Rövid leírás:
Offering unrivalled thematic and country-by-country analysis, The Member States of the European Union provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the economic, social, and political impact of Europeanization.
Hosszú leírás:
Member States of the European Union combines geographic and thematic coverage to provide a comprehensive and nuanced overview of the building blocks of the European Union – its member states.
The third edition explores the key concepts of statehood and Europeanization, analysing the wide-ranging impact of Europeanization on member state institutions, political parties, social movements, public policy and the European political economy.
New coverage includes state responses to the refugee and climate crises and two new chapters dedicated to Bulgaria and Greece.
A fully-updated chapter on the United Kingdom illustrates the tensions between Europeanization and member statehood, exploring the implications of the UK’s vote to leave the EU.
It is the ideal text for all those studying EU Politics with an interest in the member states of the European Union and how they work together.
The book does a good job of introducing, analysing and describing many of the EUs processes and procedures and how they affect and are affected by its member states. The best part, though, for me was the masterly introductory chapter on EU integration, which was refreshingly clear, detailed and successful in forecasting the possible futures for, as well as describing the present and past of, the EU and its member states. The book ends on an optimistic note, noting that the UKs less than glorious exit from the EU…appears to have demonstrated even to Eurosceptics that leaving is really not a good idea!
Tartalomjegyzék:
The European Union and its Member States: An Overview
Part 1: Analysis
Member States in European Integration
Europeanization: Concept, Theory, and Methods
Part 2: The Member States
‘France is back’…in a French Europe
Germany: A German Europe or a Europeanized Germany?
Greece: A Critical Test Case of Europeanization
Spain: Pragmatic Europeanism or the End of Unconditional Support for European Integration?
Sweden: Shedding Exceptionalism in the Face of Europeanization
Poland: Model European or Awkward Partner?
Bulgaria’s Slow Europeanization
The United Kingdom: Towards a Parting of the Ways
Contrasting States of Europeanization?
Part 3: Europeanization
Europeanization and Member State Institutions
Europeanization, Euroscepticism, and Politicization in Party Politics
The Europeanization of Interest Groups and Social Movements
The Europeanization of Member State Policy
Europeanization and Sub-National Authorities (SNAs)
The Europeanization of National Economies?
Conclusion
