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This book provides an innovative examination of the European Union as it departs from its path of integration. Indeed, so far has it departed that it could be described as having entered a new reality.

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European Union Constitutionalism in Crisis By Nicole Scicluna Several years after the first Greek bailout, the integration project of the European Union faces an interlocking set of political, economic, legal and social challenges that go to the very core of its existence. Governing Financial Services in the European Union Banking, Securities and Post-Trading By Lucia Quaglia The global financial crisis that reached its peak in late has brought the importance of financial services regulation and supervision into the spotlight.

European Union Governance Effectiveness and Legitimacy in European Commission Committees By Karen Heard-Laureote The European Commission has increasingly focused on the benefits it can derive from the greater participation of organized civil society in its role and activities. The European Union, Civil Society and Conflict Edited by Nathalie Tocci Until recently, the European Union tended to view violent mass conflicts predominantly through the lens of negotiations between conflict leaders and powerful external actors. Edited by Arolda Elbasani The book investigates the scope and limitations of the transformative power of EU enlargement in the Western Balkans.

European Union Intergovernmental Conferences Domestic preference formation, transgovernmental networks and the dynamics of compromise By Paul W. Thurner , Franz Urban Pappi This book provides a detailed examination of the complex negotiation processes surrounding intergovernmental conferences in the European Union. Minority Nationalist Parties and European Integration A comparative study By Anwen Elias Different survey-based and case study research has shown that, since the s, minority nationalist parties have become increasingly supportive of European integration.

Diversity in Europe Dilemnas of differential treatment in theory and practice Edited by Gideon Calder , Emanuela Ceva From bans on religious symbols in public spaces, to the provision of abortion by doctors, recent cases across Europe have highlighted acute dilemmas about how best to respond to the claims of individuals or groups feeling that their values or beliefs are not treated fairly by the law.

Intervention in the conflict in Bosnia between and gave it a renewed sense of purpose and a redefining of…. International institutions and agencies from the Global North are no longer the sole initiators of development norms and best practices. The proliferation of exports and imports of social, economic and policy management models have called for a rethinking of South—South relations.

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This book explores the informal and illicit extraction and trade of minerals and…. Edited by Marc Herzog , Philip Robins. This work seeks to develop a new concept with which to analyse the actions and activities of states that tend to be relatively ignored by the discipline of International Relations IR. As a discipline, IR has a tendency to lean towards the analytically safe.

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