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REGIONAL POLITICS EUROPE
University of Michigan Press
John A. Gould Examines Central European communism, why it failed, and what has come since. Moving loosely chronologically from 1989 to the present, each chapter focuses on topics of importance such as comparative politics, sociology, and gender studies. Wherever possible, Gould emphasises marginalised narratives, centring theory and stories that are often overlooked in standard comparative political science literature.
Oct 2021 260pp 9780472055043 Paperback £24.50 / €28.00 9780472075041 Hardback £64.95 / €75.00
Trivent Publishing
Iakovos Menelaou This book is not another history of the Cyprus problem. It is an analysis of the forces and policies which led to the traumatic experience of 1974 and the geographical separation of the two largest Cypriot communities (the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots). Also, it is an analysis of those forces which keep the island divided.
Feb 2022 159pp 9786156405067 Hardback £67.95 / €79.00
Bocconi University Press Centre for European Policy Studies
THE BLACK SHEEP Today's Italy and the Eurozone
Silvia Merler A defining feature of the Eurozone crisis has been the emergence of a deep divide between the 'North' and the 'South'. At first sight, Italy may seem to belong in the second group. This book offers a more complex reading, showing how Italy is today an 'oddity' in the Eurozone, on several counts.
Jan 2022 128pp 9788831322010 Paperback £23.50 / €27.00
THE MAN INSIDE A European Journey through Two Crises
Marco Buti To go from point A to point B in Europe is rarely a straight line. Actually trying to take a straight line is often the best way not to get to destination. This is one of the lessons from Marco Buti, one of the very few top policy makers who went through the financial and the sovereign debt crises which plagued the EU over the past twelve years.
Oct 2021 250pp 9788831322355 Paperback £89.50 / €103.00
HIDDEN TREASURES Mapping Europe's Sources of Competitive Advantage in Doing Business
Donald Kalff & Andrea Renda Explores Europe's 'hidden treasures', often neglected competitive advantages that could, if adequately nurtured, return the Old Continent to the forefront of the global order. These 'hidden treasures' are a feature of the EU economy, legal system or legal tradition that are being given insufficient attention in EU public policy.
Jan 2022 240pp 9789461387462 Paperback £28.50 / €33.00
University of Michigan Press
ALWAYS AT WAR British Public Narratives of War
Thomas Colley Examines the stories told by a broad cross-section of British society about their country's past, present, and future role in war, using in-depth interviews with 67 diverse citizens. The book brings to the fore the voices of ordinary people in ways typically absent in public opinion research.
Jul 2021 284pp 9780472038695 Paperback £24.50 / €28.00
THE ARTS OF DEMOCRATIZATION Styling Political Sensibilities in Postwar West Germany
Edited by Jennifer M. Kapczynski & Caroline A. Kita Social History, Popular Culture, And Politics in Germany
Casts a fresh look at the early years of this fledgling democracy and draws attention to the broad range of ways democracy and the democratic subject were conceived and rendered at this time.
Feb 2022 288pp 9780472132911 Hardback £59.95 / €70.00
DELEGATING RESPONSIBILITY International Cooperation on Migration in the European Union
Nicholas R. Micinski Explores the politics of migration in the European Union and explains how and why the EU responded to the 2015-17 refugee crisis. Based on 86 interviews and fieldwork in Greece and Italy, Nicholas Micinski puts forward a new theory of international cooperation on international migration.
Jan 2022 240pp 9780472038992 Paperback £24.50 / €28.00 9780472132829 Hardback £56.95 / €66.00
John A. Gould For further details, please see page 29.
Oct 2021 260pp 9780472055043 Paperback £24.50 / €28.00 9780472075041 Hardback £64.95 / €75.00
THE LANGUAGE(S) OF POLITICS Multilingual Policy-Making in the European Union
Nils Ringe Uses the case of the European Union to investigate how politicians’ reliance on shared foreign languages and translation services affects politics and policy-making.
Jan 2022 288pp 9780472055135 Paperback £28.50 / €33.00 9780472075133 Hardback £64.95 / €75.00
The University of North Carolina Press Transatlantic Leadership Network
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS Weimar Germany, 1929-1932
Robert Goodrich Democracies do not die; they are killed. Democracy in Crisis explores how a democracy, grounded in fair elections, parliamentary institutions, and a liberal constitution, nonetheless can fall prey to extreme partisanship, ideological radicalism, procedural manipulation, and external pressures.
May 2022 277pp 9781469665542 Paperback £28.50 / €33.00 Reacting Consortium Press
THE ODYSSEY FOR DEMOCRACY Embracing the Vision of Hope and Change in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Clark Curtis Mirsad Hadžkadić never planned for a life in politics. Yet, in 2018, he decided to run for the Bosniak presidential council seat in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mirsad made the life-changing decision to run, despite the fact that he had a successful, thirty-year career as a professor at the University of North Carolina.
Sep 2021 140pp 9781469666327 Paperback £16.95 / €20.00 J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte
CLIMATE AND ENERGY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN What the Blue Economy Means for a Greener Future
Roudi Baroudi Makes a compelling case for Mediterranean countries to launch an all-out war against climate change, arguing that the region’s future stability depends on nothing less. Marshalling facts and arguments rooted in science, economics, and basic common sense, this book provides a fresh and useful reference that is thought-provoking and easy to read.
Mar 2022 139pp 9781737049111 Paperback £28.50 / €33.00
Trivent Publishing
Iakovos Menelaou For further details, please see page 29.
Feb 2022 159pp 9786156405067 Hardback £67.95 / €79.00
West Academic
PRINCIPLES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION BEYOND BREXIT Sixth Edition
Ralph H. Folsom Concise Hornbook Series
Provides a comprehensive review of laws and policies of the European Union, including BREXIT and beyond. Topics covered include the history and growth of the EU, critical EU processes behind law-making and litigation, free movement of goods, services, capital, and people, and internal EU business law regimes ranging from taxation to agriculture.
Sep 2021 741pp 9781647083021 Paperback £59.95 / €70.00 West Academic Publishing
University of Wisconsin Press
A HISTORY OF ITALIAN FASCIST CULTURE, 1922-1943
Alessandra Tarquini George L. Mosse Series in the History of European Culture, Sexuality, and Ideas
Offers a rich and stimulating synthesis, the best singlevolume work available on this complex and challenging subject. This history reveals how the fascists used culture to build a conservation revolution that purported to protect what was good in the traditional social fabric while presenting itself as oriented toward the future.
Apr 2022 264pp 9780299336202 Hardback £37.95 / €44.00
BLACK EARTH, WHITE BREAD A Technopolitical History of Russian Agriculture and Food
Susanne A. Wengle Presents an important interdisciplinary history of Russia's agriculture and food systems that documents far-reaching changes on farms, along with their effects on ordinary people and for successive political regimes.
Mar 2022 296pp 9780299335403 Hardback £74.95 / €87.00
MIGRATION AND MULTICULTURALISM IN SCANDINAVIA
Edited by Eric Einhorn, Sherrill Harbison & Markus Huss Drawing from personal experiences and theoretical perspectives in such varied fields as sociology, political science, and media studies, nineteen scholars assess recent shifts in Scandinavian societies and how they intertwine with broader transformations in Europe and beyond.
Feb 2022 368pp 9780299334802 Hardback £79.95 / €92.00
BESTSELLERS
Brookings Institution Press
MR. PUTIN Operative in the Kremlin, New & Expanded Edition
Fiona Hill & Clifford G. Gaddy Geopolitics in the 21st Century
Many Putin watchers believe that being able to anticipate the quixotic Russian president's next move depends on uncovering the ‘real’ Vladimir Putin. Here, the authors argue that Putin is in fact a man of many complex identities. Drawing on a range of sources, including their own personal encounters, they describe six that are most essential: the Statist, the History Man, the Survivalist, the Outsider, the Free Marketeer, and the Case Officer.
2015 543pp 9780815726173 Paperback £27.50 / €32.00
WORLD IN DANGER Germany and Europe in an Uncertain Time
Wolfgang Ischinger Wolfgang Ischinger, Germany's most prominent diplomat, offers a vision of a European future of peace and stability. Here, he examines the root causes of current conflicts and suggests how Europe can successfully address the most urgent challenges facing the continent.
