The Palgrave Handbook of Social Democracy in the European Union

The Palgrave Handbook of Social Democracy in the European Union
Author: Jean-Michel de Waele
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 626
Release: 2016-04-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137293802

The nature of social democracy in the countries of the European Union is more significant and better understood than is indicated by the available literature. This thought-provoking handbook aims to redress this disparity by bringing together Political scientists from across Europe to provide a definitive collection on social democracy in the EU.

The Palgrave Handbook of European Referendums

The Palgrave Handbook of European Referendums
Author: Julie Smith
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 736
Release: 2021-03-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3030558037

This handbook provides an empirically rich analysis of referendums in Europe from the end of the Second World War to the present. It addresses a range of perennial theoretical and legal questions that face policy-makers when they offer citizens the chance to take or influence decisions by referendum, not least whether to accept the ‘will of the people’. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach, drawing on historical, philosophical and political science perspectives, the book includes a contextual section on the history of referendums, the theoretical questions underpinning their use, and on constitutional and legal questions about the use of referendums. The empirical sections are divided into those referendums that focus on domestic issues, such as constitutional matters or questions of social policy, and those related to the European Union, including membership referendums and treaty ratification.

The Palgrave Handbook of National Parliaments and the European Union

The Palgrave Handbook of National Parliaments and the European Union
Author: C. Neuhold
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 777
Release: 2016-04-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137289139

This handbook offers a comprehensive picture of the European activities of national parliaments in all 28 member states of the European Union. In the aftermath of the Lisbon Treaty, it assesses the extent to which national legislatures actually matter in European governance.

The Palgrave Handbook of Social Democracy in the European Union

The Palgrave Handbook of Social Democracy in the European Union
Author: Jean-Michel Waele
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2013
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 9781786841650

This thought-provoking handbook aims to redress this disparity by bringing together Political scientists from across Europe to provide a definitive collection on social democracy in the EU.

The Palgrave Handbook of Social Democracy in the European Union

The Palgrave Handbook of Social Democracy in the European Union
Author: Jean-Michel de Waele
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 608
Release: 2014-01-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781349671199

The nature of social democracy in the countries of the European Union is more significant and better understood than is indicated by the available literature. This thought-provoking handbook aims to redress this disparity by bringing together Political scientists from across Europe to provide a definitive collection on social democracy in the EU.

The Palgrave Handbook of EU Crises

The Palgrave Handbook of EU Crises
Author: Marianne Riddervold
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 788
Release: 2020-12-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3030517918

This handbook comprehensively explores the European Union’s institutional and policy responses to crises across policy domains and institutions – including the Euro crisis, Brexit, the Ukraine crisis, the refugee crisis, as well as the global health crisis resulting from COVID-19. It contributes to our understanding of how crisis affects institutional change and continuity, decision-making behavior and processes, and public policy-making. It offers a systematic discussion of how the existing repertoire of theories understand crisis and how well they capture times of unrest and events of disintegration. More generally, the handbook looks at how public organizations cope with crises, and thus probes how sustainable and resilient public organizations are in times of crisis and unrest.

The Political System of the European Union, Second Edition

The Political System of the European Union, Second Edition
Author: Simon Hix
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2005-04-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780333961827

A substantially revised and updated new edition of this highly-successful and ground-breaking text which analyzes the EU as a political system using the methods of comparative political science.

The Palgrave Handbook of Radical Left Parties in Europe

The Palgrave Handbook of Radical Left Parties in Europe
Author: Fabien Escalona
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 783
Release: 2023-04-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137562641

This profound and insightful handbook aims to promote critical reflection on the way we conceptualise and study the radical left and to advance research by asking new questions. Radical left parties in Europe have been the subjects of significant study in the last decade, aided by the demonstrable success of newer parties like the Greek Syriza and Spanish Podemos, as well as the persistence of more established actors like the German Die Linke. Nevertheless, the emergent literature remains patchy and many elements of the party family still poorly understood. This handbook brings together a range of leading analysts to provide a definitive compendium, one that provides both students and scholars with an informative and easy-to-use guide to the radical left in Europe. Through utilising a common analytical framework to analyse the radical left in 19 European countries (within and outside the EU), the Palgrave Handbook of Radical Left Parties in Europe provides a wealth of comparable data on a wide number of cases to provide a sound basis for future studies. This rigorous comparative framework, allied with the unprecedented in-depth overview of the development of the European radical left over the past two decades, makes this handbook an essential starting place for those interested in all aspects of the radical left as a party family.

European social democracy during the global economic crisis

European social democracy during the global economic crisis
Author: David J. Bailey
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2014-12-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1847799345

This book makes an important contribution to the existing literature on European social democracy in the wake of the 2008 financial crash and ensuing recession. It assesses how social democratic parties have responded, at the national as well as at the European Union level. A wide range of leading political scientists provide the reader with an in-depth understanding of the prospects for social democracy in the midst of an unprecedented crisis for neoliberalism. The book draws together some of the most well-known and prestigious scholars of social democracy and social democratic parties, along with a number of impressive new scholars in the field, to present a compelling and up to date analysis of social democratic fortunes in the contemporary period. It benefits from an analysis of social democratic parties’ experiences in 6 different countries – the UK, Sweden, Germany, France, Spain and Greece – along with a number of chapters on the fate of social democracy in the institutions of the EU.

After Lisbon: National Parliaments in the European Union

After Lisbon: National Parliaments in the European Union
Author: Katrin Auel
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2017-10-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317380835

The role of national parliaments in EU matters has become an important subject in the debate over the democratic legitimacy of European Union decision-making. Strengthening parliamentary scrutiny and participation rights at both the domestic and the European level is often seen as an effective measure to address the perceived ‘democratic deficit’ of the EU – the reason for affording them a prominent place in the newly introduced ‘Provisions on Democratic Principles’ of the Union (in particular Article 12 TEU). Whether this aim can be met, however, depends crucially on the degree to which, and the manner in which, national parliaments actually make use of their institutional rights. This volume therefore aims at providing a comprehensive overview of the activities of national parliaments in the post-Lisbon Treaty era. This includes the ‘classic’ scrutiny of EU legislation, but also parliamentary involvement in EU foreign policy, the use of new parliamentary participation rights of the Lisbon Treaty (Early Warning System), their role regarding the EU’s response to the Eurozone crisis, and the, so far under-researched, role of parliamentary administrators in scrutiny processes. This book was originally published as a special issue of West European Politics.