Europe in Change: Policy and Practice

Description

This five-volume boxed set contains books from the highly influential and successful "Europe in Change" series, focusing on policy and practice in the EU. The Volume I, "Mothering the Union", by Roberta Guerrina, deals with an introduction to equal rights, maternity, and work-life balance in Europe. It covers: Feminist interpretations of equality, difference and motherhood; The development of women's rights in Europe - Equal pay, equal treatment, and constitutionalism; Reconciliation between work and family life - A concrete move towards establishing substantive equality as a working principle for the Union; The European Court of Justice - Ruling on gender; The family friendly discourse in Italy - Mothering, the family and the nation; Between the family and the market - The case of the UK; And, conclusions. The Volume II, "Reshaping economic and monetary union: Membership rules and budget policies in Germany, France and Spain", by Shawn Donnelly, covers: The success and controversy of Economic and Monetary Union; Germany; France; Spain; International negotiations on EMU and the ECB; Conclusions; And, statistical appendix. The Volume III, "The Time of European Governance", by Magnus Ekengren, covers: The temporal dimension of European Governance; The oligopoly of the future - The changed status of political promise; Back to the present - New conditions for political action; The recurring past - Transformed horizons for policy planning; and Institutional implications of European time. The Volume IV, "Democratic Citizenship and the European Union", by Albert Weale, covers: European transformation; Democratic citizenship; Political association; Social rights beyond the single market; Environmental protection; Security policy; Citizenship and enlargement; and Political powers and rights. The Volume V, "Political symbolism and European integration", by Tobias Theiler, covers introduction on: Political symbolism and the social construction of the European Union; Political symbolism in practice; Cultural policy; Audiovisual policy; The 'European dimension' in school; Political symbolism and the future of European integration. It also features several references.

Emil Kirchner is Jean Monnet Professor of European Political Integration in the Department of Government at the University of Essex Thomas Christiansen is Lecturer at the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht