1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791940603321

Titolo

Globalisation and European integration : critical approaches to regional order and international relations / / edited by Petros Nousios, Henk Overbeek and Andreas Tsolakis ; with a foreword by Amy Verdun

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-33507-2

1-280-66463-0

9786613641564

0-203-12278-X

1-136-33508-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Routledge/Warwick studies in globalisation ; ; 25

Altri autori (Persone)

NousiosPetros <1974->

OverbeekHenk

TsolakisAndreas <1980->

Disciplina

337.1/4

Soggetti

Globalization

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

Europe Economic integration

European Union countries Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Globalisation and European Integration; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Foreword by Amy Verdun; Preface; Abbreviations and acronyms; Part 1: Explaining European integration: critical approaches; 1. Globalisation and European integration: the nature of the beast; 2. The global financial crisis and the European Union: the irrelevance of integration theory and the pertinence of critical political economy; 3. Neo-liberal Europe and the transformation of democracy: on the state of money and law

4. A Foucauldian perspective on the ethics of EU(rope): genealogies of liberal governmentPart 2: Supranationality and international competition; 5. The world market, variegated capitalism and the crisis of European integration; 6. The ascendancy of neoliberal competition regulation in the European Community; 7. The European sub-prime?



Financial crisis and the east-European periphery; Part 3: Europe in the global political economy; 8. The Rhineland and the Heartland: European integration in the north Atlantic context; 9. European globalisation and world order politics

10. Globalisation and European integration: the internal and external dimensions of neo-liberal restructuring11. Global capitalist crisis and the future of the European project; Part 4: Conclusions; 12. The contested reconstruction of the Belle Époque? Europe 2020, transnational capitalism and the political economy of global restructuring; Postscript; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the links between European integration and globalisation, and examines the potential for social transformation in the context of the global economic crisis and the resulting EU reforms.Divided into three parts, this book offers both empirical and theoretical analyses of social integration, supranationality and global competition. Drawing on Critical Political Economy research, Neo-Gramscian, Open Marxist, Regulationist and Post-structuralist scholars subject a wide range of European flagship policies in matters of competition, trade and security to critical



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910164979603321

Autore

Reader Capitol

Titolo

Summary of The Democracy Index

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cork, : Primento Digital, 2013

ISBN

9782511001967

2511001969

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (20 p.)

Disciplina

320.60973

Soggetti

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays

POLITICAL SCIENCE / General

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Book Presentation; Book Abstract; About the Author; Important Note About This Ebook; Summary of The Democracy Index (Heather K. Gerken ); Introduction; The Perverse Politics of Election Reform; The Promise of Data-Driven Reform; The Promise of Reform and the Politics of Ranking; Is the Game Worth the Candle?; Conclusion; Buy the Book; About the Summary Publisher; Copyright

Sommario/riassunto

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Heather K. Gerken in her book "The Democracy Index: How Human Psychology Drives The Economy, and Why it Matters for Global Capitalism". This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not replace in any case Heather K. Gerken's book.Gerken  diagnoses what is wrong with American elections and she proposes an modern solution: a "Democracy Index" that would create incentives for politicians, parties  to join the cause of reform but without Congre



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961545203321

Autore

Zafiropoulos Kostas

Titolo

Hyperlink analysis of political blogs communication patterns / / Kostas Zafiropoulos and Vasiliki Vrana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2011

ISBN

1-61761-062-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (81 p.)

Collana

Media and communications : technologies, policies and challenges

Novinka

Altri autori (Persone)

VranaVasiliki

Disciplina

320.0285/6752

Soggetti

Communication in politics - Blogs

Blogs - Political aspects

Webometrics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Web 2.0 applications -- Blogs -- Analysis of blogs communications patterns -- A social networking theory approach -- Exploring blogs communication patterns.

Sommario/riassunto

Provides an introduction to WEB2.0 application, blogging and political blogging. This book presents several methodologies for studying blogs communication patterns through the study of blogs links. It also presents and explains how a hyperlink analysis of blogs can be made.