to some of the most vulnerable groups in developing countries.
Overall, the contributions in the book consolidate new approaches as far as the concept and
measurement of vulnerability on different levels and outcomes are concerned, and note directions
for future research.
NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN FOREIGN POLICIES: TOWARDS EUROPEANIZATION
Reuben Wong & Christopher Hill
Routledge
This book explores the processes of interaction between the national and the European levels in
foreign policy making in European Union states. The volume also assesses the mutual influence
which the Member States exert on each other, independent of the EU institutions, thus tracing the
extent to which Member State foreign policies are being Europeanized into more convergent,
coordinated policies. With chapters examining France, Germany, Italy, UK, Denmark, Greece,
Spain, Finland, Poland and Slovenia, the overarching questions the volume addresses centre on
the nature of the relationship between the foreign policies of the Member States and 'European'
foreign policy. Engaging with 'Europeanization' with theoretical rigour, the contributors to this
volume examine the EU's impact on the foreign policies of Member States old and new, the impact
of the Member States on the EU's external relations, and the influence of the Member States on
each other's foreign policies. Providing interesting detail on changes in foreign policy thinking and
national policies using the concept of Europeanization, National and European Foreign Policy will
be of interest to students and scholars of European politics and policy formation, foreign policy and
International Relations.
SMALL STATES AND EU GOVERNANCE: LEADERSHIP THROUGH THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENCY
Simone Bunse
Palgrave MacMillan
Small States and EU Governance shows that the EU's rotating Council presidency and small
states' capacity to make use of it have been underestimated. It examines the political objectives
the presidency serves and presents a systematic and comparative assessment of its nature and
influence in internal market and foreign policy issues.
SMALL STATES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Christine Ingebritsen et al.
University of Washington Press
Smaller nations have a special place in the international system, with a striking capacity to defy the
expectations of most observers and many prominent theories of international relations. This volume of
classic essays highlights the ability of small states to counter power with superior commitment, to rely
on tightly knit domestic institutions with a shared "ideology of social partnership," and to set agendas
as "norm entrepreneurs." The volume is organized around themes such as how and why small states
defy expectations of realist approaches to the study of power; the agenda-setting capacity of smaller
powers in international society and in regional governance structures such as the European Union;
and how small states and representatives from these societies play the role of norm entrepreneurs in
world politics - from the promotion of sustainable solutions to innovative humanitarian programs and
policies.
SMALL STATES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION:
DISADVANTAGES
Diana Panke
COPING WITH STRUCTURAL
Ashgate
The most recent EU-enlargements have considerably increased the number of small member states.
In the EU-27, 19 countries have fewer votes in the Council of Ministers than the EU-average. These
small states face a series of size-related disadvantages in day-to-day EU negotiations. Against this
backdrop the book asks: are some small states better at coping with structural disadvantages than
others? How active are small states in participating in day-to-day EU negotiations and why do some
states use negotiation strategies more frequently than others? Under which conditions are the different
negotiation strategies effective and when can small states punch above their weight? Based on more
than 100 interviews with policy-makers and an analysis of a unique database on the negotiation
activities of EU member states, this book explains how active participation is essential for the shaping
success of small states and shows that small states are more influential with persuasion-based rather
than bargaining-based strategies. Two case studies on the pesticides and the spirit drinks regulations
further reveal that persuasion strategies are especially effective if the arguments match the nature of
the issue at stake and resonate well with prior beliefs of addressees.
SMALL STATES IN EUROPE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Robert Steinmetz
Ashgate
This book offers an accessible, coherent and informative analysis of contemporary and future foreign
policy challenges facing small states in Europe. Drawing on the relational understanding of small
states, it emphasizes the implications of institutional change at the European level for the smaller
states and explains how the foreign and European policies of small states in the region are affected by
the European Union. Leading experts analyze the experiences of a number of small states including
the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Iceland, Austria and
Switzerland. Each account, written to a common template, explores the challenges and opportunities
faced by each state as a consequence of EU integration, and how their behaviour regarding EU
integration has been characterized. In particular, the authors emphasize the importance of power
politics, institutional dynamics and lessons of the past. The effects of the past decade of institutional
change within the European Union on small states have often been overlooked. This innovative study
allows readers to draw sophisticated comparisons between countries and exposes important insights
for future small state strategy in the European Union.
BETWEEN-ELECTION DEMOCRACY: THE REPRESENTATIVE RELATIONSHIP
AFTER ELECTION DAY
Peter Esaiasson & Hanne Marthe Narud
ECPR
Press
Challenged by the notion that the system of government known as 'representative democracy'
is more elitist than commonly assumed, contributors to this book seek new approaches to
empirical studies on the relationship between citizens and their chosen representatives. It
focuses on the way representatives and citizens interact during mandate periods between
elections, and contributes in three ways to previous research on the representative relationship.
First, by thinking broadly about between-election phenomena, it integrates research literatures
which study representative relationships parallel to each other, on separate tracks. Second, it
aspires to identify questions that have remained unanswered, or even unidentified, in previous
representation research. Third, it suggests a reconceptualization of 'responsiveness', which
acknowledges that representatives are required to communicate their reason for actions - but
not necessarily to adapt to citizens' wishes and views.
SOCIAL CAPITAL, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND MIGRATION IN EUROPE:
MAKING MULTICULTURAL DEMOCRACY WORK?
Laura Morales & Marco G. Giugni
Palgrave MacMillan
How can European societies more effectively promote the active engagement of immigrants and
their children in the political and civic life of the countries where they live? This book examines
the effect of migrants' individual attributes and resources, their social capital and the political
opportunities on their political integration.