The Ashgate Research Companion to the politics of democratization in Europe

concepts and histories

Eds. Kari Palonen, Tuija Pulkkinen, José María Rosales. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Democratization' is a concept often used in academic book titles. Yet not many of them deal with the initial breakthrough of democratization. This research companion presents an alternative view to the widespread assumption that Western democracies should ...

Opposing Europe?

the comparative party politics of euroscepticism.Vol.2: comparative and theorical perspectives

The project of European integration now spans Europe, but in becoming bigger and broader the European Union has brought on itself significant criticism. As the EU becomes deeper, wider, and more ambitious, so opposition and scepticism become more prominent for citizens and more problematic for ...

Los parlamentos nacionales en la Unión Europea

de Maastricht a Lisboa

El presente libro continúa la colección "CÁTEDRA JEAN MONNET". Dicha colección, dirigida por el titular de la Cátedra Jean Monnet de Derecho Constitucional de la UCM, Profesor José Manuel Martínez Sierra, tiene por objeto servir de espacio editorial a los estudios de integración europea que ...

Moral y política en la Europa moderna

Este libro analiza la emergencia de dos actitudes morales enEuropa -el individualismo y el colectivismo-, y sus respectivas concepciones del Estado. Oakeshott afirma que, en la moral y la política colectivista de la solidaridad, subyace el miedo a la libertad de ciertos individuos, que sienten ...

El Islam, una oportunidad para Europa

Europa, una oportunidad para el Islam

Tras los atentados de Madrid y Londres, el arraigo de importantes comunidades musulmanas suscita recelo y resquemor. El asesinato del periodista Theo Van Gogh, que tanto había embestido contra el islam, ponía fin al multiculturalismo en los Países Bajos. Francia desterraba el pañuelo islámico de ...

Inmigration and european integration

beyond fortress Europe?

Migration is at the heart of the contemporary European Union. This new edition addresses three key questions that underpin EU responses to migration policy. First, what role does the EU play in the regulation of migration? Second, how and why have EU measures developed to ...

Los cinco padres de Europa

la aventura de la unidad europea

Prol., Jordi Pujol i Soley. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Esta obra es un relato humano inédito de la peripecia vital de los artifices del mayor éxito político del siglo XX.

Unveiling the Council of the European Union

games governments play in Brussels

edited by Daniel Naurin and Helen Wallace------------------------------------------------------- For a long time our textbook knowledge of what is happening in the Council of the European Union - the major decision forum of the EU - was to a large extent based on limited interview-based evidence. One reason for ...

The European Union explained

institutions, actors, global impact

The European Union Explained provides a concise overview of the structure, history, and policies of the European Union. Anyone who needs a quick and accessible introduction to the EU - including scholars and professionals in government, business, media, or the nonprofit sector - will find this volume ...

Separatism and sovereignty in the new Europe

party politics and the meanings of statehood in a supranational context

This book investigates the question of why, despite European integration and its challenges to state sovereignty, separatist nationalism continues to thrive in European Union member states. Janet Laible argues that the EU, as a context, a set of resources, and a participatory arena, is deeply ...

Europe's global role

external policies of the European Union

Edited by Jan Orbie. Based on an innovative framework for analyzing the EU's external politics, this book provides a historical overview of and theoretical conclusions about the EU's global role. Taking an original approach, the volume highlights the expanding political science literature on ...

Integración, desarrollo e interrregionalismo en las relaciones entre la Unión Europea y América Latina

Coords. Ángel María Casas Gragea y Marta Ochman. Esta obra ofrece a los lectores la oportunidad de familiarizarse con los desarrollos más recientes en los procesos de cooperación entre la Unión Europea y Latinoamérica en general, o países y regiones más específicos.

The God strategy

how religion became a political weapon in America

In The God Strategy, David Domke and Kevin Coe offer a timely and dynamic study of the rise of religion in American politics, examining the public messages of political leaders over the past seventy-five years--from the 1932 election of Franklin Roosevelt to the early stages ...

Colombia, laboratorio de embrujos

democracia y terrorismo de Estado

La violencia en Colombia, consecuencia de la intransigencia política del Estado y de las enormes desigualdades sociales, es investigada en la presente obra a través de múltiples documentos y enmarcada en una historia que se remonta al siglo XIX. Se suceden los acontecimientos más determinantes ...

Islamismo y democracia en Argelia

Francia y Estados Unidos frente al conflicto

La experiencia argelina suscitó un dilema entre democracia y seguridad que desde principios de los años noventa domina la agenda de los Estados occidentales.

The europeanization of british politics

It is impossible to understand contemporary British politics without a comprehension of the EU's role in shaping political agendas, influencing policy developments and framing political debates. While there is an extensive literature on Britain's behaviour in the EU, there are few book-length accounts ...

China y sus libertades

un dilema para el siglo XXI

Todas las previsiones indican que para el año 2040 China será la primera potencia económica mundial, por delante de Japón y Estados Unidos. Los Juegos Olímpicos de 2008 serán el revulsivo para que el crecimiento del gigante asiático sea visto más que como una amenaza ...

Religious America, secular Europe?

a theme and variations

Europe is a relatively secular part of the world in global terms. Why is this so? And why is the situation in Europe so different from that in the United States? The first chapter of this book # the theme # articulates this contrast. The remaining chapters ...

Le système politique français

La Ve République a franchi le cap des cinquante ans. Cette longévité relative témoigne de l'ancrage d'institutions pourtant décriées et critiquées par de multiples voix. C'est qu'en dépit de carences et de défauts souvent éclatants, la Ve République cumule deux qualités ...

The politics of inmigration in France, Britain, and the United States

a comparative study

This book argues that although labor market needs have been an important element in the development of immigration policy, they have been filtered through a political process: the politics of immigration. It is this process that drives immigration policy in each country. By exploring the ...