A History of Labour Members of the European Parliament 1979-99
The first-ever history of Labour’s participation in the European Parliament, packed with information on people and policies.
Publication date: October 2009
340 pages
Price: 27.00 €
In order to improve living standards, countries have to launch free-market reforms. Numerous obstacles – such as special interests, populist media and political structures – explain why little is happening despite widespread knowledge about what to do.
The Guide to Reform focuses on the dozen countries that launched the most far-reaching reforms. The economic and social results have often exceeded any expectations, and almost every reform government has been re-elected.
The book ends with a bullet-point list about how to reform successfully and get re-elected.
The book is now in its second edition and has been praised by leading commentators such as Wolfgang Münchau at the Financial Times and politicians like Ivan Miklos, former Finance Minister of Slovakia.
Price: 21.00 €
This book is the first authoritative account of the tough negotiations between determined Irish governments and the EU to bring about a series of generous financial packages that have contributed to Ireland’s economic and social progress over the last twenty years.
Drawing on State and EU papers and the accounts of senior Irish and Commission officials, the book presents new research that sheds light on the inner workings of EU decision making and cohesion policy.
As Europe takes its next step towards ever closer union, Behind Closed Doors provides both a topical and a timely contribution to the literature on European studies, especially in relation to cohesion policy.
Publication: 28 May 2008
Price: 40.00 €
A Study on the Networks of European Commission Officials
Working and communicating with and across nations and nationalities makes cultural differences a permanent part of everyday reality in multinational organisations like the European Commission. It has been frequently argued that nationality forms an important basis for forming networks in and around the European Union (EU) institutions. This has been linked to the ease of establishing communication and connection resulting from sharing a culture. Do cultural preferences shape the choices of Commission officials when composing their networks for obtaining task-related information or advice? Are national networks a myth or everyday reality in the European Commission? Why or why not?
Price: 23.11 €
The September 11 attacks in the USA lent huge impetus to efforts to coordinate and expand the EU's counter-terrorism role, bringing about far-reaching cooperation and pushing the EU down the track of further European integration. The chapters in this book explain how and why this has come about and the mechanisms involved.
October 2007
" ...a welcome analysis of terrorism challenges. David Spence has succeeded in giving us a timely and thoughtful complement to the terrorism debate", Franco Frattini, EU Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security
Price: 35.00 €
On the European profile in world-wide democracy assistance
In the changing international context, of a post 9/11 world and the war in Iraq, democracy assistance has become a strategic objective. This created increased momentum, world-wide and within Europe, for reflection on how democracy assistance can be effectively delivered, and how European modalities to do so could be enhanced.
In the book European scholars and practitioners, including Peter Burnell and Richard Youngs, discuss various aspects of the distinctly European contribution towards this challenge. Their essays concentrate on European democratic values and the European profile in democracy assistance work.
Published: 2007
Pages: 258
Price: 36.79 €
An unparalleled cast of the most authoritative thought leaders from the world of politics, academia, business and the arts offer their personal assessment of the state of the Union and their ideas and proposals for the Union´s next half –century. The publication also offers a range of views and suggestions about Europe from young people right across the European Union.
The proposals in the publication will be fed into the process of reflection on the future of the EU which has begun under the German EU Presidency and which is set to continue into the medium term.
The publication will include a useful calendar of EU-related events until 2009, and is set to be an invaluable source of ideas for anyone interested in the European Union.
Price: 67.00 €
A thorough analysis of the changes in the attitudes of EU officials and politicians towards the laws and norms governing the use of force as well as in the strategies towards the Balkans, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and the United States demonstrate the significant transformative impact 9/11 and the ‘war on terror’ had on European Foreign and Security Policy .
296 pages
Price: 36.00 €
An intense debate is raging in Western Europe. Growth is slowing, employment is falling, the number of people living off the state is increasing, and welfare services are deteriorating. Why? Who is responsible? What should be done?
Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister of Sweden:
"There is an acute need to look at the economic challenges facing some of the older European economies, and this book does it with clarity in both the analysis and the prescriptions for the future. We can do much better - why aren't we?"
Robert Mundell, Nobel Laureate, 1999:
"A blockbuster tract that tackles head-on the major problems confronting the European economy. It should be required reading for all European politicians."
Price: 12.00 €
This new and timely book deals with the latest developments in the Cyprus problem and the new prospects and challenges resulting from the accession of the Republic of Cyprus to the EU.
It also addresses these developments within the framework of broader dimensions, including relations between the EU and Turkey, US geostrategic objectives and the role of Britain.
Price: 30.00 €
The process of European integration has progressed in an unprecedented way since 1958. European integration not only covers a larger territory but also explicitly relates to the territory in which it takes place. Structural improvement of certain 'old' industrial regions, the construction of high-speed railways, the creation of a Europe-wide network of protected nature areas and the promotion of an agriculture that respects the environment are key-issues that show this change.
Price: 28.30 €
This handbook provides a child-centered guide for ideas and initiatives that foster and reinforce family ties for the children of imprisoned parents and protect their emotional, psychological and social development.
Drafted by members of the European Committee for Children of Imprisoned Parents network in tandem with a series of experts and resource people each chapter offers a European approach and perspective on some of the work currently being carried out across Europe, presenting a commonality that transcends borders and national judicial and penal policies, rather than an exhaustive, nation-by-nation approach.
Price: 16.00 €
The book seeks to examine the process of Cyprus’ accession to the Eurozone and the prospect of the reunification of its economy. The book analyzes in depth the Cyprus economy (both in the area under the control of the government and the occupied northern part) and addresses the challenge of accession to the EMU as well as its economic and political implications.
Price: 17.00 €
Eppink's book gives the reader a rare and ironic glimpse of life in Europe's corridors of power. In his inimitable style, he sketches a portrait of the 'European Mandarins', the European Commission's senior administrators, of whom a German Euro-Commissioner recently said 'they have too much power and are too little controlled'.
Pages: 392 (140 x 210 mm)
Price: 24.95 €
‘Crossroad Europe’ is different from most other publications about the European Union. It doesn’t deal with statistics and dry figures. It’s neither about politics, nor about the economy. It’s neither about the continent’s cruel history, nor about exotic communities with unconventional lifestyles.
184 pages full colour
Price: 24.95 €
Europe is a patchwork quilt, a diversity of national and regional cultures. But Europe is also a common cultural heritage. And it is a culture in the making.
The creation of the European Union would not have been possible without this common heritage and the endeavour to have a common future.
Price: 23.03 €
Exploring Identity
In the wake of the terrorist attacks in New York, Madrid and London, the question how western society integrates its minorities has become one of the most crucial issues facing government today and excites media attention and frequent public controversy. This volume presents a number of points of view by authors from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, all with a very different perspective on whether multiculturalism is a valid answer to ensuring harmony in our societies.
156 pages
Price: 28.00 €
6th EDITION - January 2005
“An extraordinarily wide-ranging compendium of information on the contemporary world of political parties…this is an essential reference volume for all academic and public libraries”, Political Studies Review
A4 (297 x 210 mm)
Hardback
710 pages + x
Price: 139.00 €
A book about corporate lobbying at the heart of the EU
Written by some of the leading experts on lobbying transparency in Europe, this collection provides an eye-opening insight into decision making within the European Union – and offers a valuable guide to fighting for greater transparency and accountability.
Publication date: April 2010
Pages: 214
Price: 10.00 €
After the creation of the internal market and the introduction of the euro, the European Union is currently on the way to its next big project - a common security and defence policy.
In a major contribution to a major debate, Karl von Wogau has brought together a remarkable line-up of key political figures and defence experts from across Europe to present their ideas about progress so far and the road ahead.
Their contributions show that there is the political will to strengthen Europe’s role in the world. At the same time they also demonstrate how much ground still remains to be covered and the differences that persist over the ultimate destination.
Edited by Karl von Wogau, chairman of the Defence and Security subcommittee of the European Parliament
300 pages Publication 9 July 2009
Price: 35.00 €
Within the European Union the dynamic development of the external side of justice and home affairs raises challenging issues: friction over the division of competences between the Union and its Member States and between EU institutions; cross-pillar coordination issues; legal and political tensions due to ‘variable geometry’ with numerous ‘opt-ins’ and ‘opt-outs’. In addition, international cooperation brings its own problems: how to explain the internal issues to international partners? How to allow them to become comfortable with an ever more assertive EU role? How to support global governance structures while preserving European standards on the rule of law and the protection of human rights? This book gives an excellent overview over the many current topics in the sensitive areas of immigration and asylum, private international law and international criminal law and procedure. It is warmly recommended to anybody who wants to broaden his or her understanding of the increasing importance of the external side of European policies on Justice, Liberty and Security.
Pages - 524
Price: 48.00 €
Sustainable development has become a central objective in national and international policy of development and the environment. Increasingly it also marks international and national law. In this book scholars in environmental law treat legal theories on sustainable development and how it may be operationalized, and topics related to its development in international law, European law, international trade and investment law, and within the climate regime.
The book marks the 20th anniversary of the 1987 report of the “Brundtland Commission” which brought the concept of sustainable development to the forefront of the international agenda.
About the editors:
Hans Christian Bugge, dr. juris, is professor of environmental law at the University of Oslo. Christina Voigt, dr. juris, researches in international environmental law as a post doc. at the University of Oslo.
Pages: 591
Publication: May 2008
Price: 80.00 €
In this book, researchers and scientists from thirteen different countries of the enlarged Europe plus Turkey have joined forces to offer us their insights into the development of the Information Society in their respective countries: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia and Turkey. These experts offer us their analyses of these developments as they occurred during the first five years of the new millennium. Their analyses encompass the issues of technological absorption, of economic growth and of cohesion across the enlarged European Union.
Pages - 451
Price: 34.95 €
The argument over the EU’s reform treaty is over – at least between its political leaders. Now the spotlight moves away from institutions and back towards the policies, outputs and ‘deliverables’ on which the EU’s legitimacy depends.
Following on the success of the award-winning EU: the Next Fifty Years, EU : Policies and Priorities will set out the issues at the top of the EU’s ‘must do’ list – and the instruments for dealing with them.
Contributors include Janez Janŝa, Jośe Manuel Barroso, Charlie McCreevy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Javier Solana and more.
“The notion of energy independence is not a realistic option”
Efficient markets, a favourable investment climate, innovative research and finance for low-carbon technologies are the keys to stable energy supply.”
Peter Sutherland – President, The Federal Trust writing exclusively in the EUPP book
Price: 67.00 €
"Fragmented Power: Europe and the Global Economy" is the first comprehensive review of the external economic policies of the EU. The book’s authors assess European policies vis-à-vis the EU’s global and regional partners in the fields of trade, development, competition, financial markets regulation, exchange rate, migration and energy and make recommendations for improvements. It reviews and evaluates the Union’s current arrangements for the governance of its international relations as well as discussing Europe’s global, transatlantic and regional agendas. The authors explain why Europe must wake up to global responsibilities and why internal reform of its own systems of governance is essential to end fragmented power in key areas.
Price: 25.00 €
Internal and External Dimensions
Since the Treaty of Amsterdam, sustainable development is legally enshrined among the fundamental objectives of European integration. But how has the European Union addressed this issue? Is sustainable development a truly innovative policy paradigm which will revolutionize the way Europe approaches economic, social and environmental issues, or is it little more than a fashionable but vacuous political buzzword?
341 pages
Price: 40.00 €
This new book by a former official of the EC Monetary Committee is the complete guide to Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Carefully referencing treaty provisions and other legislation at every point, it answers concrete questions on the rules for public finance, the concept of an excessive government deficit, the current trend of economic policy, the abolition of exchange control, exchange-rate policy for the euro and the Community’s place in the international monetary system. It makes clear what kind of currency the euro is, and above all its grounding in price stability.
Hardback. 320 pages. Publication February 15, 2007.
Price: 75.00 €
This book explains the role which social security plays in modern societies.
Social security systems are experiencing a profound change all over Europe, due to internal as well as to external reasons: changes in society, in the labour markets and globalisation. The normative dimension of these changes is often overlooked.
This book takes the first step in filling the gap, concentrating on security as a general principle of European social security law (GPSoc), explaining what this principle means and how it works.
649 Pages
Price: 90.00 €