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European Union Studies

Europe's Immigration Challenge: Reconciling Work, Welfare and Mobility

Argues that governments across Europe need to devise labour market, welfare and immigration policies in an integrated fashion.

West or East? Modern or Traditional? Global or Local? Secular or Islamic? Turkish or Other? This title intends to look at the nuance which lies in between these opposites, analysing the explosion of civil society institutions under the aegis and protection of the EU Copenhagen Political Criteria.

An Island in Europe The EU and the Transformation of Cyprus Cover

The celebrations which marked the accession of the Republic of Cyprus to the European Union on 1st May 2004 signalled the end of a fourteen year process since the island had first applied to join - and the end of six full years of complicated and intense negotiations. This book examines the process of accession and its wide-reaching repercussions.

Turkey and the Dilemma of EU Accession When Religion Meets Politics Cover

This book will be an important resource for anyone interested in EU politics, EU enlargement policy, EU-Turkey relations, the relationship between religion and politics, political Islam, multiculturalism and supranational integration.

From Policy to Implementation in the European Union The Challenge of a Multilevel Governance System Cover

Is the EU multi-level governance system weakening the implementation of policies at a state level? This work argues that implementation deficiencies are a direct result of the multi-level structure of European governance. It studies Italy, Spain and Poland in order to identify the main factors undermining implementation process.

The Process of Politics in Europe The Rise of European Elites and Supranational Institutions Cover

Drawing on extensive archival records and oral history interviews, this book is the first comprehensive study of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC), and their personnel, the European civil servants.

The dilemmas of African development continue to haunt both African and western institutions and governments. This title offers an original interpretation of the evolving concept of partnership as it operates within the relationship between the European Union and the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific group.

Looking at the order-promoting processes of both the EU and Nato, this work offers a detailed comparative analysis of the role played by external actors in the Balkan region as a whole. In doing so, it provides an insight into the processes of peace-promotion in general, and the patterns of security-community-building in the Balkans in particular.

Regional Identity and Diversity in Europe Experience in Wales Silesia and Flanders Cover

How can a single European government incorporate the needs of many distinct regional European cultures? This book draws together leading researchers from throughout Europe to examine a selection of regional identities in three European nation states. The three regions studied are Wales in the UK, Flanders in Belgium, and Silesia in Poland.

United in Diversity European Integration and Political Cultures Cover

Europe is more than a system of rules and political institutions that regulate European citizenship: it is also a space of political traditions, political experiences and cultural memories. This volume explores several issues that must be addressed if the challenge of an integrated Europe is to be successfully met.