The EU and its neighbours

values versus security in european foreign policy

Is there a tension between the normative fundamentals and strategic objectives of European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)? Is 'values versus security' an unavoidable choice to be made by the EU and its neighbours or, rather, a false dichotomy? Newly available in paperback, this book argues that ...

Governing Europe's neighbourhood

partners or periphery?

This volume, newly available in paperback, examines the role of the European Union in creating a system of governance involving the countries and regions of its new 'neighbourhood'. Enlargement has functioned as one of the EU's most effective foreign policy tools, yet the EU ...

Habermas and european integration

social and cultural modernity beyond the nation-state

From its conception to the referenda of 2005 where it met its end, German philosopher Jurgen Habermas wrote in support of the European Constitution. This is the first in-depth account of his project. Emphasis is placed on the conception of the European Union that informed ...

Supranational citizenship

Can we conceive of a citizenship that could, in principle, be relevant to a variety of types of political framework? This book, available at last in paperback, offers a coherent and innovative conception of citizenship that is independent of any specific form of political organisation ...

The activation of citizenship in Europe

This book is the first to illuminate the links between a transnational discourse on what constitutes 'modern' social policy and our concepts and practices of citizenship. Throughout Europe, we are witnessing a large-scale reshuffling of welfare economies critically informed by the guiding principles of 'activation ...

The europeanisation of conflict resolution

regional integration and conflicts in Europe from the 1950s to the Twenty-First Century

This book is about the EU's role in conflict resolution and reconciliation in Europe. Ever since it was implemented as a political project of post-World War II Western Europe, European integration has been credited with performing conflict resolution functions. It allegedly transformed the long-standing ...

The europeanisation of the Western Balkans

EU justice and home affairs in Croatia and Macedonia

This book deals with the scope and nature of the EU's external influence over South-Eastern Europe in the present enlargement. By elaborating on the Europeanisation of the Western Balkans in a systematic, theory-oriented and comparative way, the book provides rich insight into the dynamics ...

The European Union and the accommodation of basque difference in Spain

This book: examines important issues in contemporary Basque politics, which involves one of the most protracted nationalist conflicts in Europe today; provides up-to-date information about contemporary issues in Basque, Spanish and EU politics, including evaluation of new institutions for autonomous community participation in EU decisions ...

From integration to integrity

adminsitrative ethics and reform in the European Commission

"From Integration to Integrity" examines the European Commission' s administrative ethics in the events leading up to the resignation of the College of Commissioners in March 1999 and the subsequent administrative reform led by Commissioner Neil Kinnock from 1999-2004. Insights from the field of administrative ...

Supranational citizenship

This book brings together political theory and debates about European integration, international relations, and the changing nature of citizenship, and offers a coherent and innovative theorisation of a citizenship independent of any specific form of political organisation. It relates that conception of citizenship to topical ...

Democratic citizenship and the European Union

Analyses the political legitimacy of the European Union Evaluates the project of European integration in terms of democratic values Argues that the goods of democratic citizenship have been advanced by European integration in many respects, including environmental policy Combines original normative political theory, drawing on ...

The changing European Commission

How successful has Romano Prodi been in reviving the European Commission after the crisis of 1999? What impact has he made on the operation of the College of Commissioners and how successful was the reform of the administrative machinery of this key organisation? In addition ...

Rethinking European Union foreign policy

Reshaping economic and monetary union

membership rules and budget policies in Germany, France and Spain

Following Maastricht national governments found themselves pushed into distinctive roles, as promoters, gatekeepers, reformers and defectors, as voter preferences and central bank powers combined in different ways to create clear incentives for politicians. These roles explain the push from certain countries for specific changes to ...

Theory and reform in the European Union

The road to the European Union

.Vol. 2: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

The road to the European Union

.Vol. 1: The Czech and Slovak Republics