Journal•ISSN: 1478-2790
Journal of Contemporary European Studies
Taylor & Francis
About: Journal of Contemporary European Studies is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): European union & Politics. It has an ISSN identifier of 1478-2790. Over the lifetime, 1248 publications have been published receiving 9071 citations. The journal is also known as: Journal of European Area Studies & Journal of Area Studies.
Topics: European union, Politics, European integration, German, Democracy
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TL;DR: The authors argued that despite the recent economic crises, neo-liberalism survives, not in the idealised form of self-regul... and argued that "Neo-Liberation still survives, despite the economic crisis".
Abstract: Colin CROUCH, Polity, 2011, ISBN 9780745652214, £14.99 (pbk), 224 pp. As Colin Crouch maintains, despite the recent economic crises, neo-liberalism survives, not in the idealised form of self-regul...
197 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors look at the European Union's attempts at ordering the Pan-European space and how Russia has sought to position itself in the EU-centric unipolar order and how that has affected the development of EU-Russia relations during the post-Cold War era.
Abstract: The article looks at the European Union's (EU) attempts at ordering the Pan-European space and how Russia has sought to position itself in the EU-centric unipolar order and how that has affected the development of EU–Russia relations during the post-Cold War era. The analysis will move in four successive steps: (i) the development of the EU's attempts at hegemonic, post-sovereign ordering is reconstructed; (ii) the development of EU–Russia relations in light of these processes is analysed; (iii) then, the crisis in Ukraine as a certain culmination point is discussed; (iv) the article ends with conclusions concerning the development of EU–Russia relations in light of the problematic as well as an assessment of the significance of this particular facet in the wider processes of ordering discussed in the Special Issue together with a prognosis concerning the future.
133 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the role of the radical right in the political process and the porosity of borders between it and the mainstream right is discussed in an all-European context, where cultural factors such as predominant national traditions, along with the ideological nature of these parties, determine how far these parties' mainstreaming goes once they leave their political niche.
Abstract: This article addresses the question of the role of the radical right in the political process and the porosity of borders between it and the mainstream right and puts it in an all-European context. The argument is that next to the behavior of other key actors (parties, elites) national context, especially cultural factors such as predominant national traditions, along with the ideological nature of these parties, matter in determining how far these parties' mainstreaming goes once they leave their political niche. In Western Europe, efforts by conservative parties to co-opt the electoral rise and relative pragmatism of the radical right led to even greater legitimacy for these parties. While these tactics did indeed ‘tame’ the parties, it came at the cost of a hardened anti-immigrant policy, evidence of the radical right's most direct policy impact. In the East, no ‘taming’ can be observed—instead of a mainstreaming of the radical right, we observe a radicalization of the mainstream.
105 citations
TL;DR: In this article, Jones has a half-hearted stab at arguing that the term "Chav" has been used as an umbrella to denigrate the working class as a whole; but eventually gives this up as a bad job.
Abstract: Although this is a very worthwhile book, this review must start on a note of caution; the book’s title is a touch misleading. Anyone purchasing this title on the basis of the prospect of reading about Chavs will be disappointed. Trying to define a ‘Chav’ has always been a tricky business; more often than not it tends to fall into the ‘I know one when I see one’ school of conceptual analysis. Jones has a half-hearted stab at arguing that the term ‘Chav’ has been used as an umbrella to denigrate the working class as a whole; but eventually gives this up as a bad job. One suspects that the ‘Chavs’ aspect of the book, and indeed the title, was tacked on with potential sales in mind. When Jones moves onto the demonization of the working class however, he is on much firmer ground. Jones argues that the Labour general election landslide in 1945 saw the working class become a visible, respected presence: ‘Sweeping social reforms were introduced to address working class concerns. Trade unions enjoyed influence at the highest level of power. Working class people could no longer be ignored’ (pp. 109–110) However, just over a decade of Thatcherism destroyed much of British industry and turned the idea of being working class into a dirty word:
89 citations
TL;DR: Kathy BURRELL (Ed.), Ashgate, 2009, ISBN 978-0-75467-3873, £60.00 (hbk), 241 pp. as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Kathy BURRELL (Ed.), Ashgate, 2009, ISBN 978-0-75467-3873, £60.00 (hbk), 241 pp. It is a truism that their accession to the European Union has changed the social and economic landscape of the new m...
76 citations