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THE EUROPEAN UNION: ECONOMICS AND POLICIES
Edited by Ali El-Agraa
Cambridge University Press
The European Union has established itself as a leading text that
provides readers from all disciplines with a sound understanding of the
economics and policies of the EU. It covers all major EU policy areas
as well as theories of economic integration, the theory of economic and
monetary union (EMU), the measurement of the economic effects of
European integration and the legal dimension in EU integration. It also
includes an explanation and analysis of all recent developments
affecting the EU such as enlargement, the ratification of the Lisbon
Treaty and the Convention for the Future of Europe.
ECONOMICS OF MONETARY UNION
Paul De Grauwe
Oxford University Press
The ninth edition of Economics of Monetary Union provides a concise
analysis of the theories and policies relating to monetary union. The
author analyses both the costs and benefits associated with having
one currency, as well as the practical workings and current issues with
the Euro. In Part One, the author examines the implications of adopting
a common currency; assessing the countries’ benefit from being in the
Eurozone, while also questioning whether other parts of the world
would gain from monetary unification. Part Two of the books looks at
the problems of running a monetary union by analysing Europe’s
experience and the issues faced by the European Central Bank.
REGIONAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY
Harvey Armstrong
Blackwell Publishers
The revised edition of this classic text contains discussions of the latest
theoretical developments in regional economics and reviews recent
changes in regional policy and institutions in the European Union. This
book is organized in two free-standing parts examining firstly the
economic analysis of regions and then regional policy issues.
ANALYZING THE EUROPEAN UNION POLICY PROCESS
Esther Versluis et al.
Palgrave MacMillan
Readers are provided with a practical insight into how to analyze policies
and policy-making in the EU. Using case studies to deepen readers'
understanding, this book examines the various stages of the policy
process - from the moment the issue reaches the agenda through to
drafting, implementation and evaluation.
UNVEILING THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION:
GAMES GOVERNMENTS PLAY IN BRUSSELS
Edited by Daniel Naurin & Helen Wallace
Palgrave MacMillan
This book covers the most contentious areas and important debates in
the present research, focusing in particular on conflict dimensions,
modes of interaction and power and leadership in the Council of the
European Union.
THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE MEMBER STATES
Edited by Eleanor Zeff & Ellen Pirro
Lynne Rienner Publishers
This new edition explores the complex relationship between the EU and
each of its members. Country chapters follow a common format,
considering: How and in what areas does EU policy affect, and how is it
affected by, the member states? What mechanisms do the member
states use to implement EU policy? What is each state’s compliance
record? Covering the full range of issues from economic, social and
environmental, to security, to home and justice affairs, the authors offer
an insightful discussion of EU initiatives with strong, existing national
policies and traditions.
THE STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS OF EUROPEAN UNION
ENLARGEMENT
Stefan Fröhlich et al.
Center for Transatlantic Relations
In this book 20 authors from Europe and N. America consider the impact
of EU enlargement on the EU’s perception of its international role, on
specific geographical regions, and on a range of global issues. Has the
latest enlargement affected strategic priorities? Do perspectives differ in
different regions of Europe? How has enlargement affected relations with
the United States, Russia, Turkey, or the Middle East? Will a larger EU
be as active a supporter of development assistance or international
environmental policies? Will the EU’s role change at the UN?
THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Stephen Keukeleire et al.
Palgrave MacMillan
This comprehensive assessment of EU foreign policy looks beyond the
Common Foreign and Security Policy and the European Security and
Defence Policy to also analyse foreign policy developed through other EU
pillars and the interaction between EU institutions and member states. It
addresses EU foreign policy towards the main regions of the world as well
as today's strategic challenges. Up to date, jargon-free and supported by
its own website, this is a systematic and innovative appraisal of this key
policy area.
EU LAW: TEXT, CASES AND MATERIALS Fifth Edition
Paul Craig & Grainne de Burca
Oxford University Press
The fifth edition of Craig & de Burca’s EU Law: Text, Cases, and Materials
provides clear and insightful analysis of all aspects of European Law in the
post Lisbon era. Building on its unrivalled reputation as the definitive EU
Text, Cases, and materials book, this edition looks in detail at the way in
which the Treaty of Lisbon has radically changed both the institutional and
substantive law of the European Union. Paul Craig and Grainne de Burca
are noted scholars on European Law who have a wealth of experience of
both teaching and writing in this subject area.
POLICY-MAKING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Edited by Helen Wallace et al.
Oxford University Press
The new edition of this textbook outlines how and why decisions are made,
as well as the key challenges faced by policy-makers in the current political
and economic climate. Policy-Making in the European Union begins by
clarifying the institutional framework of the EU and the analytical
approaches used to understand it. A wide range of crucial and illustrative
policies are then explored in detail by subject experts. This volume includes
new chapters on ways of analysing the EU's policy process and on energy
policy.
GUIDE TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
Dick Leonard
Economist Books
This definitive guide to the workings of the EU provides comprehensive
coverage of how it works: the institutions, the mechanisms; every area of
EU competence from agriculture to workers' rights; the effects of the
single market and the single currency and the successes and stresses of
the euro zone; the implications of the Lisbon treaty; and, the impact of the
enlargement of the EU and the prospects for further enlargement and for
closer political integration.
THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Simon Hix & Bjørn Høyland
Palgrave MacMillan
The Political System of the European Union sets out an innovative way of
analyzing, researching and teaching the European Union. Starting from the
observation that the EU now possesses many of the attributes of modern
political systems, Hix and Hoyland argue that we should use the general
theories of political science to help understand how the EU works. For each of
the main processes in the EU political system -- executive, legislative and
judicial politics, public opinion, interest groups and democracy, and regulatory,
monetary and foreign policies -- the book introduces the key political science
tools, reviews the relevant theories, and applies the knowledge in detailed
descriptive analysis.
COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
Rod Hague & Martin Harrop
Palgrave MacMillan
The classic introduction to political science provides a lively and up-to-date
account of the events and forces shaping politics in today's interconnected
world. Thoroughly updated throughout, this new edition includes separate
chapters on theoretical approaches and research strategies in political
science, as well as increased coverage of security, media, culture, law and
regulation. Carefully designed learning features illustrate the text throughout.
ELECTORAL SYSTEMS: A COMPARATIVE INTRODUCTION
David M. Farrell
Palgrave MacMillan
Electoral Systems examines the six principle types of electoral system
currently in use in more than seventy of the world's democracies. A common
format is adopted throughout, dealing with explanations of how the system
operates and its effects on the political system.
THE EUROPEAN UNION AS A SMALL POWER: AFTER THE POSTCOLD WAR
Asle Toje
Palgrave MacMillan
Asle Toje asks: what place will the EU take in a multipolar global order? In
examining the historical forces that converged in the post-war integration
project, the efforts to construct a common foreign and security policy and
experiences from the field, he argues that due to the lack of a workable
decision-making mechanism the EU is destined to play the limited but at the
same time distinct role of a small power. Toje explains that only with the surge
of integration in the post-Cold War era and the restraining force of sovereignty
- both linked to the emergence of the European Union as a small power - has
a situation been created that signals a return to balance of power politics.
THE EUROPEANIZATION OF NATIONAL FOREIGN POLICY
Eva Gross
Palgrave MacMillan
With the creation of the Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP)
member states can rely on more than one institution when it comes to
matters of international security. Britain, France, but also Germany, were
instrumental in creating CSDP -- but experience has shown that these
three EU member states do not automatically consider the EU as an
appropriate institutional framework for crisis responses. Under what
conditions, then, do EU member states privilege European security
institutions in their crisis decision-making? This book analyzes British,
French and German decision-making processes in four international
crises to delineate transatlantic and European influences that act on
policy-makers.
THE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF THE EUROPEAN
UNION
Neil Nugent
Palgrave MacMillan
This is a systematically updated and entirely redesigned new edition of
the leading text on the European Union providing up-to-date, detailed
and authoritative coverage of the main institutions, policies and policy
processes all set in historical context. The seventh edition is fully
updated to take account of the Lisbon Treaty and is packed with new
pedagogical features, maps, charts and textboxes in a new larger twocolour and accompanied by an all-new companion website.
EUROPEAN POLITICS: A COMPARATIVE INTRODUCTION
Tim Bale
Palgrave MacMillan
This is a fully revised 2nd edition of a popular text on the comparative
politics of contemporary Europe, west and east, very accessibly written
for an introductory student market. It provides systematic coverage of
European politics; east, west, north, south, central, periphery etc. Most
competitors are about Western Europe only. The chapters organised by
key themes, as increasingly are courses, as opposed to the country-bycountry approach of most competitors. The range of representative case
study countries are covered systematically in each chapter throughout in
context of comparison with the EU as a whole, where appropriate.
DIPLOMACY: THEORY AND PRACTICE
G.R. Berridge
Palgrave MacMillan
Themes of diplomacy are elaborated in this book via discussion of the
art of negotiation and the many channels through which it is practised.
Public diplomacy also receives attention in a provocative new chapter.
Consular work is among other subjects which receive a new chapter.
The fourth edition of Diplomacy, the standard textbook on the subject,
offers the most up-to-date information about contemporary diplomatic
practice, presents this in its historical context, and provides a tight
framework for organizing its understanding.
THEORY AND METHODS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
Edited by David Marsh & Gerry Stoker
Palgrave MacMillan
The new edition of this widely-used text introduces students in an accessible
way to the approaches and methods of political science. The book has been
systematically revised throughout with most chapters entirely new to this
edition. The second edition features substantial extra coverage of
methodological issues, an additional chapter on the philosophical
underpinnings of the study of politics and a simplified structure for the
presentation of theories and approaches.
UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC POLICY: THEORIES AND ISSUES
Paul Cairney
Palgrave MacMillan
This book is a new introduction to theories of public policy. The author
provides an accessible assessment of a wide range of theories and models
from policy cycles, policy transfer, rational choice and socio-economic
explanations to multi-level governance, advocacy coalitions and punctuated
equilibrium and of their value to policy analysis.
HOW RICH COUNTRIES GOT RICH… AND WHY POOR
COUNTRIES STAY POOR
Erik Reinert
Constable
This book is a narrative history of modern economic development from the
Italian Renaissance to the present day. In it Erik S. Reinert shows how rich
countries developed through a combination of government intervention,
protectionism, and strategic investment.
THE BOTTOM BILLION: WHY THE POOREST COUNTRIES ARE
FAILING AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT
Paul Collier
Oxford University Press
In this elegant and impassioned synthesis from one of the world's leading
experts on Africa and poverty, economist Paul Collier writes persuasively that
although nearly five billion of the world's people are beginning to climb from
desperate poverty and to benefit from globalization's reach to developing
countries, there is a "bottom billion" of the world's poor whose countries,
largely immune to the forces of global economy, are falling farther behind and
are in danger of falling apart, separating permanently and tragically from the
rest of the world.
THE ATLAS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: MAPPING THE WORLD’S
GREATEST CHALLENGE
Kirstin Dow & Taylor Downing
University of California Press
This highly acclaimed atlas distills the vast science of climate change,
providing a reliable and insightful guide to this rapidly growing field. Since
the 2006 publication of the first edition, climate change has climbed even
higher up the global agenda. This new edition reflects the latest
developments in research and the impact of climate change, and in current
efforts to mitigate and adapt to changes in the world's weather. This atlas
covers a wide range of topics, including warning signs, vulnerable
populations, health impacts, renewable energy, and emissions reduction,
personal and public action.
ASSESSING VULNERABILITY TO GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL
CHANGE
Edited by Anthony G. Patt et al.
Earthscan Ltd.
Assessing the vulnerability of human populations to global environmental
change, particularly climate change, is now the main imperative of research
and international action. However, much of the research into vulnerability is
not designed to feed directly into decision making and policy, creating a
gap between the knowledge created by researchers and what is required
by decision makers. This book seeks to rectify this problem and bridge the
gap. It discusses vulnerability as the central theme and brings together
many different applications from disaster studies, climate change impact
studies and several other fields and provides the most comprehensive
synthesis of definitions, theories, formalization and applications to date.
HOW TO WRITE YOUR UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATION
Bryan Greetham
Palgrave MacMillan
Examining each essential stage of research and writing a dissertation, this
book teaches students across all disciplines how to generate ideas and
develop them into original research projects. It clearly explains the best way
of planning and conducting research using qualitative and quantitative
techniques and primary and secondary material; enabling the student to
successfully plan and write a clear and concise dissertation.
THE STUDENT’S GUIDE TO WRITING: GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION
AND SPELLING
John Peck & Martin Coyle
Palgrave MacMillan
The Student's Guide to Writing became a firm favourite amongst lecturers
when it published in 1999. Aimed at students wishing to perfect their writing
skills, it shows them how to construct a sentence, a paragraph and an essay
and carefully explains grammar, punctuation and spelling. For this second
edition, the authors have made their explanations even clearer, included a
'Spot the Mistake' section, and added an index for easier navigation.
AUTHORING A PHD: HOW TO PLAN, DRAFT, WRITE AND
FINISH A DOCTORAL THESIS OR DISSERTATION
Patrick Dunleavy
Palgrave MacMillan
Authoring a Ph.D. Thesis involves having creative ideas, working out
how to organize them, writing up from plans, upgrading text, and
finishing it speedily and to a good standard. It also involves being
examined and getting work published. This book provides a huge range
of ideas and suggestions to help Ph.D. candidates cope with both the
intellectual issues involved and the practical difficulties of organizing
their work effectively.
THE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH HANDBOOK
Gina Wisker
Palgrave MacMillan
This practical, research-informed text will provide students across all
disciplines with models, tasks and activities to enable them to plan,
action, write and present quality research. It will help develop ideas,
creative thinking and systematic research practices to enable students
to produce high quality dissertations and reports.
THE POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH HANDBOOK
Gina Wisker
Palgrave MacMillan
The second edition of this best-selling book is as lively and accessible
as the first edition. Advice, support and both active and reflective tasks
take the students through the stages of research as well as
encouraging them to consider social and cultural issues, such as
working with their supervisor and other researchers.
THE ECONOMICS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Michael Artis & F.I. Nixson
Oxford University Press
The new edition of this successful text analyses the current economic
issues facing a rapidly changing Europe. The authors combine policy,
history and data to present a global perspective of the EU, written with a
range of students taking an introductory module in European Economics
in mind. With new material on the economic relationship between the EU
and the US, Enlargement and the Lisbon process the authors consider
the changing landscape and Europe's development as a major global
player.
THE SCIENCE OF POLITICS: AN INTRODUCTION
Josep M. Colomer
Oxford University Press
A broad, accessible, and rigorous overview of politics, The Science of Politics:
An Introduction introduces students to the most substantive and important issues
in the field. Josep M. Colomer takes a unique approach to the study of politics,
addressing it from two points of departure: as a fundamental human activity to
pursue the common interests of the members of a community (i.e., the "public
good") and as the subject of systematic and reliable knowledge (i.e., science).
This method helps to bridge a persistent gap between developments in research
and actual teaching in the discipline. It provides students with the best possible
foundation to build upon as they move into more advanced study in the field.
THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EU
Edited by Simon Bulmer & Christine Lequesne
Oxford University Press
This book is the most comprehensive study of the European member states
available. It covers the principal member states in separate chapters, as well as
bringing together the smaller member states in comparative groupings, and also
includes a chapter on the new member states. The country chapters look at the
wider political issues associated with integration and not just policy machinery. In
order to help readers understand the interaction of the member states, there are
sections which cover analytical and empirical themes such as EU member
relations and the European economy.
THE EUROPEAN UNION AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: THE
POLITICS OF FOREIGN AID
Maurizio Carbone
Routledge
Using development policy as a starting point, this book provides a systematic
analysis of the interaction between the European Commission and Member
States. It explores the conditions in which the European Commission influences
outcomes in the EU decision making process.It ultimately argues that the
European Commission plays a leadership role, but this leadership is contingent
upon the presence of an institutional entrepreneur, its internal cohesiveness, and
the astute use of a repertoire of tactics. Demonstrating that development policy
may provide fresh insights into EU integration theory, this book will be of interest
to students and scholars of European Politics and International Development.
EU DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION: FROM MODEL TO SYMBOL
Edited by Karin Arts & Anna K. Dickson
Manchester University Press
In this book, available for the first time in paperback, Arts and Dickson ask the
obvious and important question: if the EU development cooperation policy doesn't
work, why bother with it? The authors assess why the policy has become largely
ineffective, citing among the external causal factors the liberalisation of trade, and
the growing influence of US and international actors such as the World Bank and
the International Monetary Fund upon EU policy. It also considers contributing
factors within the EU such as the enlargement of its membership and the resulting
shifts in priorities.
PERSPECTIVES ON EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION: POLICY AND PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUAL
DONOR COUNTRIES AND THE EU
Edited by Olav Stokke & Paul Hoebink
Routledge
Events of the past twenty years have meant that the environments of
international development co-operation have changed extensively, with
dramatic consequences for development policies and North-South
relations in general. This book takes stock of such changes, describing
and analyzing the new European development agenda. Essays by
prominent authorities in the field examine the development policies of
individual donor countries and focus on the principles and objectives
governing aid strategies and the performances of these policies.
THE POLITICS OF POVERTY REDUCTION
Paul Mosley et al.
Oxford University Press
Globally, there is a commitment to eliminate poverty; and yet the politics
that have caused anti-poverty policies to succeed in some countries and
to fail in others have been little studied. The Politics of Poverty
Reduction focuses on these political processes. Analysis is based partly
on global comparisons and partly on case-studies of nine countries that
span the developing world. Where governments are politically weak,
they need to make alliances with other groups to stay in power, and
where these have been with low-income groups, the result may be a
lasting and effective pro-poor strategy.
CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Edited by Andrew Jordan et al.
Cambridge University Press
Drawing on a variety of detailed case studies spanning the interlinked
challenges of mitigation and adaptation, this volume offers an unrivalled
account of how different actors wrestled with the complex governance
dilemmas associated with climate policy making. Opening up the EU's
inner workings to non-specialists, it provides a perspective on the way
that the EU governs, as well as exploring its ability to maintain a leading
position in international climate change politics.
ESSENTIALS OF ECONOMICS
John Sloman & Dean Garratt
Financial Times Prentice Hall
Just like the economy, Essentials of Economics, the market leading
concise text in introductory economics, has also been through a
thorough overhaul. While retaining its classic features and clear and
engaging writing style, it has many new features including a new coauthor, extensive re-write of the macroeconomic chapters, strengthened
theoretical coverage and over 30 revised shorter new boxes.
EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: METHODS AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Jacques Pelkmans
Written by one of Europe's leading analysts of the European Union, the third
edition of this text has been significantly reorganised in structure, and fully
revised and updated to reflect the changes in the EU over recent years. The third
edition offers a fundamental discussion, and detailed analysis, of European
integration. Uniquely it combines economic analysis with a detailed knowledge of
the integration methods employed in the EU. Whilst being academically rigorous
and assuming some prior knowledge, it is full of practical examples and case
studies enabling it to bridge the gap between theory and policy practice.
EUROPE AND THE EURO
Edited by Alberto Alesina et al.
University of Chicago Press
Europe and the Euro looks at a number of important issues, including the effects
of the euro on reform of goods and labour markets; its influence on business
cycles and trade among members; and, whether the single currency has induced
convergence or divergence in the economic performance of member countries.
While adoption of the euro may not have met with the expectations of optimists,
the benefits have been many, and there is reason to believe that the euro is
robust enough to survive recent economic shocks. This volume is an essential
reference on both the first ten years of the euro and the workings of a monetary
union.
DIMENSIONS OF COMPETITIVENESS
Edited by Paul de Grauwe
MIT Press
In this volume, leading economists take on the concept of competitiveness,
demonstrating the value of systematic analysis in an area too often dominated
by special interest groups who use the concept to advance hidden agendas.
The chapters range from broad theoretical views to case studies, examining
the multiple factors that drive competitiveness.
APPROACHES AND METHODOLOGIES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Edited by Donatella della Porta et al.
Cambridge University Press
A revolutionary new textbook introducing masters and doctoral students to the
major research approaches and methodologies in the social sciences. Written
by an outstanding set of scholars, and derived from successful course
teaching, this volume will empower students to choose their own approach to
research, to justify this approach, and to situate it within the discipline. It
addresses questions of ontology, epistemology and philosophy of social
science, and proceeds to issues of methodology and research design essential
for producing a good research proposal. It also introduces researchers to the
main issues of debate and contention in the methodology of social sciences,
identifying commonalities, historic continuities and genuine differences.