The European nation state is now placed between the interconnected processes of globalization and European integration. This new book examines these evolving relationships, showing how the conventional territorial basis of the state is being reappraised. Bringing together our leading thinkers on the nation state, this volume tackles key questions about how we should conceptualize measure and discuss the political significance of territory in today's world. For example, does the era of Europeanization and globalization herald the end of citizen's traditional attachment to their national...
The European nation state is now placed between the interconnected processes of globalization and European integration. This new book examines these e...
Much of the empirical research on Europeanization that has mainly focused on the larger member states, and tends to ignore that most Europeans live in small states and that most of the EU member-states are small states. This text investigates how the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, respond to European integration and how their response is shaped by the consensual nature of their political institutions.
Much of the empirical research on Europeanization that has mainly focused on the larger member states, and tends to ignore that most Europeans live in...
While the EU legitimacy crisis and the Great Recession prevail, certain European Union principles and policies have to be implemented in the member states. This volume explores the diverse processes, stages and subjects of implementation in a variety of social policies to identify different institutional dynamics and actor behaviours at play. The individual contributions examine the transposition of the patients' rights directive to the Europeanisation of pension reforms; the role of national parliaments in transposing social Europe; judicial Europeanisation; and the multi-level...
While the EU legitimacy crisis and the Great Recession prevail, certain European Union principles and policies have to be implemented in the member...
The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg are well-known cases of consensus politics. Decision-making in the Low Countries has been characterized by broad involvement, power sharing and making compromises. These countries were also founding member states of the European Union (EU) and its predecessors. However, the relationship between European integration and the tradition of domestic consensus politics remains unclear.
In order to explore this relationship this book offers in-depth studies of a wide variety of political actors such as governments, parliaments, political parties, courts,...
The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg are well-known cases of consensus politics. Decision-making in the Low Countries has been characterized by ...
This book accounts for whether and how the path of the European Union (EU) has developed towards potential disintegration. The most promising theory presented here indicates that Brexit is not likely to be followed by other member states leaving the EU.
This book accounts for whether and how the path of the European Union (EU) has developed towards potential disintegration. The most promising theory p...
