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Christopher Lord, Olga Strietska-Ilina

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Routledge Revivals

This title was first published in 2001. This stimulating and well-written text is particularly suitable as a subsidiary text for courses in politics, sociology and ethnic studies.

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Journal of European Public Policy Series

The notion of Differentiated Integration is increasingly used in the literature on European integration. Often employed interchangeably with the notion of "flexible integration, diverging views on its nature have led to the emergence of various definitions and, to some extent, a semantic confusion. A lack of consensus characterizes the academic literature; some authors even avoid putting an explicit definition on the term.The main objective of this book is to seek answers for the f...

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Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies

This book examines and investigates the legitimacy of the European Union by acknowledging the importance of variation across actors, institutions, audiences, and context.Case studies reveal how different actors have contributed to the politics of (re)legitimating the European Union in response to multiple recent problems in European integration. The case studies look specifically at stakeholder interests, social groups, officials, judges, the media and other actors external to the ...

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John Erik Fossum, Christopher Lord, Fay Madeleine Farstad, Arild Aurvåg Farsund, Merethe Dotterud Leiren, Espen D. H. Olsen, Marianne Riddervold, Johanne Døhlie Saltnes, Øyvind Svendsen, Jarle Trondal

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Dealing with Europe

This book examines Norway’s affiliation to the EU and systematically assesses the potential suitability of this arrangement for the UK as a viable EU affiliation post-Brexit.Framing the book within the framework of the broader European context, the authors ask how much autonomy and room to manoeuvre tightly integrated non-member states have under this arrangement. They present an in-depth assessment of Norway’s close EU affiliation and provide insight into what this may reveal to u...

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David Beetham, Christopher Lord

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Political Dynamics of the European Union

Most of the contemporary debates about the European Union - about its role, its institutional arrangements, its development dynamic, its expansion and possible futures - revolve around the issue of political legitimacy. Legitimacy and the European Union addresses the fundamental issues at the heart of the debates on Europe and examines such key questions as:- -What is the scope of the EU's authority -Is there a legitimacy deficit? If so, how much does it matter -Does political leg...

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Alfred Lord Tennyson

'Tennyson', wrote T. S. Eliot, 'has the finest ear of any English poet since Milton,' and his verse remains unrivalled in its combination of verbal richness, emotional depth and intellectual engagement. Tennyson drew on classical and medieval legends in poems like 'The Lotos-Eaters' (1832) and 'The Lady of Shalott' (1832) to explore the spiritual tensions of the nineteenth century. In one of the great works of his maturity, 'In Memoriam' (1850) - written after the loss of his dearest frien...

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R. K. Bentley, A. Keith Carreiro, Tabitha Lord, Paul Magnan, Christopher Paniccia, Debra Zannelli

A boxed set of firsts!The Association of Rhode Island Authors proudly presents their first boxed set! Each author has contributed one book of an ongoing series. From the sandy wastelands of far-off world filled with magic, machines, and men to war torn edge of space to aliens invading Earth. There's a little something for everyone. We hope you enjoy sit back and enjoy the ride.This boxed set includes:R. K. Bentley – Where Weaver...

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Matthew Arnold, Lord Tennyson, William Wordsworth, Christopher Marlowe 

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Narrative Verse

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at narrative poetry through the eyes and minds of our most gifted poets to bring you a unique guide. Narrative Poems may be short of long but in essence they are usually written in metered verse with characters and dramatic in fashion. They can include ep...

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Rebecca Adler-Nissen

European integration continues to deepen despite major crises and attempts to take back sovereignty. A growing number of member states are reacting to a more constraining EU by negotiating opt-outs. This book provides the first in-depth account of how opt-outs work in practice. It examines the most controversial cases of differentiated integration: the British and Danish opt-outs from Economic and Monetary Union and European policies on borders, asylum, migration, internal security and jus...

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Routledge/GARNET series

This book explores and analyses the multidimensional influence the European Union exerts in the world, focusing on its contribution to regional and global governance.Presenting a multidisciplinary approach with contributions by a panel of outstanding scholars from political science, economics, legal studies, philosophy and history, the book examines the EU as global player and international power in the making. The book is divided into three parts:Part I exa...

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Prof Eric Hobsbawm

The theory and practice of history and its relevance to the modern world, by Britains greatest radical historian.

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Darrell Bricker, John Ibbitson

For almost its entire history, Canada has been run by the political, media and business elites of Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. But in the past few years, these groups have lost their power—and most of them still do not realize it’s gone. The Laurentian Consensus, the term John Ibbitson has coined for the dusty liberal elite, has been replaced by a new, powerful coalition based in the West and supported by immigrant voters in Ontario. How did this happen?Most people are unaware tha...