European and European Union Politics

Politics in Contemporary Portugal: Democracy Evolving
José M. Magone

José Magone provides a comprehensive overview of the development of Portuguese democracy, highlighting the country’s achievements and failures across four decades. Magone    More >

EU Security Policy: What It Is, How It Works, Why It Matters
Michael Merlingen

What is the European Union's security and defense policy (CSDP)? How does it work? Does it make a difference in international security affairs? How do other global actors react to    More >

The European Union: Readings on the Theory and Practice of European Integration, 4th edition
Brent F. Nelsen and Alexander Stubb, editors

The fourth edition of this popular reader, thoroughly updated, introduces students to both the concept of a united Europe and to integration theory. The expanded first two sections of the    More >

Between Brussels and Beijing: The Transatlantic Response to China’s Presence in the Baltic Sea Region
Olevs Nikers and Otto Tabuns, editors

China's growing presence in the strategically important Nordic-Baltic region has implications not only for the region itself, but also for general transatlantic relations. Within that    More >

The Politics of EU Police Cooperation: Toward a European FBI?
John D. Occhipinti

Will the European Union soon have a policing agency similar to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation? John Occhipinti traces the evolution of the European Police Office (Europol),    More >

European Politics: The Making of Democratic States
Walter C. Opello, Jr., and Katherine A. R. Opello

This innovative text explores the nature of European politics in the context of the origin and institutional development of the European state system.  Underlying the analysis are a    More >

Promoting Democracy in Postcommunist Ukraine: The Contradictory Outcomes of US Aid to Women’s NGOs
Kateryna Pishchikova

Considerable material and human resources are devoted to building democratic institutions around the world. Why, then, do assistance programs fail to meet their proclaimed goals? And why    More >

Dismantling Social Europe: The Political Economy of Social Policy in the European Union
Daniel V. Preece

Why is neoliberalism winning out as a social policy in the European Union? Daniel Preece demonstrates how, despite the commitment to "Social Europe" that has been entrenched in the    More >

The State of the European Union, Vol. 3: Building a European Polity?
Carolyn Rhodes and Sonia Mazey, editors

With the ratification of the Treaty on European Union (Maastricht) in 1993, a new era in the history of European integration emerged—an era that juxtaposes the principle of    More >

Governing the Czech Republic and Slovakia: Between State Socialism and the European Union
John A. Scherpereel

Why do democratic leaders sometimes choose not to establish institutions that would promote the consolidation of democracy? And what are the consequences of those choices? Focusing on the    More >

The European Union and the Global South
Fredrik Söderbaum and Patrik Stålgren, editors

Choice Outstanding Academic Book! The development of coherent and effective relations with other regions and countries is one of the most challenging tasks faced by the European Union.    More >

Lessons Learned from the War in Ukraine: Security Strategies for the Nordic-Baltic Five
Otto Tabuns and Olevs Nikers

In the context of Russia's war against Ukraine, the authors present crucial strategies for improving security in five NATO eastern flank states: Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and    More >

Combating Antisemitism in Germany and Poland: Strategies Since 1990
Thomas Just

In both Germany and Poland—primary locations of the Holocaust—the legacy of antisemitism remains a major obstacle to reconciliation with the past. Thomas Just asks: How does    More >

Innovative Governance in the European Union: The Politics of Multilevel Policymaking
Ingeborg Tömmel and Amy Verdun, editors

Do the traditional tools of governance make sense in the decidedly nontraditional political entity that is the European Union? Or are the realities of the unique EU system generating new,    More >

European Monetary Integration and Domestic Politics: Britain, France, and Italy
James I. Walsh

This book explains why three countries—Britain, France, and Italy—that have faced similar problems of high inflation and currency depreciation since the 1970s—Britain,    More >

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