Rafał Riedel – författare

This book examines organized interests in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), providing incisive analyses in three critically important policy areas - healthcare, higher education and energy. The four countries surveyed – Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and the Czech Republic – afford rich diversity offering broad empirical material available for cross-country and cross-policy comparative analyses. Featuring interdisciplinary research, the book draws together recent developments in the evolution of post-communist advocacy organizations, their population ecology dynamics, interest intermediation, the influence of organized interests and their (bottom-up and top-down) Europeanization. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of Central and Eastern European politics, interest groups and lobbying, post-communism, transition and consolidation studies, and more broadly to European studies/politics.The Open Access version of this book, available at: http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003049562, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

This book examines organized interests in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), providing incisive analyses in three critically important policy areas - healthcare, higher education and energy. The four countries surveyed – Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and the Czech Republic – afford rich diversity offering broad empirical material available for cross-country and cross-policy comparative analyses. Featuring interdisciplinary research, the book draws together recent developments in the evolution of post-communist advocacy organizations, their population ecology dynamics, interest intermediation, the influence of organized interests and their (bottom-up and top-down) Europeanization. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of Central and Eastern European politics, interest groups and lobbying, post-communism, transition and consolidation studies, and more broadly to European studies/politics.The Open Access version of this book, available at: http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003049562, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

This book examines differentiated integration in Europe, providing incisive analyses of domestic politics determinants – political conflict, party responses, citizens’ preferences and other supply and demand side elements.The four countries compared – Germany, Poland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom – afford rich diversity and offer broad empirical material available for cross-country analyses. Featuring interdisciplinary research, this book draws together recent developments in the evolution of European integration differentiation – its dynamics and determinants.This monograph will be of key interest to scholars and students of European integration, comparative politics, political psychology, international relations, and more broadly to European (area) studies.Chapter 5 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 license.

This book examines differentiated integration in Europe, providing incisive analyses of domestic politics determinants – political conflict, party responses, citizens’ preferences and other supply and demand side elements.The four countries compared – Germany, Poland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom – afford rich diversity and offer broad empirical material available for cross-country analyses. Featuring interdisciplinary research, this book draws together recent developments in the evolution of European integration differentiation – its dynamics and determinants.This monograph will be of key interest to scholars and students of European integration, comparative politics, political psychology, international relations, and more broadly to European (area) studies.Chapter 5 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 license.

In this forward-thinking book, Rafał Riedel and Jakub Anusik explore the dynamics and determinants of one of the most salient issues facing contemporary Europe: differentiated integration. Going beyond static models of differentiated integration in Europe built on legal-institutional criteria, Riedel and Anusik capture the dynamism of the system by employing both a political economy perspective and the varieties of capitalism framework.Comparative in approach, the book brings together a wide range of scholarship on differentiated integration and varieties of capitalism to explore the diversities across Germany, Poland, Switzerland and the UK. Riedel and Anusik explain the correlations and causality between the level, scope, and depth of differentiation in the European integration process, as well as the socio-economic parameters that define the varieties of capitalism in specific EU Member States. Ultimately, they find that these inter-dependencies are dynamic and reveal a wealth of interesting features, especially in the post-Brexit era.Interdisciplinary in scope, this book is an essential read for students and scholars of political economy, European politics and policy, international relations, and evolutionary economics. A deep dive into the variety and complexity of differentiation in European integration, it is also of value to policymakers across Europe working in integration.

In this forward-thinking book, Rafał Riedel and Jakub Anusik explore the dynamics and determinants of one of the most salient issues facing contemporary Europe: differentiated integration. Going beyond static models of differentiated integration in Europe built on legal-institutional criteria, Riedel and Anusik capture the dynamism of the system by employing both a political economy perspective and the varieties of capitalism framework.

Comparative in approach, the book brings together a wide range of scholarship on differentiated integration and varieties of capitalism to explore the diversities across Germany, Poland, Switzerland and the UK. Riedel and Anusik explain the correlations and causality between the level, scope, and depth of differentiation in the European integration process, as well as the socio-economic parameters that define the varieties of capitalism in specific EU Member States. Ultimately, they find that these inter-dependencies are dynamic and reveal a wealth of interesting features, especially in the post-Brexit era.

Interdisciplinary in scope, this book is an essential read for students and scholars of political economy, European politics and policy, international relations, and evolutionary economics. A deep dive into the variety and complexity of differentiation in European integration, it is also of value to policymakers across Europe working in integration.

Drawing on deeply interdisciplinary theoretical insights and rich empirical data, this study of illiberal market economies (IMEs) in Central and Eastern Europe brings the full complexity and broader geopolitical implications of state-captured capitalism to light.Focusing especially on recent developments in Hungary and Poland, Rafal Riedel and Jakub Anusik critically examine the shifting dynamics between state and market under illiberal regimes, thereby challenging the mainstream “varieties of capitalism” framework by highlighting the emergence of a distinct economic model characterized by state intervention and market manipulation by political actors, including mainstream political parties. Through detailed case studies, the book illuminates how nations operating under this model have deviated from expected democratic and free-market trajectories and how this affects regional development, democracy, and integration into the global economy.Through these discussions, Riedel and Anusik not only provide a comprehensive overview of the political and economic reforms that have contributed to the rise of IMEs, but also uncover some of the broader roots and implications of state capitalism in the 21st century. For as they show, the same shifts that led to Brexit, Trump, and other instances of “democratic backsliding” in the US and Western Europe have led to the capitalist backsliding occurring in Central and Eastern Europe, and the future development of both may be closely interlinked.

Dieses Buch bietet neue Einblicke in den aktuellen Stand der differenzierten Integration in Europa aus der Perspektive Deutschlands, repräsentativ für den inneren Kern der Europäischen Union, und Polens, welches die Semiperipherie vertritt. Als theoretisches Vehikel nutzen die Autoren die innerstaatlichen und transnationalen Konfliktlinien (Cleavages), die durch die kumulativen Krisen der europäischen Integration hervortreten. Sie untersuchen, wie diese die differenzierten Einstellungen von Bürgern und Parteien gegenüber der europäischen Integration in Europa beeinflussen. Folglich liefert dieses Buch eine kohärente interdisziplinäre Studie, welche die klassischen politikwissenschaftlichen Theorien mit den großen Debatten der europäischen Integrationsliteratur verbindet.This book offers new insights in recent developments in differentiated integration in Europe from the perspective of Germany, representing the inner core of the European Union, and Poland representing the semi-periphery. The authors use the intranational and transnational cleavages which came along with the cumulative crises of the European integration as a theoretical vehicle. They analyse how these crises influence the different positions of citizens and parties in the European Union towards the European integration. Thus, this book provides a coherent interdisciplinary study which connects the classic political theories with the great debates of the European integration literature.

The main aim of the book is to analyse the "United in Diversity" paradigm of the European integration project. With its comparative approach, the book brings together a wide range of academic work on flexible integration to explore the diversities between the various European countries. Interdisciplinary in scope, it aims to explain the flexible forms of integration in Europe in the light of the new political economy. In doing so, a deep insight into the variety and complexity of differentiation and flexibility in European integration is also of added value for policy makers across Europe working in the field of integration.