European Studies

This book provides an original, rigorous and theoretically-grounded investigation into varying EU efforts to advance intercultural dialogue (ICD) in the framework of its foreign policy towards the Mediterranean during the period 1990-2014...

This book examines why postcommunist states continue to comply with international institutions’ rules and prescriptions even after those states have won the ultimate prize of European Union membership._x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy...

The relationship between sport and the development of male identity from the 19th to the 20th century is discussed in this collection of studies on the making of modern masculinity...

This new volume offers an annotated English translation of the unicum manuscript of the Hadîth Bayâd wa Riyâd, the only illustrated manuscript known to have survived from more than eight centuries of Muslim and Arabic-speaking presence in present-day Spain...

The south-eastern flank of Europe has seen a remarkable variety and intensity of migration flows in recent decades. Based on new empirical research, this book explores the complex dynamics between migration and transnationalism on the one hand, and uneven development on the other...

This book provides a comprehensive assessment of minority rights in Central and Eastern Europe, covering all the countries of the region that have joined the EU since 2004, including Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria...

This book provides a broad and comprehensive overview of contemporary Turkey. Placing the country and its people within the context of a rapidly globalizing world, the book covers a diverse range of themes such as politics, economics, international relations, the Turkic world, religion and recent hi..

This is a reassessment of the participation of Turkey and Greece in the Atlantic Alliance since 1952. The volume is an effort to provide a new approach to regional history and current affairs, going beyond national policies and searching a transnational perspective. It points to a highly developed s..

Previously published as a special issue of South European Society and Politics, this volume examines how and why political parties in Southern Europe have weakened between 1995-2005...

The concept of linkage, which refers to the linking of citizens with government and the political process, is vital in the study of the electoral or ideological considerations of parties. Parties’ decisions regarding their organization and image correlates with the effort made to keep up with public..

This book examines the process of Poland’s accession negotiations to the European Union between 1998-2003. Unlike other books on the subject which focus on the outcome of negotiations, or which view the process as a foreign policy issue, this book, based on extensive original research including inte..

This book examines the process of Poland’s accession negotiations to the European Union between 1998-2003. Unlike other books on the subject which focus on the outcome of negotiations, or which view the process as a foreign policy issue, this book, based on extensive original research including inte..