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With a total population of some 500 million, the unified countries of modern Europe constitute the world's largest collection of successful capitalist democracies. Yet within it, there are distinct clusters of states, each with its own characteristics, historical allegiances and political processes... read more
Les Européens font aujourd’hui face au miroir turc. Taxée par certains de cheval de Troie de l’islam en Europe, associée à la dilution de l’Europe politique, à des élargissements à la sauvette ou au triomphe d’une « Europe à l’anglaise », l’adhésion de la Turquie à l’Union Européenne suscite des polémiques et des controverses sans précédent... read more
This publication represents the first book-length study of the travails of the implementation of federalism at the European level from the perspective of Altiero Spinelli's ideas and his political life, which were both devoted to a federally united Europe... read more
Does democracy control business, or does business control democracy? This study of how companies are bought and sold in four countries – France, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands – explores this fundamental question. It does so by examining variation in the rules of corporate control – specifically, whether hostile takeovers are allowed... read more
Kinship is at the heart of European society, sharing with the state responsibility for welfare and social reproduction. But the workings of kinship and their connection to state policies remain controversial... read more
The objective of this special issue is to confront and discuss different conceptions of political representation with respect to their application to the system of multi-level governance in the European Union... read more
The Puzzles of Politics brings together for the first time a collection of his key essays to explain his approach to international relations and how his thinking has developed over the last 30 years... read more
This book analyses diaspora and transnationalism as research perspectives rather than as characteristics of particular social groups. Its contributions focus on conceptual uses, theoretical challenges and methodological innovations in the study of social ties that transcend nation and state boundaries... read more
The book begins with a simple question: Why do rich capitalist democracies respond so differently to the common pressures they face in the early twenty-first century?... read more