Politics Catalogue 2023

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POLITICS 2023

Inside the Deal

How the EU Got Brexit Done

Stefaan De Rynck

“The Brexit you’ll never hear about from a British negotiator. An important book.” – Robert Peston, ITV Political Editor

“An accurate and true insight into the machinations of Brexit, our role as negotiators and our efforts to bring the deal over the line.” – Michel Barnier, former chief EU Brexit negotiator

“A piercing analysis of the UK’s historic decision to leave the EU, De Rynck’s masterful overview may make difficult reading for some in Britain but it offers hope that the two sides can take a more constructive approach going forward.” – Pippa Crerar, Political Editor, The Guardian

“Stefaan De Rynck had a ringside seat for all the twists and turns of Britain’s departure from the European Union. This insightful book provides important insights into Brexit from a European perspective – and explains how and why we got to where we are today.” – Oliver Wright, Policy Editor, The Times

As a close aide to Michel Barnier, Stefaan De Rynck had a front row seat in the Brexit negotiations. In this frank and uncompromising account, De Rynck tells the EU’s side of the story and seeks to dispel some of the myths and spin that have become indelibly linked to the Brexit process. From the mood in the room to the technical discussions, he gives an unvarnished account of the deliberations and obstacles that shaped the final deal.

Stefaan De Rynck was a senior advisor to Michel Barnier, the EU's Brexit Negotiator. He has worked as an EU civil servant on financial regulation, the single market, and EU Treaty changes. He has a PhD in political and social sciences from the European University Institute in Florence and teaches at the Public Governance Institute, University of Leuven.

MARCH 2023

PB £18.99 978-1-78821-504-6

HB £75.00 978-1-78821-503-9

208 pages | 216 x 138mm

Short Histories

Conservatism

Mark Garnett

“A highly readable account of the Conservative Party which weaves together thought and practice very effectively. It confirms my view of him as one of the best scholars on the Conservative Party today. I strongly recommend it for students and the general reader alike.” – Kevin Hickson, University of Liverpool

“Vital background for anyone trying to understand how the party of Europe, morality and fiscal responsibility became the party of Brexit, Johnson and Truss.” – Kieron O’Hara, University of Southampton

“In this wide-ranging and engaging account Mark Garnett explores how the pursuit of office and changing circumstances have emptied Conservatism of ideological coherence. A frank and stimulating guide to the Conservative Party and the roots of its present discontents.” – Andrew Gamble, University of Sheffield

The nature of conservative ideology is and will continue to be warmly contested. In this short history, Mark Garnett presents an account of British conservatism which avoids the usual confusion between the ideology and the stated principles of a party which prides itself on an ability to change its views according to circumstances. He shows, since the Tory Party adopted the name “Conservative” in the 1830s it has become increasingly difficult to associate its varying positions with a coherent “conservative” position, so that it is more profitable to discuss its ideological history from the perspective of liberalism and nationalism.

Mark Garnett is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Lancaster University. His books on the Conservative Party include acclaimed biographies of Tory grandees, Keith Joseph and Willie Whitelaw.

Thatcherism

Peter Dorey

“Dorey’s superbly researched account is a concise, full 360-degree study of the inexorable rise of Thatcherism and its erosion of traditional Conservatism. He shows clearly and crisply why her ideological legacy remains so important to the Conservative Party and to anyone who studies it.” – Louise Thompson, University of

Manchester

“An outstanding book that deserves to be widely read. Pete Dorey has expertly combined historical and political analysis to provide a definitive and highly engaging account of the complexities and contradictions of the Thatcher project. His analysis is consistently sharp and insightful and helps us make better sense of the character and legacy of one of the most important and enduring political projects of our time.”

– Peter Kerr, University of Birmingham

Peter Dorey offers a lively analysis of how Thatcherism became an ideology for politics to conjure with, its relationship with its eponymous leader and with the Conservative Party, as well as the long-term implications for the British people. He argues that the radical modernization of Britain that started under Thatcher’s leadership in the 1980s has created the conditions that have led to the polarization of British society today; a process that was profoundly unconservative in its values and approach, destabilizing institutions which Conservatives once deemed sacrosanct, and replacing continuity and solidity with constant change and competition.

MARCH 2023

PB £18.99 978-1-78821-548-0

HB £75.00 978-1-78821-547-3

200 pages | 216 x 138 mm Short Histories

Peter Dorey is Professor of British Politics at Cardiff University. He has published widely on British Conservatism and the Conservative Party.

NOVEMBER 2023

PB £19.99 978-1-78821- 636-4

HB £60.00 978-1-78821-635-7

192 pages | 234 x 156mm

Flashpoints

Alexander Titov is Lecturer in Modern European History at Queen’s University Belfast.

Russia

Alexander Titov

Russia has emerged as “trouble-maker in chief” of international politics in recent years and is now the greatest current threat to global stability and peace. Its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has cemented its position of pariah state and Putin as persona non grata in the liberal international community.

To understand recent events, Alexander Titov examines the Putin regime, how it operates, its ideology, its control of the media, its assertive domestic policy and how this all meshes to underpin its aggressive foreign policy regime. He sets the current conflict in the context of Russia’s troubled neighbourhood strategies in Chechnya, Georgia and the recurring theme of Russian nationalism.

This is a timely and insightful analysis for students and researchers in international relations and global politics.

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Putin’s domestic politics

3. Great Power politics

4. Cybersecurity, information war and Russian threat to western democracy

5. Energy and the environment

6. Conclusion

Warmonger

Vladimir Putin’s Imperial Wars

Alex J. Bellamy

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was an imperial war long in the making. Putin’s Russia wants its empire back and has been at war with the West for years; it took the events in Ukraine for the West to realize it.

Alex Bellamy explains how Ukraine is just the latest in a series of Putin’s wars of aggression: Chechnya, Georgia, Crimea, Syria and Ukraine. Initially, the war in Chechnya propelled Putin to the presidency. War then proved central to his rule. It helped craft the new social contract between president and people, a contract grounded in a shared vision of Russian national identity and its place in the world.

Bellamy examines each of Putin’s military interventions to show how Russia rebuilt itself after the 1990s, how it embraced authoritarian politics and developed an imperial view of itself and its place in the world through a series of bloody conflicts.

Contents Introduction

SEPTEMBER 2023

PB £19.99 978-1-78821-647-0

HB £75.00 978-1-78821-646-3

192 pages | 234 x 156 mm

1. Collapse

2. Chechnya

3. Georgia

4. Ukraine I

5. Syria

6. Nagorno-Karabakh

7. Shadows

8. Ukraine II

Alex J. Bellamy is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect at the University of Queensland.

NOVEMBER 2023

PB £19.99 978-1-78821-671-5

HB £60.00 978-1-78821-670-8

176 pages | 234 x 156mm

Flashpoints

Jonathan Sullivan is an Associate Professor in the School of Politics and IR at the University of Nottingham and previously Director of the China Policy Institute.

Lev Nachman is Assistant Professor at National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.

Taiwan

Jonathan Sullivan and Lev Nachman

As a top 20 global economy and tech powerhouse, a liberal democracy on the frontline of autocratic pressure and a pivotal component in the free and open IndoPacific, the future security of Taiwan has enormous ramifications for today’s global order.

Sullivan and Nachman consider Taiwan’s complex and multi-layered history and the many dimensions it holds in international politics. They show that an appreciation of its critical role in geopolitics is more than just the crude dichotomies of “democracy vs authoritarianism” or “independence vs unification”. Its history and future are intimately tied to wider questions of decolonialism, national identity, economic interdependence, multiculturalism and modern values – all set against an ever-present security threat.

Contents

1. Why Taiwan matters

2. Taiwan’s many histories

3. Taiwan and the ROC

4. Decided by the Taiwanese people

5. One China, multiple considerations

6. Sacred and inviolable

7. The most dangerous place in the world?

8. The politics of cross-Strait economics

9. Who cares about Taiwan?

10. Conclusion

Grand Strategy and the Rise of China

Made in America

Zeno Leoni

“The US–China relationship is highly significant yet fast-changing. Zeno Leoni’s analysis of it is brilliantly clear and full of insights: drawing on history and geopolitics, he shows that the two countries are locked in a complex combination of dependency and confrontation. Stimulating and thoughtful.”

–

Rana Mitter,

Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, University of Oxford

“To most westerners, China is like quantum mechanics: the few who really understand it are often not good at explaining it to the rest of us. So this up-to-the-minute, scholarly but accessible guide to thinking through the number one geopolitical issue of the next decade is greatly to be welcomed.” – Stephen Bradley, former British Minister in Beijing and Consul General to Hong Kong

During four decades of fast-paced economic growth, China’s ascent has challenged and disrupted the longestablished cultural and political constructs of the postwar liberal international order and has provoked much frenzied reaction within western civil society. Zeno Leoni explores the uncertainties and dilemmas China’s rise has fuelled for both the US-sponsored liberal order and the Chinese communist elites. He considers how a more pragmatic approach from the West might facilitate the coexistence of these two competing societal models.

APRIL 2023

PB £19.99 978-1-78821-602-9

HB £60.00 978-1-78821-601-2

136 pages | 234 x 156 mm Business With China

Zeno Leoni is a Lecturer in “Challenges to the International Order” in the Defence Studies Department of King’s College London, based within the Joint Services and Staff College (JSCSC) of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.

DECEMBER 2022

PB £24.99 978-1-78821-565-7

HB £75.00 978-1-78821-564-0

192 pages | 234 x 156mm

Politicians and Economic Experts The Limits of Technocracy

Anna Killick

“A scholarly, thoroughly researched, book on the interaction between politicians and economists. We have seen, with Brexit and more recently with the Truss administration’s tax cuts, examples of the tension between the two played out in public.” – Vince Cable, former leader of the Liberal Democrats

“An insightful and rousing call to turn away from technocracy, which has sowed the seeds of polarization and distrust, to reconnect the economy and democracy through being honest about the contested and moral foundations of economic policymaking.”

– Joe Earle, co-author of The Econocracy

“A highly complex but hugely informative picture of how politicians come to hold certain economic opinions and how they seek to persuade their publics to think likewise. This is an exceptionally important book that deserves to have a significant impact.” – Matthew

Watson, University of Warwick

In recent years politics has seen an increasing role in economic policymaking for a technocracy of experts. How do politicians feel about this and how do they balance their political and ethical aims with economic expertise? Anna Killick offers an in-depth study of how politicians engage with economists and economic opinion. Based on interviews with politicians from the main parties in France, Germany, Denmark, the UK and USA, the book highlights the role economic opinion plays in politics and the tension that can arise between democracy and technocracy.

Anna Killick is a research fellow in the Department of Political Science, University College London.

Feminist Political Economy

A Global Perspective

Sara Cantillon, Odile Mackett and Sara Stevano

Feminist political economy is essential to understanding the hierarchies that sustain contemporary capitalism. Motivated by the rejection of gender-blind approaches in economics and political economy, feminist political economy shines light on the power relations that shape household, national and global dynamics. Feminist political economists recognize and explore the relations between the economic, the social and the political in the reproduction of inequality.

In this book, Sara Cantillon, Odile Mackett and Sara Stevano provide a much-needed introduction to key topics in feminist political economy. Taking a global perspective and engaging in debates that are relevant for the Global North and/or the Global South, they offer a course for social scientists looking to gain a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the role of power relations and inequality in the economy.

Contents

1. A global perspective on feminist political economy

2. Global division of labour

SEPTEMBER 2023

PB £24.99 978-1-78821-264-9

HB £75.00 978-1-78821-263-2 304 pages | 240 x 170 mm

Sara Cantillon is Professor of Economics and Gender and Director of the Wise Centre for Economic Justice at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Odile Mackett is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Governance at the University of Witwatersrand. Sara Stevano is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at SOAS University of London.

3. Social reproduction

4. Care

5. Households

6. Intra-household inequalities

7. Labour market inequalities

8. Welfare regimes

9. Feminization of poverty

10. Economic crises

11. GDP and its alternatives

FEBRUARY 2023

HB £70.00 978-1-78821-598-5

280 pages | 234 x 156mm

Populism

Latin American Perspectives

Edited by Ronaldo Munck, Mariana Mastrángelo and Pablo Pozzi

“This excellent volume very welcomely restores Latin America to its rightful place at the centre of the analysis of populism.” – Benjamin Moffitt, Australian Catholic University

“An anthology of great interest for both students and academics.” – Ronald H. Chilcote, University of California, Riverside

“A timely reminder of the centrality of Latin America to theorizing populism. An outstanding collection of essays that provides an insightful and challenging analysis of populism.” – Mo Hume, University of Glasgow

Much of the debate around populism has been from the perspective of the global North and the voice of the South has been largely missing. This volume addresses this absence and provides a Latin American perspective to the global study of populism. It argues that Latin America in its rich and early experience of populism is a valuable laboratory to further our understanding and to address the question of whether populism now goes beyond the dichotomy of left and right and is a new political phenomenon.

Pablo Pozzi is a Plenary Full Professor in the History Department of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The book presents a series of case studies with crosscutting overview chapters that highlight the lessons to be learned from new research. Each chapter is set within a tight conceptual framework in order to better understand contemporary Latin American politics “after the pink tide” and to enrich the international debate on populism from a Latin American perspective.

Ronaldo Munck is Head of Civic Engagement at Dublin City University.

Mariana Mastrángelo is Professor at Asociada Universidad Nacional de Chilecito, Argentina.

Divided They Fell

Crisis and the Collapse of Europe’s Centre Left Sean McDaniel

“A truly fabulous book on a supremely important topic. Required reading for all those who have turned intuitively to the centre-left for their political inspiration and been so sadly disappointed – and for all those struggling to make sense of that disappointment and the failure it represents.” – Colin Hay, Sciences Po, Paris

“In this lively and highly relevant book, drawing on interviews with key players, McDaniel demonstrates that parties and their ideologies matter: after the global financial crisis, centre-left parties in France and the UK got stuck, wedded to ideas that reduced their ability to respond creatively to political challenges. Students, scholars and politicians can all learn important lessons from this book about what not to do in a crisis.”

– Alan Finlayson, University of East Anglia

Why has Europe’s centre-left failed to respond to the crisis of neoliberalism in Europe? Divided They Fell examines the failures of mainstream politics, and in particular the inability of the centre-left to respond to the global financial crisis more effectively. By exploring the cases of the UK Labour Party and France’s Parti Socialiste, the book investigates the role of, and interplay between, institutional intra-party dynamics, the parties’ ideational landscapes and the wider political economy in shaping their responses to the crisis.

FEBRUARY 2023

HB £65.00 978-1-78821-605-0

224 pages | 234 x 156 mm Building Progressive Alternatives

Sean McDaniel is Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at the Future Economies Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University.

JULY 2023

PB £29.99 978-1-78821-620-3

224 pages | 234 x 156mm

Enough!

A Modest Political Ecology for an Uncertain Future

Mary Lawhon and Tyler McCreary

Enough! insists there is enough for all. Creating such a future is not about producing more or living with less. Instead, it starts with rethinking our politics, economics and approach to livelihoods.

Mary Lawhon and Tyler McCreary develop a “modest approach” to justice and sustainability, drawing across ecology and postcolonial theory, as well as their research on infrastructure in African cities and the Canadian north. The authors chart a pathway beyond modernist and arcadian environmentalisms, emphasizing uncertainty while holding onto hope for creating better worlds. The chapters tack between conceptual contours, concrete examples, proposed inventions and personal narrative.

Theorizing from the struggles of the global south and Indigenous peoples, Enough! proposes delinking livelihoods from work through a redistributive basic income. A universal basic income enables enough without overreliance on modern states. It also enables us to subtend conflicts over jobs, reduce some types of production, and deploy resources towards building postcapitalist worlds.

Contents

Introduction; 1. Polarizing political ecologies of the future; 2. Neither more nor less: cultivating a modest political ecology; Interlude: radical potential of a universal, unconditional basic income; 3. A modest economy: diverse and distributionist; 4. A modest state;

5. Modest livelihoods; 6. Onwards

Mary Lawhon is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Edinburgh.

Tyler McCreary is Assistant Professor of Geography at Florida State University.

Lost in Ideology

Interpreting Modern Political Life

Jason Blakely

Lost in Ideology sets out from the conviction that the current disorientation engulfing the world’s liberal democracies is in no small part ideological in origin. People feel confused because there are multiple ideological maps, so to speak, each marked by dramatically different points of interest. Ideology in the modern era has the paradoxical effect of orienting millions even as it disorients millions. This leads us to the present-day predicament in which individuals of every imaginable political stripe confidently declare: “I have a theory – but you? You have an ideology!” Thus, any reorientation within the political world will have to pass through ideology’s forbidding labyrinth of conflicting and overlapping maps.

By foregrounding a cultural and historical framework, Lost in Ideology maps the ideological terrain of the past 200 years or so with sophistication and a democratic sensibility. It offers both an invaluable guide for the uninitiated as well as a fresh and insightful analysis for readers more familiar with the fractured landscape of today’s ideologies.

Contents

Introduction: in search of ideology; 1. Liberal by nature: varieties of classical liberalism; 2. Other foundings: civic republicanism and white supremacy; 3. Evolving liberalism: progressives versus neoliberals; 4. In the name of the past: conservatives and neoconservatives; 5. There is no “fascist minimum”: fascistic bundles and hybridizations; 6. Is socialism still taboo? From Marxism to Bernie Sanders; 7. Hiding in plain sight: nationalism and multiculturalism; 8. There are many feminisms: the advent of sexual politics; 9. The meaning of the earth: the challenges of ecological politics; Conclusion: the age of ideologies

SEPTEMBER 2023

PB £18.99 978-1-78821-663-0

HB £75.00 978-1-78821-662-3 208 pages | 216 x 138 mm

Jason Blakely is Associate Professor of Political Science at Seaver College, Pepperdine University, Malibu.

OCTOBER 2023

PB £20.00 978-1-78821-659-3

HB £75.00 978-1-78821-658-6

320 pages | 234 x 156mm

Robert Barrington is Professor of Anti-Corruption Practice in the Centre for the Study of Corruption (CSC) at the University of Sussex.

Elizabeth David-Barrett is Professor of Governance and Integrity and Director of the CSC at the University of Sussex.

Rebecca Dobson Phillips is a Lecturer in Corruption Analysis in CSC at University of Sussex.

Dictionary of Corruption

Edited by Robert Barrington, Elizabeth David-Barrett and Rebecca Dobson Phillips

Written by an expert team under the auspices of the Centre for the Study of Corruption at the University of Sussex, the Dictionary of Corruption is a comprehensive resource for students, academics, practitioners and professionals. It establishes a common interpretation of the language and terminology in the field of corruption and anti-corruption studies. From bribery to Watergate, Amakudari to zero tolerance and from anti-corruption agencies to whistleblowing, the dictionary provides explanations of over 250 key terms, events and case studies.

Entries include Guanxi

Wasta

Whistleblowing

Reputation

Abuse of office

Chirac, Jacques

Sarkozy, Nicholas

Bribery

Understanding Corruption

How Corruption Works in Practice

Robert Barrington, Elizabeth David-Barrett, Sam Power and Dan Hough

“A valuable overview and synthesis of what we do – and do not – know, examining major trends in thought and practice while carefully dissecting a variety of cases. It is an essential work for students and teaching, and will help guide the research and debates to come.”

– Michael Johnston, Colgate University

Understanding Corruption tells the story of how corruption happens in the real world, illustrated through detailed case studies of the many different types of corruption that span the globe. Each case study follows a tried and tested analytical approach that provides key insights into the workings of corruption and the measures best used to tackle it.

Case studies include

PB £19.99 978-1-78821-444-5

HB £65.00 978-1-78821-443-8

280 pages | 2022

• Odebrecht, corporate bribery and political corruption

• Alstom and corporate bribery

• Panalpina and facilitation payments

• The Council of Europe and Azerbaijan

• Darleen Druyun and the US defence sector

Robert Barrington is Professor of Anti-Corruption Practice in the Centre for the Study of Corruption (CSC) at the University of Sussex.

• Jack Abramoff and the US lobbying industry

• Jacques Chirac and French politics

• Angola and the Dos Santos regime

• Erdogan and cronyism in Turkey • Najib Razak and 1MDB in Malaysia

• The Guptas and state capture in South Africa • FIFA: kleptocracy and capture outside politics

• Teodorin Obiang and asset recovery

• The Panama Papers and offshore secrecy

• Bell Pottinger and reputation laundering in South Africa • Zamira Hajiyeva and unexplained wealth

Elizabeth David-Barrett is Professor of Governance and Integrity and Director of CSC at the University of Sussex.

Sam Power is Lecturer in Corruption Analysis in CSC at the University of Sussex.

Dan Hough is Professor of Politics at the University of Sussex.

The Five Giants: A New Beveridge Report Consultant Editor: Danny Dorling

William Beveridge’s 1942 Report laid the groundwork for the welfare state in Britain and famously aimed at eradicating the five giants of Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor and Idleness. Some 80 years later, Britain finds itself again at such a critical juncture. Each with a distinctive voice, these books articulate the reality of the five giants today and, in the spirit of Beveridge, they aim to ignite a broader debate about the future of our society and institutions and encourage the vision and aspiration that previous generations held for us.

Want

Helen Barnard

PB £15.00 978-1-78821-397-4

176 pages | 2022

Ignorance

Sally Tomlinson

PB £15.00 978-1-78821-394-3

224 pages | 2022

Disease

Frances Darlington-Pollock

PB £15.00 978-1-78821-391-2

192 pages | 2022

Squalor

Robbie Shilliam and Daniel Renwick

PB £15.00 978-1-78821-388-2

192 pages | 2022

Idleness

Katy Jones and Ashwin Kumar

PB £15.00 978-1-78821-454-4

192 pages | 2022

Corbynism in Perspective

The Labour Party Under Jeremy Corbyn

Edited by Andrew S. Roe-Crines

Jeremy Corbyn proved to be one of Labour’s most popular and yet one of its most divisive leaders amongst the membership. In this collection of carefully researched essays, Corbyn’s influence on and legacy for the Labour Party are assessed.

Each chapter focuses on an aspect of his time in office, his approach, his political thought and policy formation in an attempt to posit what constitutes “Corbynism”. Chapters assess his leadership style, his attitude towards antisemitism and women in the party, his controversial foreign policy positions, as well as his views on the European Union. The essays also engage with a range of wider debates about populism, identity politics and fandom.

Andrew S. Roe-Crines is Senior Lecturer in British Politics at the University of Liverpool.

Pursuing the Knowledge Economy A Sympathetic History of High-Skill, High-Wage Hubris

Nick O’Donovan

“One of the best guides we have to the promise and pitfalls of the knowledge economy – the defining economic development of our time. With discerning judgement and a magisterial command of the subject, it offers an antidote to techno-optimism as well as important recommendations for the future.” – Peter A. Hall, Harvard University

“A thoughtful and challenging account of how the third way ‘knowledge economy’ consensus failed to live up to its high expectations. Essential reading for anyone who seeks a prosperous, green and fair future for all.” – Ed Balls, former Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

Nick O’Donovan is a Senior Lecturer in the Future Economies Research Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University.

HB £25.00 978-1-78821-291-5

306 pages | 2021

Building Progressive Alternatives

PB £19.99 978-1-78821-515-2

HB £65.00 978-1-78821-514-5

232 pages | 2022

Building Progressive Alternatives

PB £24.99 978-1-78821-486-5

HB £70.00 978-1-78821-485-8

184 pages | 2022

Comparative Political Economy

Resilient Welfare States in the European Union

Anton Hemerijck and Robin Huguenot-Noël

“European welfare states are changing again – and not for the worse. To understand how, why, and with what consequences, this insightful new book by two of the continent’s leading social policy analysts provides an indispensable guide.” – Jonathan Zeitlin, University of Amsterdam

Anton Hemerijck and Robin Huguenot-Noël examine the nature of European welfare provision and the untruths that surround it. They evaluate the impact of the austerity measures that followed the Great Recession, and consider its future design to better equip European societies to face social change, from global competition to accelerated demographic ageing, the digitalization of work and climate change.

Anton Hemerijck is Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the European University Institute. Robin Huguenot-Noël is a doctoral researcher at the European University Institute.

The European Social Question Tackling Key Controversies

Amandine Crespy

“Amandine Crespy, a leading scholar on social Europe, presents an excellent ‘state of the art’ on the (increasing) complexity of European social integration. This book is an excellent, well-documented, analysis of the piecemeal development of social Europe, presented clearly and pedagogically. Strongly recommended for academics, practitioners and students interested in the social dimension of Europe.” – Caroline de la Porte, Copenhagen Business School

PB £24.99 978-1-78821-358-5

HB £65.00 978-1-78821-357-8

256 pages | 2021

Building Progressive Alternatives

Examining the key issues facing the EU’s social policy-making, each chapter focuses on a single challenge and explores the arguments and considerations that coalesce around it. The book helps students and researchers alike to understand how the EU operates and shapes social policy on multiple levels, and to better assess the EU’s role in supporting social cohesion.

Amandine Crespy is Associate Professor in Political Science and European Studies at the Université libre de Bruxelles.

Alarums and Excursions

Improvising Politics on the European Stage

Luuk van Middelaar

“One of the most thoughtful and uncompromising books to appear on the EU in recent years. It should be widely read by EU specialists and used as a core text for EU studies.” – Journal of Common Market Studies

“The best analysis yet to appear of how the EU managed its recent crises over refugees, Ukraine, and the euro.” – Foreign Affairs

“Elegant and magisterial … immensely pleasurable to read.”

– European Political Science Review

“Refreshing and perceptive … a scholar-cum-official blend of insights more common in Washington than Brussels.” – FT

“The most insightful and original book on this era of European politics.” – Politico Brussels Playbook

Luuk van Middelaar is Professor of EU Law at Leiden University.

Pandemonium Saving Europe

Luuk van Middelaar

“Essential thinking and obligatory reading from one of Europe’s most important intellectuals”. – Ben Judah

“This wonderful book … cements van Middelaar’s reputation as the leading theorist and most gripping chronicler of our continent’s improbable but inspiring ‘passage to Europe’ through crisis management rather than federalist blueprints.”

– Mark Leonard, European Council on Foreign Relations

Luuk van Middelaar’s compelling analysis of the EU’s response to the pandemic details how events and decisions unfolded, how crisis solutions were improvised in a situation of deep uncertainty, and the lessons it must learn if it is to continue to protect its citizens.

Luuk van Middelaar is Professor of EU Law at Leiden University.

HB £20.00 978-1-78821-172-7

320 pages | 2019

HB £18.99 978-1-78821-423-0 208 pages | 2021

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HB

208 pages | 2022

A Troubled Constitutional Future

Northern Ireland After Brexit

Mary

C. Murphy and Jonathan Evershed

“This informative, well researched book on the complexities of UK–Irish relationships and the impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland and its potential constitutional consequences should be compulsory reading for UK politicians.” – Rt Hon Dominic Grieve

“Murphy and Evershed have done a wonderful and valuable job in drawing together the strands of a complex story, still unfolding, which has led Northern Ireland, perhaps even the United Kingdom, to a critical, constitutional moment.” – Tony Connelly, RTE Europe Editor

Mary C. Murphy is Senior Lecturer in Politics at University College Cork. Jonathan Evershed is a Newman Fellow in Constitutional Futures at University College Dublin.

Political Racism Brexit and its Aftermath

Martin Shaw

“Shaw tackles a difficult issue with skill, subtlety and an admirable refusal to resort to euphemism. Anyone seeking a deeper understanding of how Brexit came to pass should read this book and take its argument seriously.” – Tim Bale, Queen Mary University of London

“A necessary and robust intervention challenging our reticence to speak candidly about the uses of race and racism in contemporary political discourse.” – Nasar Meer, University of Edinburgh

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HB

184 pages | 2022

“A vital intervention which confronts what most studies of contemporary British politics conveniently elide: the mobilization of new and old forms of racism for political ends.” – Lisa Tilley, SOAS

University of London

Martin Shaw is Emeritus Professor of International Relations and Politics at the University of Sussex.

£19.99 978-1-78821-412-4

£60.00 978-1-78821-411-7

£19.99 978-1-78821-508-4

£75.00 978-1-78821-507-7

Xiconomics

What China’s Dual Circulation Strategy Means for Global Business

Andrew Cainey and Christiane Prange

“Anyone interested in the wider politics of international business in China will gain much from reading Xiconomics.”

– William Hurst, University of Cambridge

“An invaluable guide for business people and policy makers facing the challenge of mapping out strategies for productive engagement with China going forward.” – Peter Williamson, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

This concise and incisive analysis unpicks the likely practical implications for the international community of China’s announced reorientation of its economy towards protecting its domestic market.

Andrew Cainey is a senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. Christiane Prange is a Professor of Strategy and International Business with universities in Europe.

Belt and Road

The First Decade

Igor Rogelja and Konstantinos Tsimonis

“An accessible yet sophisticated primer on China’s most ambitious global project, this book stands out with its clear-eyed assessments of the rhetoric and reality of a major force in international development.” – Ching Kwan Lee, UCLA

“A remarkably concise and clear-sighted book highlighting the Belt and Road Initiative’s most important aspects. It is a mustread for anyone invested in the ways in which China is shaping the future of our planet.” – Jeremy Garlick, Prague University of Economics and Business

This short book offers a comprehensive, balanced and policyoriented analysis of the BRI and what it means for western businesses and polities.

Igor Rogelja is Lecturer in Global Politics at University College London. Konstantinos Tsimonis is Lecturer in Chinese Society at the Lau China Institute, King’s College London.

MARCH 2023

PB £24.99 978-1-78821-628-9

HB £75.00 978-1-78821-627-2

232 pages | 234 x 156 mm Business With China

PB £19.99 978-1-78821-254-0

HB £65.00 978-1-78821-253-3

184 pages | 2022

Business With China

FEBRUARY 2023

PB £29.99 978-1-78821-572-5

192 pages | 234 x 156mm

OPEN ACCESS ebook

The Rise of State Capital

Transforming Markets and International Politics

Milan Babić

“Babić muscles aside the sterile and incorrect dichotomy between state and market and its related debate about the return of state capitalism in favour of a detailed empirical analysis of something new: the expansion of transnational state capital through foreign direct and portfolio investment.” – Herman Mark Schwartz, University of Virginia

“This is illuminating and essential reading at a critical turn in world politics when geoeconomics is returning to centre stage.”

– Naná de Graaff, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

“This perceptive analysis of state responses to new opportunity structures of global markets presents both the big picture and the fine-grained, case-based data to support the theory.”

– Geoffrey Underhill, University of Amsterdam

Milan Babić is Assistant Professor in Global Political Economy at Roskilde University.

Sovereign Wealth Funds Between the State

and Markets

Adam D. Dixon, Patrick J. Schema, Javier Capape

“A concise, thorough and informative volume that carefully explores the many issues that these governmental institutions still raise. The combination of historical context and analytical content is highly accessible. A must-read.” – Edwin M. Truman, Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School

“An outstanding book. It is beautifully written, empirically rich and with an interesting political economy perspective on the role of the state and these intriguing institutional investors that wield so much power.” – Ruth V. Aguilera, Northeastern University

PB £19.99 978-1-78821-248-9

HB £60.00 978-1-78821-247-2

152 pages | 2022

Finance Matters

“For anyone looking to educate themselves on sovereign wealth funds, this book is hard to beat.” – Andrew Rozanov

Adam D. Dixon is Associate Professor of Globalization and Development at Maastricht University. Patrick J. Schena is BLR Professor of Practice, Tufts University. Javier Capapé is Adjunct Professor at IE University, Madrid.

The Pursuit of Governance

Nordic Dispatches on a New Middle Way

Fabrizio Tassinari

“A must for anyone who wants to understand how and why the Nordic model of governance works. Rare are those who can tell a vivid story and frame it in a useful context. This book does both.”

–

Alexander Stubb, Former Prime Minister of Finland

“Brims with insights on a wide range of subjects, from labor relations to bureaucratic peculiarities to cultural differences. Most important is Tassinari’s grasp of ‘the middle way’ as a process more than an ideology, almost like a dance with agreed steps that create a larger pattern. The book opens up a new set of governance possibilities.” – Anne-Marie Slaughter, Princeton University

Fabrizio Tassinari seeks to rediscover the methods, practices and limits of good governance by taking inspiration from the Nordic region, where democratic governance has delivered some of its most impressive feats.

Fabrizio Tassinari is Executive Director of the School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute.

Terrorist Financing

William Vlcek

“A vitally important book. The author’s longstanding expertise makes the analysis shrewd and authoritative, and anybody interested in the subject of terrorism should read this volume.”

– Richard English, Queen’s University Belfast

“An excellent book that breaks new theoretical ground and provides a wealth of new and important empirical data, which greatly enriches the field. Highly recommended for anyone interested in terrorism and counterterrorism studies specifically and international relations more generally.” – Christian Kaunert, Dublin City University

A clear and rigorous survey of terrorist financing and the international efforts to combat it suitable for a range of courses in international relations, politics and global political economy.

William Vlcek is Senior Lecturer in Global Political Economy at the University of St Andrews.

PB £19.99 978-1-78821-401-8

HB £75.00 978-1-78821-400-1

200 pages | 2021

PB £12.99 978-1-78821-279-3

208 pages | 2020

Angrynomics

Eric Lonergan and Mark Blyth

“In recent years, the toxic sense that people are voiceless and action is futile has paralysed our democracies. Angrynomics is a rebuke to that ‘failure of the mind’.”

– Ed Luce, Financial Times

“A compelling, challenging and incredibly timely book – needs to be read.” – Matthew Goodwin, Sunday Times

“Beautifully simple, logical and absolutely doable ideas zip off the pages of a new book by two of the most thoughtful economists in the game.”

– David McWilliams, Irish Times

“With considerable sophistication and a good dose of humour, this book dissects the popular anger that has made our economics unsustainable and our politics dysfunctional. Lonergan and Blyth rightly call for a reset of our current model of capitalism. To their great credit, they also provide creative – and practical – ideas for moving forward.” – Dani Rodrik, Harvard University

“A rip-roaring read.” – Diane Coyle, University of Cambridge

In Angrynomics, Eric Lonergan and Mark Blyth explore the rising tide of anger, sometimes righteous and useful, sometimes destructive and ill-targeted, and propose radical new solutions for an increasingly polarized and confusing world. Angrynomics is for anyone wondering, where the hell do we go from here?

Eric Lonergan is a policy economist and macro hedge-fund manager.

Mark Blyth is the William R. Rhodes ’57 Professor of International Economics at Brown University.

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