Contemporary European Studies - Böcker

Covering the period from the early 1950s to the end of the 20th century, this book presents a concise yet thorough historical analysis of the relationship between the European Union (and its predecessors) and the Middle East. The authors provide a survey of the evolution of the foreign policy mechanisms of the EU and an outline of the relevant aspects of modern Middle East history. They examine the relationship between the two regions from 1950 to the end of the Cold War, with special emphasis on the period following the 1973/4 oil crisis. They go on to look at the post-Cold War era discussing the conflict with Iraq and examining the EU's continuing involvement in the Middle East peace process.

The European Union and the Middle East presents a concise but thorough historical analysis of the relationship between the European Union and its predecessors and the Middle East, from the early 1950s to the present day. The authors provide a survey of the evolution of the foreign policy mechanisms of the EU and an outline of the relevant aspects of modern Middle East history. They examine the relationship betwen the two regions from 1950 to the end of the Cold War, with special emphasis on the period following the 1973/4 oil crisis. They go on to look at the post-Cold War era discussing the conflict with Iraq and examining the EU's continuing involvement in the Middle East peace process.

The relationship between Europe and Asia is of increasing importance in the 21st century. The challenges straddling the two continents include immigration, poverty, environmental degradation, terrorism, drugs, nuclear proliferation and internecine strife. Addressing these problems will demand bi-continental cooperation in the fields of politics, economy, population, security and culture. The political rationale for Europe-Asia relations has been further strengthened by Russia's promotion of a more active role in Asia and in the international community more generally. In this book Georg Wiessala explores the significance of Asia for Europe in general and the EU in particular, calling for a much more sophisticated mutual understanding. He analyses the existing Asia Policy of the European Union, tracing its development in the last 30 years of the 20th century, and up to the publication of the strategy document "Europe and Asia: A Strategic Framework for Enhanced Partnership" in 2001.He also looks in detail at the importance of ASEM and at how to encourage broader participation, and he examines the relationship between the EU and the various regional bodies, especially ASEAN which the EU maintains is the cornerstone of its developing dialogue with Asia.

The relationship between Europe and Asia is of increasing importance in the 21st century. The challenges straddling the two continents include immigration, poverty, environmental degradation, terrorism, drugs, nuclear proliferation and internecine strife. Addressing these problems will demand bi-continental cooperation in the fields of politics, economy, population, security and culture. The political rationale for Europe-Asia relations has been further strengthened by Russia's promotion of a more active role in Asia and in the international community more generally. In this book Georg Wiessala explores the significance of Asia for Europe in general and the EU in particular, calling for a much more sophisticated mutual understanding. He analyses the existing Asia Policy of the European Union, tracing its development in the last 30 years of the 20th century, and up to the publication of the strategy document "Europe and Asia: A Strategic Framework for Enhanced Partnership" in 2001.He also looks in detail at the importance of ASEM and at how to encourage broader participation, and he examines the relationship between the EU and the various regional bodies, especially ASEAN which the EU maintains is the cornerstone of its developing dialogue with Asia.

Flexibility is emerging as a key dynamic of European integration. This shift towards flexibility has major implications. The EU will have to cope with more complexity and less transparency. It also affects the way in which European integration is viewed since it makes a state-like outcome to the process far less likely. Alex Warleigh looks at why flexibility has become such an important feature of the EU. He examines its history, and puts forward a typology to explain the models by which it is understood. He goes on to explore the hazards of flexibility and to look at what it has to offer, arguing that it is best seen as a desirable part of the integration process rather than as a problem. Flexibility, he argues is an important mechanism for the realization of the EU's slogan unity in diversity.

Flexibility is emerging as a key dynamic of European integration. In the past derogations from certain policies have been granted to member states with special difficulties, but were always supposed to be temporary. Since the Treaty of Maastricht however a principle of permanent opt-outs from major policies has been established. Such opt-outs can be secured through deliberate choice, rather than incapacity. They are becoming more common. This shift towards flexibility has major implications. The EU will have to cope with more complexity and probably less transparency. It also affects the way in which European integration is viewed since it makes a state-like outcome to the process far less likely. In this book Alex Warleigh looks at why flexibility has become such an important feature of the EU. He examines its history, and puts forward a typology to explain the models by which it is understood. He goes on to explore the hazards of flexibility and to look at what it has to offer, arguing that it is best seen as a desirable part of the integration process rather than as a problem.Flexibility, he argues is an important mechanism for the realization of the EU's slogan "unity in diversity".

Association provides the main basis for relations between the EU and those states currently seeking membership. This book explores the potential scope and purpose of association and assesses the role it plays in promoting integration with and accession to the EU. Association is presented as a flexible form of relationship which can result in a highly developed alternative to membership. Yet, although association may be flexible, an examination of both the various associations created and the experiences of the associates shows that it involves associates becoming de facto satellites of the EU. Questions are also raised concerning the value of association as a stepping-stone to membership. Associations may be perceived as such, but rarely do they fulfil such a function. This title is published in conjunction with UACES, the University Association for Contemporary European Studies. UACES web site can be found at www.uaces.org

The book provides an overview of the efforts to develop a Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) for the European Union. It covers the attempts to create a European Defence Community in the 1950s, the establishment of the system of European Political Cooperation (EPC) in the 1970s and the renewed drive for a CFSP culminating in the treaties of Maastricht and Amsterdam. The book assesses the CFSP in operation, discusses the EU response to the Bosnia and Kosovo crises and offers some challenging proposals for the future development of the CFSP in light of the enlargement of the Union. This title is published in conjunction with UACES, the University Association for Contemporary European Studies. UACES web site can be found at www.uaces.org

The CAP has traditionally been at the core of the European Communities and even now consumes half of the European Union's budget. This book emphasizes the long-term link between the CAP and the budget. It examines the aims of the Common Agricultural Policy as set out in the Treaty of Rome and discusses to what extent they have been achieved and whether they are relevant to the 21st century. The factors that have shaped the 1992 and 1999 CAP reforms are outlined, with the latter, in particular, demonstrating the budget's effect on CAP and CAP reforms. The internationalization of CAP with constraints being placed on it by the World Trade Organization is another important factor covered by the book. The 1999 reforms are measured against what may be allowed by the WTO and the demands of EU enlargement. This title is published in conjunction with UACES, the University Association for Contemporary European Studies. UACES web site can be found at www.uaces.org

This book aims to give greater prominence to an area of policy - that involving the European Social Fund (ESF) - that has often been overshadowed by more visible social and economic policies. Connections with other policies will be explained, especially as these relate to the construction of the European Union. The work is based on a study of the ESF and social policy documents from the Treaty of Rome to the Treaty of Amsterdam. This analysis of ESF policy is aimed particularly at those interested in social and economic regeneration and in the impact of EU policies on individual member states.

This book critically examines the European UnionÆs developing relationship with the green agenda, identifying links between the emerging pattern of green politics and patterns of EU policy-making. It examines why and how the environment has become such a significant part of the EUÆs activities and assesses the extent of the "greening" of the Union. In particular it examines to what extent green politics have impacted upon the EU institutions, its other policies and its progress towards sustainability. In tackling these questions, the book questions whether these aims can be effectively instigated given the underlying economic rationale that has been the driving force behind the EUÆs development so far.

This book critically examines the European UnionÆs developing relationship with the green agenda, identifying links between the emerging pattern of green politics and patterns of EU policy-making. It examines why and how the environment has become such a significant part of the EUÆs activities and assesses the extent of the "greening" of the Union. In particular it examines to what extent green politics have impacted upon the EU institutions, its other policies and its progress towards sustainability. In tackling these questions, the book questions whether these aims can be effectively instigated given the underlying economic rationale that has been the driving force behind the EUÆs development so far.

This book aims to give greater prominence to an area of policy - that involving the European Social Fund (ESF) - that has often been overshadowed by more visible social and economic policies. Connections with other policies will be explained, especially as these relate to the construction of the European Union. The work is based on a study of the ESF and social policy documents from the Treaty of Rome to the Treaty of Amsterdam. This analysis of ESF policy is aimed particularly at those interested in social and economic regeneration and in the impact of EU policies on individual member states.

This book is aimed at an academic and general audience. It provides a comprehensive and authoritative review of the process of enlarging the European Union from 15 member states to include the 10 countries of central and eastern Europe, as well as the Mediterranean candidates. It also contains a note on NATO expansion, extensive documentation and a bibliography on enlargement. This title is published in conjunction with UACES, the University Association for Contemporary European Studies. UACES web site can be found at www.uaces.org

As the European Union moves towards full economic and monetary union, the system used to finance the Union will have to change. The current arrangements were designed for a small community at a relatively low stage of integration. This book considers options for reforming the Union Budget to make it more appropriate for the challenges which will face the Union in the next century. It proposes an agenda for gradual reform which takes into account both the political and economic constraints on the Union. This title is published in conjunction with UACES, the University Association for Contemporary European Studies. UACES web site can be found at www.uaces.org

This book provides an over-view of the key developments in the politics of European Union regional policy from the creation of the EEC to the present day. The discussion of 'who decides what and to what effect' in relation to regional policy is part of the contemporary academic debate about the nature of politics and policy-making in the EU. Bache argues that no single theory can explain the complex politics of EU regional policy-making. In particular, current theories pay insufficient attention to the importance of implementation in shaping policy outcomes. The book concludes that the application of different analytical tools at different stages of policy-making provides the fullest picture of the politics of EU regional policy. This title is published in conjunction with UACES, the University Association for Contemporary European Studies. UACES web site can be found at www.uaces.org

The United States and the European Union provides a concise yet thorough overview of the interactions between the world's dominant country and the world's most developed institution. The book examines the major events in the history of US-EU relations, and suggests that changes in the international political economy play a key role in shaping this relationship. Consequently, the US and EU are in a constant state of competition and cooperation that varies by issue and policy area. The United States and the European Union is well-suited for courses on Europe's external relations, US foreign policy, political economy, and contemporary global issues. This title is published in conjunction with UACES, the University Association for Contemporary European Studies. UACES web site can be found at www.uaces.org

'An invaluable survey of the origins and development of the European Parliament, and of its uncertain role in narrowing the gap between European institutions and voters. Julie Smith traces the rising influence of the European Parliament over EU policy-making in the 20 years since it was first elected, the extension if its authority through successive Inter-governmental Conferences, and the ambiguities which nevertheless persist over its legitimacy as representing 'the people' in its dialogue with the Commission and Council.' WILLIAM WALLACE 'Julie Smith places the fifth direct elections to the European Parliament in the broader context of the EU's development. She examines the arguments and debates which surrounded the creation and evolution of a unique institution, considers the effects which direct elections have had - not always those expected - and the growing relations between EP political groups and national parties. She argues that national politicians should more openly acknowledge the shift in the balance of powers which European integration has caused.' MARTIN WESTLAKE This title is published in conjunction with UACES, the University Association for Contemporary European Studies. UACES web site can be found at www.uaces.org

This book looks at the history of work and the meanings that are attached to it over time. Taking as its basis a number of international surveys and interviews conducted in Europe, the authors consider. The significance of work for Europeans today.Over the years the meaning of work has changed. It has become more highly diversified, and it is today invested with high expectations that conflict with organizational developments and the changing nature of the labour market. The authors use a generational perspective to explore whether it is possible to reconcile the contemporary “ethos” of work, especially with regards to women and young people, with organizations that are increasingly under pressure to be profitable and productive.Reinventing Work in Europe will be of interest to scholars and students in the areas of sociology of work, employment and organizations, labour studies, digital economy and political economy.

ENGIn the seventeenth century, the Dutch built an Atlantic empire that stretched from the Caribbean to the African Gold Coast and from present-day New York to Brazil. This empire was forged on the battlefields and the high seas, as Dutch armies and fleets extended the decades-old independence war against Spain across the ocean. Dutch transatlantic fleets, armies, and colonies included numerous foreigners, largely drawn from countries in northwestern Europe. Nor would the Dutch have been able to achieve military victories without the native alliances they carefully cultivated. Indeed, the Dutch Atlantic was quintessentially inter-imperial, multinational, and multiracial. At the same time, it was an empire designed to benefit the Dutch Republic.RUSВ XVII веке голландцы построили атлантическую империю, которая простиралась от Карибского моря до африканского Золотого Берега и от нынешнего Нью-Йорка до Бразилии. Империя формировалась на полях сражений и в открытом море, по мере того как голландские армия и флот вели затянувшуюся на десятилетия войну за независимость по всему океану. Голландские трансатлантический флот, армии и колонии включали множество иностранцев, в основном выходцев из стран северо-западной Европы. По сути, голландская Атлантика была межимперской, мультинациональной и мультирасовой.

ENGHow did pre-modern scholars conceive of contagion and the transmissibility of disease in general? Infectious Ideas answers this question by looking carefully at both Muslim and Christian scholarship in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia and North Africa. Recent scholarship has focused extensively on how the laboratory revolution of the nineteenth century changed the understanding of disease in Western Europe. I argue that many previous discussions of both pre-modern conceptions of contagion and disease have been distorted by anachronistic pre-conceptions rooted in the nineteenth century science of bacteriology. In order to truly understand the nature of contagion and contagious diseases in the scholarship of Muslims and Christians in Medieval Iberia, we need to explore the discourses that defined and debated the nature of contagion.RUSКак религиозные общины реагировали на эпидемические заболевания и осмысляли их? Чтобы ответить на этот вопрос, историк Джастин Стернз рассматривает представления о заразных болезнях, бытовавшее в мусульманских и христианских общинах, уделяя особое внимание Пиренейскому полуострову в период после Черной смерти. Стернз показывает, что мусульманские ученые не отвергали концепцию инфекции, как утверждает большинство исследователей, а творчески и рационально пытались ее понять; а христианские ученые использовали метафору заразы для определения правильного и безопасного взаимодействия с еретиками, иудеями и мусульманами.

ENGThe Metahistory of Western Knowledge in the Modern Era is a study of the evolving history of knowledge in the arts and sciences in the modern era—from 1648 through the present. Modernism is treated as an epoch with evolving disciplines whose articulated problems of a time and the inquiry methods to address them, develop in a coordinated manner, given a mutual awareness.RUSКнига Марка Блума — исследование эпистемологии искусства и науки с 1648 года по настоящее время. Модерн рассматривается как эпоха непрерывно меняющихся дисциплин, в рамках которых синхронизируются инновации в постановке вопросов и методах их решения.

ENGThe Military Enlightenment brings to light a radically new narrative both on the Enlightenment and the French armed forces from Louis XIV to Napoleon. Christy Pichichero makes a striking discovery: the Geneva Conventions, post-traumatic stress disorder, the military "band of brothers," and soldierly heroism all found their antecedents in the eighteenth-century French armed forces. Readers of The Military Enlightenment will be startled to learn of the many ways in which French military officers, administrators, and medical personnel advanced ideas of human and political rights, military psychology, and social justice.RUSКнига Кристи Пичичеро предлагает радикально новый взгляд как на историю французских вооруженных сил от Людовика XIV до Наполеона, так и на Просвещение в целом. Автор находит в военной истории Франции данного периода истоки гораздо более поздних концептов и нарративов – от Женевской конвенции до посттравматического стрессового расстройства. По мнению Пичичеро, французские офицеры, военные администраторы и медицинский персонал уже в восемнадцатом веке развивали идеи прав человека и социальной справедливости, а также основы военной психологии.

ENGThis book explores the connection between politics and theatre by looking at the works and lives of Shaw, Brecht, Sartre, and Ionesco, providing a cultural history detailing the changing role of political theatre in twentieth-century Europe.RUSВ своей книге Марго Морган исследует связь между политикой и театром, рассматривая творчество и биографии Бернарда Шоу, Бертольта Брехта, Жан-Поля Сартра и Эжена Ионеско, и представляет вниманию читателей историю культуры, подробно описывающую, как менялась роль политического театра в Европе ХХ века.

ENGUp to its pillage by the Crusaders in 1204, Constantinople teemed with magnificent statues of emperors, pagan gods, and mythical beasts. Yet the significance of this wealth of public sculpture has hardly been acknowledged beyond late antiquity. In this book, Paroma Chatterjee offers a new perspective on the topic, arguing that pagan statues were an integral part of Byzantine visual culture. Examining the evidence in patriographies, chronicles, novels, and epigrams, she demonstrates that the statues were admired for three specific qualities - longevity, mimesis, and prophecy; attributes that rendered them outside of imperial control and endowed them with an enduring charisma sometimes rivaling that of holy icons. Chatterjee's interpretations refine our conceptions of imperial imagery, the Hippodrome, the Macedonian Renaissance, a corpus of secular objects, and Orthodox icons. Her book offers novel insights into Iconoclasm and proposes a more truncated trajectory of the holy icon in medieval Orthodoxy than has been previously acknowledged.RUSВплоть до 1204 года, когда Константинополь был разграблен крестоносцами, этот город славился искусными статуями, посвященными образам императоров, языческих богов и мифических существ, однако значение этого скульптурного наследия долгое время не было оценено по достоинству. В этой книге профессор Парома Чаттерджи предлагает новый взгляд на эту тему: она доказывает, что языческие статуи являлись неотъемлемой частью византийской визуальной культуры, а также на примере хроник, эпиграмм и произведений художественной литературы показывает, что константинопольские статуи не только были долговечны и искусно выполнены, но и несли в себе пророческий потенциал. Книга профессора Чаттерджи дополняет существующий пласт литературы на тему византийского визуального искусства и предлагает новый взгляд на священные образы и их место в истории человечества.

ENGWhat does it mean to live in the modern world? How different is that world from those that preceded it, and when did we become modern? In Distant Strangers, James Vernon argues that the world was made modern not by revolution, industrialization, or the Enlightenment. Instead, he shows how in Britain, a place long held to be the crucible of modernity, a new and distinctly modern social condition emerged by the middle of the nineteenth century. Rapid and sustained population growth, combined with increasing mobility of people over greater distances and concentrations of people in cities, created a society of strangers. Vernon explores how individuals in modern societies adapted to live among strangers by forging more abstract and anonymous economic, social, and political relations, as well as by reanimating the local and the personal.RUSВ книге «Далекие чужие» Джеймс Вернон утверждает, что мир стал современным не благодаря революции, индустриализации или Просвещению. Вместо этого он показывает, как в Великобритании к середине XIX века возникло новое, отчетливо современное социальное состояние. Быстрый и устойчивый рост населения в сочетании с растущей мобильностью людей и их концентрацией в городах создали общество чужаков. Вернон исследует, как люди в современных обществах приспосабливались к жизни среди чужих, формируя более абстрактные и анонимные экономические, социальные и политические отношения, а также возрождая локальное и личное.

Охватывая в своем исследовании более двух десятилетий политической, социальной и экономической трансформации, в ходе которых Венгрия прошла путь от оптимизма конца восьмидесятых и до недавнего правого поворота, Майя Надкарни анализирует следы социализма — от демонтированных статуй Ленина до газировки Bambi, от дискредитированных официальных нарративов и до публикации скандальных секретов информаторов коммунистического режима. Ее анализ показывает, что эти «пережитки» были не просто остатками нежелательного прошлого. В конечном счете, борьба за судьбу социалистического наследия в постсоциалистической Венгрии представляла собой попытку определить будущее — и оплакать то будущее, которое так и не наступило.

ENGThe term "Enlightenment" is frequently discussed – and abused - in public and scholarly discourses. At times, it is considered the most significant achievement of modernity. Alternatively, it is argued that the Enlightenment has failed, because it deified reason, was not enlightened itself, or has led to totalitarianism and genocide. This book examines distinct and legitimate conceptions of the Enlightenment: as an intercultural phenomenon of processes of rationalization; as a historical epoch concept; as "enlightenment of the intellect"; as enlightenment through science; as an emancipatory project; as enlightenment of reason. Individual chapters investigate epistemological approaches; the enlarged way of thinking, humor, and cynicism; the moral-philosophical foundations of the rule of law, tolerance, and human rights; the models of enlightened religiosity.RUSТермином «Просвещение» часто злоупотребляют в общественных и научных дискуссиях. Иногда этот концепт считают самым значительным достижением современности. В других же случаях утверждают, что Просвещение потерпело неудачу, поскольку оно, обожествляя разум, само не было просвещенным, что в перспективе привело к тоталитаризму и геноцидам. В книге рассматриваются различные концепции: Просвещение как межкультурный феномен процессов рационализации; Просвещение как понятие исторической эпохи; Просвещение как «просвещение интеллекта»; Просвещение в его научном срезе; Просвещение как эмансипаторный проект; Просвещение как «просвещение разума». Автор исследует эпистемологические подходы к изучению Просвещения, роль юмора и цинизма, морально-философские основания правового государства, толерантности и прав человека, а также модели просвещенной религиозности.

ENGMore than just colorful clickbait or pragmatic city grids, maps are often deeply emotional tales: of political projects gone wrong, budding relationships that failed, and countries that vanished. In Map Men, Steven Seegel takes us through some of these historical dramas with a detailed look at the maps that made and unmade the world of East Central Europe.RUSГеографические карты – это не просто яркие картинки или сухие топологические визуализации. Зачастую это глубоко эмоциональные истории: о неудачных политических проектах, не сложившихся отношениях и исчезнувших странах. В своей книге Стивен Сигел проводит нас через такие исторических драмы, подробно рассматривая карты, показывающие реальный и воображаемый мир Восточно-Центральной Европы на протяжении периода мировых войн и революций. В коллективной биографии пяти выдающихся географов 1870-1950 годов – Альбрехта Пенка, Эугениуша Ромера, Степана Рудницкого, Исайи Боумана и графа Паля Телеки – Сигел заново исследует эмоции, социальные связи и трагедии нескольких поколений людей, стоящих за этими влиятельными картами.