Scholars of the European Union have analyzed the EU's legitimacy mainly in terms of two
normative criteria: output effectiveness for the people and input participation by the people …

The remit of the series is broadly defined, both in terms of subject and academic discipline.
All topics of significance concerning the nature and operation of the European Union …

Pre-financial crisis, EU citizens were'overlooking'Europe ignoring it in favour of
globalisation, economic flows, and crises of political corruption. Innovative focus group …

• Part III explores the EU as a global actor-in-the-making, looking at issues including
enlargement and the EU's neighbourhood policy, and interregionalism, and critically …

The term´ Judeo-Christianin reference to a tradition, heritage, ethic, civilization, faith etc. has
been used in a wide variety of contexts with widely diverging meanings. Contrary to popular …

Brexit confirms that the EU is not a super-state in the making but rather an advanced
regional organization. This book bridges the gap between EU studies and international …

As a founding member of the European Union, for a long time Italy was one of the foremost
supporters of the integration process. Not only were some of the fundamental figures in the …

Even though the European Union Parliament did not endorse the reference to Europe's
'Judeo-Christian'roots in its constitution, the question nonetheless provoked an on-going …

Although the EU has shown a strong ambition to put a distinctive stamp on the international
aid agenda over the past 15 years, it has also been pointed out that its policies suffer from a …

The multiple modernities approach initially was conceived by the renowned Israeli
sociologist SN Eisenstadt, who wanted to challenge the hitherto-undisputed monopoly of …