Political Careers in Europe
Political Careers in Europe

Author: Michael Edinger

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-10-20

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1474259340

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European integration not only has changed career opportunities for politicians, it has expanded them. This book is dedicated to the study of political career patterns. It focuses on parliamentary careers in select European countries, but the U.S. is also included as a long-standing system with multi-level politics. The chapters, from an impressive range of scholars, represent a systematic investigation into level-hopping practices in Europe. While discussing the logic of moves across political levels, special attention is given to the impact of institutional reforms. The results indicate that the traditional model of career mobility, with the national level as the apex of a career, is still of importance in most countries – however, a clear trend towards multi-directional political careers is found.

Democracy, social resources and political power in the European Union
Democracy, social resources and political power in the European Union

Author: Niilo Kauppi

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2018-02-28

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1526130335

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In this book Kauppi develops a structural constructivist theory of the European Union and critically analyses, through French and Finnish empirical cases, the political practices that maintain the Union's 'democratic deficit'. Kauppi conceptualises the European Union as both an arena for political contention and a nascent political order. In this evolving, multi-levelled European political field, individuals and groups construct material and symbolic structures of political power, grounded in a variety of social resources such as nationality, culture, and gender. The author shows how the dominance of both executive political resources and domestic political cultures has prevented the development of European democracy. Supranational executive networks have become more autonomous, reinforcing the dominance of the resources they control. At the same time, national political cultures condition the political status of elected institutions such as the European parliament. The book is particularly suited for undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of European Politics, European Union Studies and International Relations.

Toward a Reflexive Political Sociology of the European Union
Toward a Reflexive Political Sociology of the European Union

Author: Niilo Kauppi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-01-17

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 3319710028

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This book argues that contemporary European politics creates new forms of transnational power that challenge the traditional parameters of the nation-state. Kauppi identifies and critically explores the evolving dynamics between national and transnational spaces, groups and knowledge, and suggests that European public policies and transnational institutions like the European Parliament create new spaces, types of knowledge and novel political practices. Toward a Reflexive Political Sociology of the European Union is structured around three parts. The first focuses on evolving transnational fields. The second explores the changing role of academics and universities. The third section engages with the works of Pierre Bourdieu on politics and the media. The issues discussed throughout the book revolve around the challenges to the nation-state and of knowledge production that is tied to it. This book will be an invaluable resource to academics and researchers interested in European politics, European Union studies and political sociology.

The Criminalisation of Communism in the European Political Space after the Cold War
The Criminalisation of Communism in the European Political Space after the Cold War

Author: Laure Neumayer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-07-06

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1351141740

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Memory has taken centre stage in European-level policies after the Cold War, as the Western historical narrative based on the uniqueness of the Holocaust was being challenged by calls for an equal condemnation of Communism and Nazism. This book retraces the anti-communist mobilisations carried out by Central European representatives in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and in the European Parliament since the early 1990s. Based on archive consultation, interviews and ethnographic observation, it analyses the memory entrepreneurs’ requests for collective remembrance and legal accountability of Communist crimes in European institutions, Pan-European political parties and transnational advocacy networks. The book argues that these newcomers managed to strengthen their positions and impose a totalitarian interpretation of Communism in the European assemblies, which directly shaped the EU’s remembrance policy. However, the rules of the European political game and recurring ideological conflicts with left-wing opponents reduced the legal and judicial implications of this anti-communist grammar at the European level. This text will be of key interest to scholars and graduate students in memory studies, post-Communist politics and European studies, and more broadly in history, political science and sociology.

A Political Sociology of Transnational Europe
A Political Sociology of Transnational Europe

Author: Niilo Kauppi

Publisher: ECPR Press

Published: 2024-08-22

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 1910259284

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Globalisation and complex Europeanisation are two significant challenges currently influencing the restructure of the European nation-state, and redefining political power. For this volume, first-rate European scholars look at the consequences of these and other challenges faced by European societies. Contributions revisit traditional objects of political science – state sovereignty, civil society and citizenship – mixing sophisticated empirical analyses with methodological and conceptual innovations including field theory, multiple correspondence analysis, and the study of space sets. Combining qualitative and quantitative research techniques, and macro- and micro-levels, chapters have in common a contextual analysis of politics through scrutiny of configurations of groups, representations and perceptions. A transnational perspective is the common thread linking every study in this volume, which seeks to avoid methodological nationalism.

Routledge Handbook of European Politics
Routledge Handbook of European Politics

Author: José M. Magone

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-12-17

Total Pages: 1028

ISBN-13: 1317628365

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Since the Treaty of the European Union was ratified in 1993, the European Union has become an important factor in an ever-increasing number of regimes of pooled sovereignty. This Handbook seeks to present a valuable guide to this new and unique system in the twenty-first century, allowing readers to obtain a better understanding of the emerging multilevel European governance system that links national polities to Europe and the global community. Adopting a pan-European approach, this Handbook brings together the work of leading international academics to cover a wide range of topics such as: the historical and theoretical background the political systems and institutions of both the EU and its individual member nations political parties and party systems political elites civil society and social movements in European politics the political economy of Europe public administration and policy-making external policies of the EU. This is an invaluable and comprehensive resource for students, scholars, researchers and practitioners of the European Union, European politics and comparative politics.

Political Careers in Europe
Political Careers in Europe

Author: Michael Edinger

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-10-20

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1474259359

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European integration not only has changed career opportunities for politicians, it has expanded them. This book is dedicated to the study of political career patterns. It focuses on parliamentary careers in select European countries, but the U.S. is also included as a long-standing system with multi-level politics. The chapters, from an impressive range of scholars, represent a systematic investigation into level-hopping practices in Europe. While discussing the logic of moves across political levels, special attention is given to the impact of institutional reforms. The results indicate that the traditional model of career mobility, with the national level as the apex of a career, is still of importance in most countries – however, a clear trend towards multi-directional political careers is found.

The Profession of Government Minister in Western Europe
The Profession of Government Minister in Western Europe

Author: Jean Blondel

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13:

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"Who are the cabinet ministers in Western Europe? Are they prepared for their tasks by the jobs which they did before - do specialists, for instance, come to take on the task of running specialist ministries? Are these ministers, on the other hand, politically prepared for being in government? Do they all go through an apprenticeship in Parliament? As a matter of fact, they do not and, in several Continental countries, not just France, but also the Netherlands, Austria, or Norway, many ministers come to office without a parliamentary background. Does this mean that they are better prepared to their tasks than British ministers who, like their Italian or Irish colleagues, all went through Parliament? What kind of career do they then follow? Do they stay in office long? Do they change jobs or not? On this, too, there are many country variations, as there are variations in terms of the 'post-ministerial careers', that is to say of the jobs which, after being ministers they are able to obtain. 'The profession of government minister in Western Europe' looks at all these questions on the basis of a vast file covering over 2,000 ministers from 1945 to the 1980s. Although Western European countries are so similar politically in many ways, the ministerial career is vastly different - and lessons can be drawn from the differences"--provided by publisher.

Who's who in European Politics
Who's who in European Politics

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 796

ISBN-13:

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"Recommended for academic & large public libraries with an emphasis on current Western Europe."--Choice. "...valuable for large public & academic libraries for having collected in one source information on so many European political figures."--Booklist. With the economic & political significance of the "1992" measures & the anticipated unification of Europe, this timely reference identifies over 6,000 of the key players in the present European political & economic arenas. Coverage spans the twelve members of the European Community (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, & the United Kingdom), the seven members of the European Free Trade Association (Austria, Finland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden, & Switzerland), plus Turkey, Cyprus & Malta. Organized into two sections, PART ONE lists individuals alphabetically by name. Biographical profiles include: party affiliation, place & date of birth, education, family history, political, government, & business positions held, special interests, published works & mailing address. PART TWO is a political directory by country. It provides details of posts & personnel arranged in six categories: heads of state, government, legislatures, political parties, regional government, & trade unions. A Bowker-Saur title.

Working for the EU
Working for the EU

Author: JOHANNES. DE BERLAYMONT

Publisher:

Published: 2018-05-04

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781999959531

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From the publishers of The Ultimate EU Test Book ¿ this is the book for anyone wanting to know about the opportunities a career in the EU public administration can provide and the many different ways to `get in¿. It is also highly relevant to those already with temporary positions or internships who want to move their careers forward. Working for the EU: How to Get In explains:¿ The wide range of positions in the EU institutions and agencies, in Brussels, Luxembourg and worldwide¿ The many types, advantages and disadvantages of permanent and temporary posts ¿ How temporary posts can become stepping stones to permanent or very long-term jobs¿ The critical difference between being selected and being recruited ¿ and how recruitment really works¿ The little-known alternatives to passing an open competition¿ The value of stages and other types of traineeships¿ The crucial importance of `being there¿ and building your networks ¿ Why and how you should think strategically, keeping as many options open as possibleFull of insights and systematic, objective advice you can get nowhere else, Working for the EU: How to Get In comes from the publishers of The Ultimate EU Test Book ¿ Europe¿s No.1 textbook for EPSO competitions