This book seeks to comprehend the evolving nature of the European Union following the fall
of the Berlin Wall and the failure of the European Constitution. Its prime focus is the last …

International organizations (IOs) have become increasingly pervasive features of the global
landscape. While the implications of this development have been studied extensively …

How does democracy work in the new democracies of Eastern Europe? Do the people
actually rule as one would expect in a democracy or do the legacies of communism and the …

Despite repeated appointments of technocratic governments in Europe and increasing
interest in technocracy, there is little knowledge regarding citizens' attitudes towards …

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This article analyses the impact enlargements have had on the social cohesion of the
European Union (EU), measured as generalized interpersonal trust between EU …

Still today, The Civic Culture by Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba counts as one of the most
influential studies in comparative politics. The opus was pathbreaking because it formalized …

This article investigates whether there is a relationship between the sport performance level
of female athletes inside the sport (at clubs, competitions, or training events) and outside …

The state-building process is currently considered as an achievement of history, while nation-
state has always been mistaken as a universal way of organizing politics. In fact, our naive …

The rapid growth of the East-and South-Asian economies, foremost China, the shift in the
geopolitical balance of powers between East and West, and the actualization of the Silk …