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Europe Unbound provides an analysis of the enlargement of the
European Union and examines from both a theoretical and a political
approach issues such as: * Where does Europe end? * Should Europe's
borders be open or closed? * How does the evolution of territorial
politics impact on the course of European integration? This book
draws upon such diverse fields as History, Sociology, Political
Science and International Relations and contains contributions from
an international range of respected academics.
What is the relationship between democracy and political culture in
countries undergoing major systemic change? Have subjective
political orientations of citizens been important in shaping the
development of democracy in central and eastern Europe after the
fall of communism?
These core questions are tackled by an impressive range of twenty
political scientists, sixteen of which are based in the central and
eastern European countries covered in this essential new book.
Their analyses draw on a unique set of data collected and processed
by the contributors to this volume within the framework of the
World Values Survey project. This data enables these authors to
establish similarities and differences in support of democracy
between a large number of countries with different cultural and
structural conditions as well as historical legacies.
The macro-level findings of the book tend to support the
proposition that support of democracy declines the further east one
goes. In contrast, micro-level relationships have been found to be
astonishingly similar. For example, support of democracy is always
positively related to higher levels of education no matter where an
individual citizen happens to live. This new book builds a clear
understanding of what makes democracies strong and resistant to
autocratic temptation.
Europe Unbound provides an analysis of the enlargement of the European Union and examines from both a theoretical and a political approach issues such as: * Where does Europe end? * Should Europe's borders be open or closed? * How does the evolution of territorial politics impact on the course of European integration? This book draws upon such diverse fields as History, Sociology, Political Science and International Relations and contains contributions from an international range of respected academics. eBook available with sample pages: 0203217098
Focusing upon the emerging patterns of unity and diversity in the
enlarged European Union, this study explores enlargement from the
East and the impact this will have on the future identity of
Europe.
The European Union will be a much more diversified entity after the
forthcoming eastward enlargement. The applicant states from Eastern
Europe are much poorer than the current member states from Western
Europe. Their democracy and in some cases even their statehood is
newly established and presumably more fragile. Their economic,
legal and administrative structures are less developed. This
collection of essays will try to examine the origin, nature, scale
and implications of this divergence. How much divergence is likely
to be imported by the Union and will it hamper the process of
European integration?
What is the relationship between democracy and political culture in
countries undergoing major systemic change? Have subjective
political orientations of citizens been important in shaping the
development of democracy in central and eastern Europe after the
fall of communism? These core questions are tackled by an
impressive range of twenty political scientists, sixteen of which
are based in the central and eastern European countries covered in
this essential new book. Their analyses draw on a unique set of
data collected and processed by the contributors to this volume
within the framework of the World Values Survey project. This data
enables these authors to establish similarities and differences in
support of democracy between a large number of countries with
different cultural and structural conditions as well as historical
legacies. The macro-level findings of the book tend to support the
proposition that support of democracy declines the further east one
goes. In contrast, micro-level relationships have been found to be
astonishingly similar. For example, support of democracy is always
positively related to higher levels of education - no matter where
an individual citizen happens to live. This new book builds a clear
understanding of what makes democracies strong and resistant to
autocratic temptation.
A timely and compelling argument for a revitalized and restructured
global politics The future seems increasingly uncertain. Our
democracies are failing to prevent financial crises, energy
shortages, climate change, and war-so how can we look to the future
with confidence? Jan Zielonka argues that it is democracy's
shortsightedness that makes politics stumble in our increasingly
connected world. With our governments still confined to the borders
of nation-states, defending the short-term interests of present-day
voters, the consequences for future generations are dire. In this
incisive account, Zielonka makes a bold case for a new politics of
time and space. He considers how democracy should adjust to the
world of high speed, and he questions our everyday experiences as
citizens: Is it acceptable for authorities and firms to monitor our
whereabouts? Why is the distribution of time and space so unequal?
And, most crucially, can we construct a new system of governance
that will allow us to plan ahead with certainty?
The European Union's foreign policy is full of paradoxes. The Union
aspires to be a powerful international actor without becoming a
super-state. It hopes to prevent and manage conflicts, but refrains
from acquiring the military means to do so. It embarks on the
project of widening its borders, but continues its deepening
project which makes the entrance hurdles for applicant countries
ever higher. It wishes to maintain strong transatlantic links, but
continues to build institutions that make the EU more independent
from - if not competitive with - the United States. In this
stimulating book, distinguished European and American intellectuals
offer solutions to imperative but unanswered questions: How can the
Union's enormous normative `power of attraction' combined with its
operational weakness be explained? Can the Union remain a `civilian
power' when coping with an `uncivilized' world? Can a European
foreign policy get off the ground without prior emergence of a
European demos? Are national policies within the Union increasingly
convergent or divergent? And how can the Union's international
performance be assessed?
This book analyses the relationship between the media and politics
in new democracies in Europe and other parts of the world. It does
so from both theoretical and empirical angles. How is power being
mediated in new democracies? Can media function independently in
the unstable and polarised political environment experienced after
the fall of autocracy? Do major shifts in economic and ownership
structures help or hinder the quality of the media? How much can
new media laws alter old journalistic habits and political
cultures? And how do new technologies impact the media and
democracy? The book examines these questions, drawing on a vast set
of data assembled by a large international project. Media and
Politics in New Democracies focuses chiefly on new democracies in
Central and Eastern Europe, but chapters analysing new democracies
in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia are also included.
These new democracies represent a variety of what sociologists call
'glocalism': homogenisation and heterogenisation coexist, revealing
hybrid models and multiple modernities. It is local culture that
assigns meaning to global and regional influences. 'Ideal' liberal
models and best practices are being promoted and aspired to, but
these models and practices are often being adopted in opaque ways
generating results opposite to those intended. The book finds many
new democracies to be fragile if not deficient, and tries to show
what is really going on in these countries, how they compare to
each other, and what they can learn from each other.
This book seeks to comprehend the evolving nature of the European
Union following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the failure of the
European Constitution. Its prime focus is the last wave of
enlargement that has profoundly transformed the EU. Although there
are many parallels between the European integration process and
state building processes, the Union is nothing like a Westphalian
super state. The new emerging polity resembles a kind of
neo-medieval empire with a polycentric system of government,
multiple and overlapping jurisdictions, striking cultural and
economic heterogeneity, fuzzy borders, and divided sovereignty. The
book tries to spell out the origin, the shape, and the implications
of this empire.
The aim of this book is to suggest a novel way of thinking about
the European Union and the process of European integration. The
book shows 'two Europes' coming together following the end of the
cold war. It proposes a system of economic and democratic
governance that meets the ever greater challenges of modernization,
interdependence, and globalization. It identifies the most
plausible scenario of promoting peaceful change in Europe and
beyond. The author argues that mainstream thinking about European
integration is based on mistaken statist assumptions and suggests
more effective and legitimate ways of governing Europe than through
adoption of a European Constitution, creation of a European army,
or introduction of a European social model.
The book covers many fields from politics, and economics to
foreign affairs and security. It analyzes developments in both
Eastern and Western Europe. It also gives ample room to both
theoretical and empirical considerations.
This book provides a unique insight into the institution building process and constitutional politics in new democracies of Eastern Europe. For the first time, an in-depth empirical analysis of thirteen individual post-communist countries is provided within a sound comparative and theoretical context.
Can open society survive? Is Europe disintegrating? How to overcome
the economic crisis? Will Europeans feel secure again? Counter
Revolution is a bold attempt to make sense of the extraordinary
events taking place in Europe today. It examines the
counter-revolution developing in Europe, exploring its roots and
implications. The book takes the form of a series of heartfelt
letters to the late European guru Ralf Dahrendorf. Several months
after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Dahrendorf wrote a book
fashioned on Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in
France. Like Burke, he chose to put his analysis in the form of a
letter, reflecting on the implications of the turbulent period
around 1989. Thirty years' later, and faced with an equally
turbulent period, Jan Zielonka asks: what next? This is not a book
on populism, however: it is a book about liberalism. Populism has
become a favourite topic within liberal circles and few have
exposed populist deceptions and dangers better than liberal
writers. Yet, liberals have shown themselves better at
finger-pointing than at self-reflection. This book addresses the
imbalance; it is a self-critical book by a life-time liberal.
Counter-Revolution suggests that Europe and its liberal project
need to be reinvented and recreated. There is no simple way back.
Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel will not produce wonders. Europe
failed to adjust to enormous geopolitical, economic, and
technological changes that swept the continent over the past three
decades. European models of democracy, capitalism, and integration
are not in sync with new complex networks of cities, bankers,
terrorists, or migrants. Liberal values that made Europe thrive for
many decades have been betrayed. The escalation of emotions, myths,
and ordinary lies left little space for reason, deliberation, and
conciliation. This book examines these different aspects, proposing
a way out of the labyrinth.
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