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This interdisciplinary volume probes the economic and political
impact of both, the 2008-09 financial-economic crisis and the
subsequent sovereign debt crisis in Europe. Basing their analysis
on a well-researched depiction of the origins and scope of the
crisis, leading experts from Europe and North America critically
examine its potentially destabilizing political effects. These
include questions on the capacity of the European Union to respond
swiftly and effectively, challenges to key EU policy commitments
(such as climate change and anti-protectionist trade policies), and
the manner in which potentially discontent electorates hold their
leaders to account. This volume is unique in devoting special
attention to the post-communist states, both those that have joined
the European Union as well as Russia, and suggests that a global
crisis of this type does not respect traditional political or
economic boundaries, but rather that it has effects at the
regional, national and supranational level. By extending the
geographic scope, the authors address important questions about why
some countries have suffered more that others and what the crisis
will mean for the future shape of Europe.
The financial crisis of 2008-09 took an unexpected turn upon
challenging a core symbol of Europe's integration project, the
Euro. In this volume, leading experts tackle questions on the
capacity of the EU to respond, the manner discontent electorates
will hold their leaders to account, and the implications for
Europe's future relations with Russia.
Transnational connections are a defining feature of contemporary
Europe. They include cross-border economic and cultural exchange,
migration, and political activism. This volume probes their
political and social significance and makes a case for
incorporating transnationalism more systematically into the
research agenda of European Studies.
Transnational connections are a defining feature of contemporary
Europe. They include cross-border economic and cultural exchange,
migration, and political activism. This volume probes their
political and social significance and makes a case for
incorporating transnationalism more systematically into the
research agenda of European Studies.
The decline of citizen involvement affects two key elements of
democratic government: elections and political parties. Activating
the Citizen examines the reasons underlying citizen withdrawal and
explores and assesses innovative approaches on both sides of the
Atlantic to try to counter these phenomena.
This volume focuses on the manner in which declining citizen
involvement affects two key elements of democratic government,
elections and political parties. It examines the reasons underlying
citizen withdrawal and explores and assesses innovative approaches
on both sides of the Atlantic to try to counter these phenomena.
The 2004 and 2007 enlargements pushed the EU's external border
further east as well as closer to unstable areas in the western
Balkans. With future enlargements unlikely in the short-term, the
EU faces new challenges in securing stable relationships with these
neighbouring countries, while not fostering false hopes of early
accession. This book explores the challenges facing the EU in
developing its relations with neighboring countries in Eastern and
South-Eastern Europe following the enlargements of 2004 and 2007.
The 2004 and 2007 enlargements pushed the EU's external border
further east as well as closer to unstable areas in the western
Balkans. With future enlargements unlikely in the short-term, the
EU faces new challenges in securing stable relationships with these
neighbouring countries, while not fostering false hopes of early
accession.
The 'democratic deficit' of the European Union is a much
discussed-concern of politicians and commentators, and this
insightful collection argues that this is a result of the
multi-level nature of EU governance. Popular loyalties become
divided between levels of government, lines of accountability
become ambiguous and supranational institutions seem distant from
citizens.These challenges are part of broader globalizing processes
that have destabilized the traditional notion of the nation state
and replaced it with multilevel forms of governance across the
globe.
Focusing on the EU, this volume examines the problems multilevel
governance causes for democratic legitimacy by placing it in a
comparative and theoretical context, and explore how challenges
faced by the EU compare with those faced by traditional federal
systems worldwide. Through a combination of theoretical
perspectives and empirical research, this book offers the means to
evaluate the various explanations for the problems facing democracy
within the EU and shows how legitimacy and accountability can be
improved.
Focusing on the EU, this volume, with a combination of theoretical
perspectives and empirical research, examines the problems
multilevel governance causes for democratic legitimacy by placing
it in a comparative and theoretical context, and explore how
challenges faced by the EU compare with those faced by traditional
federal systems worldwide.
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