European Politics in Transition

by Mark Kesselman
European Politics in Transition
Author: Mark Kesselman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 978
Release: 1987
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:
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This critically acclaimed, best-selling text offers a comprehensive introduction to the post-World War II political systems of Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, and the European Union. The concept of European politics in transition is presented through four key themes: the role of each country in economic management; the interaction of countries within the international order; challenges facing European democracies; and the political impact of social diversity.

The Europeanization of European Politics

by C. Bretherton
The Europeanization of European Politics
Author: C. Bretherton
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2013-05-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137275391
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This book presents a comparative perspective to the study of European politics, focusing on the unique and transformative effect of European Union on the politics of its member states - in effect, the Europeanization of European politics. For no other world region is there a similar intensity of Treaty and other obligations on a set of neighboring states, nor a comparable depth of of supranational governance. The concept of Europeanism as an evaluative theme is used to explore this unique, sui generis, region, its states, and its political transformation in the 21st century.

30 Years of Transition in Europe

by Robert Holzmann
30 Years of Transition in Europe
Author: Robert Holzmann
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2020-11-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1839109505
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This thought-provoking book investigates the political and economic transformation that has taken place over the past three decades in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) since the fall of the Iron Curtain. Through an examination of both the successes and shortcomings of post communist reform and the challenges ahead for the region, it explores the topical issues of economic transition and integration, and highlights lessons to be learned.

Thinking Through Transition

by Michal Kope?ek
Thinking Through Transition
Author: Michal Kope?ek
Publisher: Central European University Press
Total Pages: 611
Release: 2015-11-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9633860857
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This book is the first concentrated effort to explore the most recent chapter of East Central European past from the perspective of intellectual history. Post-socialism can be understood both as a period of scarcity and preponderance of ideas, the dramatic eclipsing of the dissident legacy?as well as the older political traditions?and the rise of technocratic and post-political governance. This book, grounded in empirical research sensitive to local contexts, proposes instead a history of adaptations, entanglements, and unintended consequences. In order to enable and invite comparison, the volume is structured around major domains of political thought, some of them generic (liberalism, conservatism, the Left), others (populism and politics of history) deemed typical for post-socialism. However, as shown by the authors, the generic often turns out to be heavily dependent on its immediate setting, and the typical resonates with processes that are anything but vernacular.

"Transition" and the Politics of History Education in Southeast Europe

by Augusta Dimou
Author: Augusta Dimou
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2009
Genre: Historiography
ISBN: 3899715314
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This collection of essays gives an overview on current developments in the field of education in the successor states of ex-Yugoslavia and the Republic of Moldova from the mid 1990s to today. The impact of nation- and state-building processes on the politics of history and on schooling are analysed against the background of the complex social and political transformations that have been taking place in the region; changes that are usually subsumed under the problematic and rather unspecific notion of transition. The book engages in such issues as: What is the role of international actors and what is the impact of interventions in education? What are the preconditions for lasting and sustainable reforms in education? What goals are inscribed in history textbook narratives? This book addresses these questions from an interdisciplinary perspective and offers insights into the complicated and ambiguous developments in the field of education in Southeast Europe during the last decade. German text.

Language, Nation and State

by T. Judt
Language, Nation and State
Author: T. Judt
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2004-12-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781349527830
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This edited collection examines the role that language has played in forming modern European nations. With language an omnipresent issue within the European Union, the importance languages have played within the histories and present situations of member nations is a crucial topic. Drawing on an international cast of contributors, the book explores the issues of monolingualism vs. plurilingualism within individual nations, the revival of languages in nations such as former soviet republics, and concludes with a look at language in the electronic age.