englischThe contributions to this edited volume which is dedicated to Prof. Dr. Christiane Lemke reflect on the transatlantic relations from a historical as well as contemporary perspective. Next to the effects of populist tendencies in the US and Europe, the authors also discuss developments in the [...]

englischWith each Multiannual Financial Framework, the European Union determines its political priorities and the degree of solidarity among its member states for a period of seven years. This book analyses why it is the path-dependent structure of the financial framework that provides for necessary [...]

englischThis volume is dedicated to the principle of solidarity. It examines the role of solidarity as a legal principle and as a component of public policies in eight European countries — Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Switzerland and the UK — and at the level of the European [...]

englischThis edited volume is devoted to analysing transnational expertise, a topic that has received considerable attention in the social sciences and history, especially in research on transnational professional networks and associations, epistemic communities and groups of practitioners. Yet more [...]

englischUsing the Common Agricultural Policy as an example, this study elucidates if, to what extent, how and with what specific outcome EU policy ideas affect domestic media discourse. Drawing on recent actor-oriented approaches in new institutionalism and the concept of institutional [...]

englischItaly is in need of fundamental institutional reforms in order to stay internationally competitive and to regain the capability of efficient policy-making. This is the unanimous and longstanding tenor of political observers as well as of the political actors themselves – more relevant than [...]