From Eastern Partnership to the Association
This book analyzes the legal and political dimensions of the EU’s Eastern Partnership policy. It provides an in-depth analysis of Association Agreements with states like Ukraine, examining human rights, the rule of law, and their geopolitical significance.
Orthodoxy Versus Post-Communism?
In post-communist Ukraine, Belarus, and Serbia, the Orthodox faith has become a vital element of political culture. This book analyses Orthodoxy’s influence on attitudes towards the West, the EU, and democracy, and its role in shaping modern cultural and national identity.
The European Union’s Eastern Neighbourhood Today
As the European Union faces a crisis and Russia becomes more assertive, Eastern Europe is caught in the middle. This volume explores the region’s opportunities, vulnerabilities, and dilemmas, along with the challenges of a possible second Cold War.
Leadership and the Problem of Electoral Democracy in Africa
In this text, the notion that African leaders are responsible for electoral malfeasance throughout the continent is explored. Five case studies are selected, to illustrate variations and similarities in the dilemma of electoral democracy in Africa’s political system.
This anthology describes the processes of change shaping the Middle East in the post-Arab Spring context, investigating the extent to which these led to the region’s polarisation between states that integrate politically and economically and states that disintegrate internally.
Marginal Urbanisms
This collection reflects on urban development strategies that have been implemented recently in Latin American cities. It argues that infrastructural insertions need to be considered as the baseline for urban development, not as its main goal.
Corruption in Ukraine
Bazaluk expands the understanding of Ukraine as a limitrophe state, as a frontier between two world cultures, the East and the West. He explains the relationship between the totally corrupt Ukrainian political system and the geographic location of the country.
Competition Policy and Resource Utilization
This book examines how competition law can promote efficient resource allocation in resource-dependent developing economies. It offers insights into problems like the ‘resource curse,’ corruption, and abusive business practices, and their implications for competition.
Nordic Work with Traumatised Refugees
Nordic countries are seen as safe havens for refugees. But has society done what it could for their mental health? This book provides an investigative perspective on the challenges in refugee mental health and care, addressing key issues faced by them.
When Courts Do Politics
Taking the phenomenon of public interest litigation as its primary focus, this text explores the manner in which the judicial branch of government in three East African countries has engaged with questions traditionally off-limits to adjudication and court-based resolution.
City of Empires
This title represents the first volume dedicated entirely to studies of the historic city of Famagusta in the years which followed the siege of 1571, despite the city’s undoubted importance.
The Eastern Mediterranean is in turmoil, plagued by conflict and economic crisis. But newly discovered energy reserves offer hope. This book proposes a High Energy Authority for countries to exploit their reserves together, turning antagonists into allies and reducing conflict.
Translating the European House
This collection explores the intersection of translation and politics. Using examples from the fall of the Berlin Wall to EU enlargement, these articles afford a fascinating insight into the textual and ideological factors shaping international political discourse.
Culture and Paradiplomatic Identity
The contributions here investigate aspects that emphasise the essential role of culture as a promoter and supporter of peace and security and as an agent of regional and national development, and will particularly appeal to professors and students of political science.
Capital
The 2008 financial crisis triggered a renewed interest in Marxism. This book looks at Marx’s Capital from an energy perspective, using energy as an analytical tool to provide a fresh look at the physical workings of the capitalist economy.
Left and Right
The “great dichotomy” between left and right has gained renewed visibility in the current economic crisis. Should we think with the dichotomy, or beyond its strictures? This volume provides theoretically sound and empirically informed answers.
Democracy and Security in the 21st Century
As the Western order is challenged by the rise of the Asia-Pacific, this book offers multidisciplinary perspectives on the political, economic, and cultural dimensions of this transformation, proposing responses to today’s global challenges.
Central Europe on the Threshold of the 21st Century
This book discusses Central Europe’s transforming political, economic and social landscape. It is a useful source of knowledge on this “undiscovered island” in contemporary international relations.
Do we have a duty to end poverty? Is it a duty of help or justice? This volume offers a detailed analysis of our moral duties in an age of globality and extreme poverty, providing both a multifaceted interdisciplinary dialogue and concrete policy solutions.
Conservation in Earthen Heritage
Much of our earthen heritage is decaying not from natural causes, but from failed conservation. Based on World Heritage case studies, this book questions current approaches and proposes a new strategy combining theory and practice for successful intervention.