Voor veel mensen is het lastig grip te krijgen op de Europese Unie: wat gebeurt daar en hoe kun je hier invloed op uitoefenen? Je hoeft de televisie maar aan te zetten en je hoort politici beweren dat ‘Brussel’ iets heeft besloten over onze natuurgebieden, het klimaat of de economie. Zo lijkt het vaak alsof de EU maatregelen neemt waar we helemaal geen invloed op hebben. Dat is niet waar, maar hoe gaat het dan wel?

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This volume provides a state-of-the-art analysis on the fourth wave of far-right politics in Germany by leading scholars in the field.

This book discusses the ways civil society initiatives open communities to newcomers and why, how,and under what circumstances some are more welcoming than others,exploring importance of transgressive cosmopolitanism as a basis for creating more inclusive and pluralistic societies.

Psychoanalytic Reflections on Vladimir Putin: The Cost of Malignant Leadership attempts to explore the core psychodynamics that appear to characterize Vladimir Putin’s presidency.

The Polycentric Republic presents a compelling and innovative critique of modern social contract theory. It reveals how the social contract theory systematically neglects the interests and prerogatives of non-state associations.

On October 1, 2009, the People's Republic of China (PRC) celebrated the 60th anniversary of its founding. And what an eventful and tumultuous six decades it had been. During that time, under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), China was transformed from one of the world's poorest countries into the world's fastest growing major economy, and from a weak state barely able to govern or protect its own territory to a rising power that is challenging theUnited States for global in...

From agriculture to security, the policies of the European Union have wide-reaching consequences for the EU's member states and citizens, and for the wider world. Policy-Making in the European Union begins with an overview of EU policy-making as a whole, defining the processes and institutions involved, and introducing the analytical approaches that are necessary for understanding them. A wide range of policy areas are then explored in detail, including thesingle market, environmental policy,...

Comparative European Politics: Distinct Democracies, Common Challenges provides a complete guide to European politics through a comparative lens. The authors explore not only the 27 European Union member states, but also other European systems such as the UK, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, to help readers understand the patterns that have shaped modern Europe. Organised thematically, the book is structured in three parts, beginning with elections and representati...

The study of law and politics is one of the foundation stones of the discipline of political science, and it has been one of the most productive areas of cross-fertilization between the various subfields of political science and between political science and other cognate disciplines. This Handbook provides a comprehensive survey of the field of law and politics in all its diversity, ranging from such traditional subjects as theories of jurisprudence,constitutionalism, judicial politics and l...