Political Europe

Author : Jakub M. Godzimirski
Publisher : Springer
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319933603

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New Political Economy of Energy in Europe by Jakub M. Godzimirski Pdf

This edited collection details and analyses the dramatic changes that the international political economy of energy has undergone in the past decade. This change began with the increasing assertiveness of Russia when the oil price rose above the $100 mark in 2008. This, combined with the rise of shale oil and gas, made the USA all but self-sufficient in terms of fossil fuels. The collapse of the oil price in 2014-15, Saudi Arabia’s new strategy of defending its market share and the increasingly tense and controversial relationship between the West and Russia all worked to further strengthen the geopolitical dimension of energy in Europe. The global result is a world in which geopolitics play a bigger part than ever before; the central question the authors of this volume grapple with is how the EU – and European small states – can deal with this. Chapter 4 of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 200?
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1045882059

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Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics by Anonim Pdf

Author : Toril Aalberg,Frank Esser,Carsten Reinemann,Jesper Stromback,Claes De Vreese
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317224747

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Populist Political Communication in Europe by Toril Aalberg,Frank Esser,Carsten Reinemann,Jesper Stromback,Claes De Vreese Pdf

In an increasing number of countries around the world, populist leaders, political parties and movements have gained prominence and influence, either by electoral successes on their own or by influencing other political parties and the national political discourse. While it is widely acknowledged that the media and the role of communication more broadly are key to understanding the rise and success of populist leaders, parties and movements, there is however very little research on populist political communication, at least in the English-speaking research literature. Originating from a research project funded by the European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST), this book seeks to advance this research. It includes examinations 24 European countries, and focuses on three areas within the context of populism and populist political communication: populist actors as communicators, the media and populism and citizens and populism.

Author : Jozef Bátora,John Erik Fossum
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351024327

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Towards a Segmented European Political Order by Jozef Bátora,John Erik Fossum Pdf

This book makes a distinctive contribution to the crucial debate on the European Union (EU)’s present and future development. It systematically examines how the range of crises and challenges over the last decade have transformed the EU and relates those findings to the discussion of an increasingly differentiated EU. It argues that the post-crises EU shows clear signs of becoming a segmented political order with in-built biases and constraints. The book spells out the key features of such an order in ideational and structural terms and shows how it more concretely manifests itself in the EU’s institutional and constitutional make-up and in how member states constrain and condition EU action. Different states impose different types of constraints, as is underlined through paying explicit attention to the Visegrád countries. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of EU politics/studies, European integration and politics, East European politics and foreign policy.

Author : Krisztina Arató,Boglarka Koller,Anita Pelle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429537004

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The Political Economy of the Eurozone in Central and Eastern Europe by Krisztina Arató,Boglarka Koller,Anita Pelle Pdf

The idea for this volume came from the enigma that some Central and Eastern European (CEE) European Union (EU) member states have been keen to join the Eurozone while others have shown persistent reluctance. Moreover, the attitudes towards joining have seemingly not correlated with either the level of economic development or the time spent as part of the EU, nor with any other rational reason such as the level of integration into the EU real economy, or the level of trust in the EU on the part of the public. Therefore, at first sight, the answer to the question ‘why in, why out?’ remains rather unclear. The attractiveness of the currency union has nevertheless not disappeared for the CEE countries. Despite the Eurozone crisis of 2010–13, it was during that time that the Baltic states introduced the euro. Then, after a few years of inactivity, Croatia and Bulgaria successfully applied for membership of the exchange rate mechanism in July 2020, amid the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. At the same time, the three Visegrad countries still using their national currencies – Poland, Czechia and Hungary – no longer have a target date to join the monetary union. This volume aims to discuss these issues from horizontal aspects and through country studies, with contributions from expert authors from, or closely related to, the CEE region.

Author : Christopher Kobrak,Per H. Hansen
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business and politics
ISBN : 1571816291

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European Business, Dictatorship, and Political Risk, 1920-1945 by Christopher Kobrak,Per H. Hansen Pdf

For much of the twentieth century, the prevalence of dictatorial regimes has left business, especially multinational firms, with a series of complex and for the most part unwelcome choices. This volume, which includes essays by noted American and European scholars such as Mira Wilkins, Gerald Feldman, Peter Hayes, and Wilfried Feldenkirchen, sets business activity in its political and social context and describes some of the strategic and tactical responses of firms investing from or into Europe to a myriad of opportunities and risks posed by host or home country authoritarian governments during the interwar period. Although principally a work of history, it puts into perspective some commercial dilemmas with which practitioners and business theorists must still unfortunately grapple.

Author : Pierre Rosanvallon
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400838745

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Democratic Legitimacy by Pierre Rosanvallon Pdf

It's a commonplace that citizens in Western democracies are disaffected with their political leaders and traditional democratic institutions. But in Democratic Legitimacy, Pierre Rosanvallon, one of today's leading political thinkers, argues that this crisis of confidence is partly a crisis of understanding. He makes the case that the sources of democratic legitimacy have shifted and multiplied over the past thirty years and that we need to comprehend and make better use of these new sources of legitimacy in order to strengthen our political self-belief and commitment to democracy. Drawing on examples from France and the United States, Rosanvallon notes that there has been a major expansion of independent commissions, NGOs, regulatory authorities, and watchdogs in recent decades. At the same time, constitutional courts have become more willing and able to challenge legislatures. These institutional developments, which serve the democratic values of impartiality and reflexivity, have been accompanied by a new attentiveness to what Rosanvallon calls the value of proximity, as governing structures have sought to find new spaces for minorities, the particular, and the local. To improve our democracies, we need to use these new sources of legitimacy more effectively and we need to incorporate them into our accounts of democratic government. An original contribution to the vigorous international debate about democratic authority and legitimacy, this promises to be one of Rosanvallon's most important books.

Author : Eszter Krasznai Kovacs
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781800641358

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Politics and the Environment in Eastern Europe by Eszter Krasznai Kovacs Pdf

Europe remains divided between east and west, with differences caused and worsened by uneven economic and political development. Amid these divisions, the environment has become a key battleground. The condition and sustainability of environmental resources are interlinked with systems of governance and power, from local to EU levels. Key challenges in the eastern European region today include increasingly authoritarian forms of government that threaten the operations and very existence of civil society groups; the importation of locally-contested conservation and environmental programmes that were designed elsewhere; and a resurgence in cultural nationalism that prescribes and normalises exclusionary nation-building myths. This volume draws together essays by early-career academic researchers from across eastern Europe. Engaging with the critical tools of political ecology, its contributors provide a hitherto overlooked perspective on the current fate and reception of ‘environmentalism’ in the region. It asks how emergent forms of environmentalism have been received, how these movements and perspectives have redefined landscapes, and what the subtler effects of new regulatory regimes on communities and environment-dependent livelihoods have been. Arranged in three sections, with case studies from Czechia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Serbia, this collection develops anthropological views on the processes and consequences of the politicisation of the environment. It is valuable reading for human geographers, social and cultural historians, political ecologists, social movement and government scholars, political scientists, and specialists on Europe and European Union politics.

Author : Daniele Albertazzi,Davide Vampa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429771026

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Populism and New Patterns of Political Competition in Western Europe by Daniele Albertazzi,Davide Vampa Pdf

This book analyses how party competition has adjusted to the success of populism in Western Europe, whether this is non-populists dealing with their populist competitors, or populists interacting with each other. The volume focuses on Western Europe in the period 2007–2018 and considers both right-wing and left-wing populist parties. It critically assesses the concept and rise of populism, and includes case studies on Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, the United Kingdom, Greece, and Italy. The authors apply an original typology of party strategic responses to political competitors, which allows them to map interactions between populist and non-populist parties in different countries. They also assess the links between ideology and policy, the goals of different populist parties, and how achieving power affects these parties. The volume provides important lessons for the study of political competition, particularly in the aftermath of a crisis and, as such, its framework can inform future research in the post-Covid-19 era. This wide-ranging study will appeal to students and scholars of political science interested in populism and political competition; and will appeal to policy makers and politicians from across the political spectrum.

Author : Josep Maria Colomer
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0415267900

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Political Institutions in Europe by Josep Maria Colomer Pdf

This is a clear, lucid introduction to the institutional regimes of fifteen countries in western Europe written by an outstanding group of European political scientists. New to the revised second edition: * comprehensive coverage of the political institutions of 15 European countries, including Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Low Countries and the Nordic Countries * each chapter explores political parties, elections and electoral rules, parliaments and national, regional and local governments * a brand new chapter looking at the effect of the European Union * chapters written by leading figures in the field * annotated guides to further reading. The book should be an essential introduction for students of both comparative and European politics.

Author : Johan P. Olsen,Professor and Director of Research Arena Centre for European Studies Johan P Olsen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199214341

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Europe in Search of Political Order by Johan P. Olsen,Professor and Director of Research Arena Centre for European Studies Johan P Olsen Pdf

One of the world's most influential Political Scientists provides an innovative perspective on institutional change and reform in the EU.

Author : Hubert Heinelt,Annick Magnier,Marcello Cabria,Herwig Reynaert
Publisher : Springer
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319674100

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Political Leaders and Changing Local Democracy by Hubert Heinelt,Annick Magnier,Marcello Cabria,Herwig Reynaert Pdf

This book studies political leadership at the local level, based on data from a survey of the mayors of cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants in 29 European countries carried out between 2014 and 2016. The book compares these results with those of a similar survey conducted ten years ago. From this comparative perspective, the book examines how to become a mayor in Europe today, the attitudes of these politicians towards administrative and territorial reforms, their notions of democracy, their political priorities, whether or not party politicization plays a role at the municipal level, and how mayors interact with other actors in the local political arena. This study addresses students, academics and practitioners concerned at different levels with the functioning and reforms of the municipal level of local government.

Author : Jae-Jae Spoon
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472117901

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Political Survival of Small Parties in Europe by Jae-Jae Spoon Pdf

Strategic choices allow small parties to balance their interests and achieve success

Author : S. Birch
Publisher : Springer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003-11-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781403938763

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Electoral Systems and Political Transformation in Post-Communist Europe by S. Birch Pdf

Electoral Systems and Political Transformation in Post-Communist Europe assesses the influence of electoral systems on political change in 20 post-communist European states. The main finding is that electoral institutions have systematic effects on the formation of representative structures. 'Party-enabling' aspects of electoral laws such as list proportional representation tend to foster popular inclusion in politics and institutionalized party systems, whereas 'politician-enabling' rules such as single-member districts and ballots that allow voters to select individuals often favour the development of weakly structured systems and high levels of popular exclusion from the representative process.

Author : A. Tolson,M. Ekstrom,Mats Ekström
Publisher : Springer
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137273321

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Media Talk and Political Elections in Europe and America by A. Tolson,M. Ekstrom,Mats Ekström Pdf

This book makes an important contribution to the study of political communication. Its chapters analyse forms of media talk associated with contemporary political elections. Key topics include: changing forms of political interview, televised political debates, and the use of multimedia in promotional discourse.