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  • Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500

    by Wim Blockmans, Peter Hoppenbrouwers ...
    Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500 provides a comprehensive survey of this complex and varied formative period of European history within a global context, covering themes as diverse as barbarian migrations, the impact of Christianisation, the formation of nations and states, the emergence of an expansionist commercial economy, the growth of cities, the Crusades, the effects of plague and ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

  • Parliamentarism in Northern and East-Central Europe in the Long Eighteenth Century

    Volume I: Representative Institutions and Political Motivation

    Edited by István M. Szijártó, Wim Blockmans, László Kontler ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Early Modern History
    This volume investigates the history of the representative assemblies of Sweden (the riksdag), Poland (the sejm) and Hungary (the diaeta) in the final period of the ancien régime. It concentrates on the practices and ideas of parliamentarism and constitutionalism, and examines the ideologies that motivated the members of these parliaments. Attempts at the suppression as well as the restoration of ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Parliamentarism in Northern and East-Central Europe in the Long Eighteenth Century

    Volume II: Practices of Representation

    Edited by István M. Szijártó, Wim Blockmans, László Kontler ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Early Modern History
    This volume investigates the history of the parliamentary assemblies of Sweden, Poland and Hungary in the final period of the ancien régime, offering an analysis of these three representative assemblies in a systematic comparative framework for the first time.The book studies the Polish sejm, the Swedish riksdag and the Hungarian diaeta, focusing on the eighteenth century with retrospective ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

  • Direct Democracy in the EU

    The Myth of a Citizens' Union

    Edited by Sophia Russack, Steven Blockmans ...
    The European Union has a democracy problem. The polycrisis that has plagued the EU for years has led to a cacophony of voices calling for fundamental change to the integration project. Yet despite the shock of the Brexit referendum and the electoral upsets caused by nativist parties across the continent, few of the plans for EU reform include concrete proposals to address the perennial democratic ... Read more

    $61.99 CAD

  • The Voice of the People?

    Political Participation before the Revolutions

    by Wim Blockmans ...
    Over the last two centuries, Europe has developed various forms of political representation from which democratic parliamentary systems gradually emerged. This book unravels the conditions, scale and impact under which political participation of common burghers and peasants emerged.Political participation in Europe before the Revolutions moved away from the traditional focus on ‘Three Estates’ ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • Representative Democracy in the EU

    Recovering Legitimacy

    Edited by Sophia Russack, Steven Blockmans ...
    Representative democracy is beset by a crisis of legitimacy across the world, but in Europe this crisis is compounded by the inadequacy of national governments to address citizens’ frustrations and to achieve transnational unity on common issues. How representative are national parliaments in their decision-making on EU matters?This volume investigates the relationship between the democratic ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • The EU's Role in Global Governance

    The Legal Dimension

    Edited by Bart Van Vooren, Steven Blockmans, Jan Wouters ...
    For years the European Union has been looked on as a potential model for cosmopolitan governance, and enjoyed considerable influence on the global stage. The EU has a uniquely strong and legally binding mission statement to pursue international relations on a multilateral basis, founded on the progressive development of international law. The political vision was for the EU to export its values of ... Read more

    $143.19 CAD

  • Acta Historiae Neerlandicae

    Studies on the History of The Netherlands VII

    by W. Prevenier, R. van Uytven, J. J. Poelhekke, J. R. Bruijn, J. C. Boogman, J. A. Bornewasser, J. G. Hegeman, Alice C. Carter, W. Blockmans, W. Brulez, R. van Eenoo ...
    Series series History (R0)
    The editors of the seventh volume of Acta Historiae Neerlandicae have followed the same lines as those adopted for its predecessor. Studies have again been selected which throw light on the history of the Low Countries, the choice again being directed to subjects likely to be of interest to foreign scholars lacking knowledge of the Dutch language. For this reason articles fairly general in scope ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Maritime Trade around Europe 1300-1600

    Commercial Networks and Urban Autonomy

    Edited by Wim Blockmans, Mikhail Krom, Justyna Wubs-Mrozewicz ...
    Series series Routledge History Handbooks
    The Routledge Handbook of Maritime Trade around Europe 1300-1600 exploresthe links between maritime trading networks around Europe, from the Mediterranean and the Atlantic to the North and Baltic Seas. Maritime trade routes connected diverse geographical and cultural spheres, contributing to a more integrated Europe in both cultural and material terms. This volume explores networks’ economic ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Between Autonomy and Dependence

    The EU Legal Order under the Influence of International Organisations

    Edited by Steven Blockmans, Ramses A. Wessel ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    The European Union is traditionally seen as a new and partly separate legal order within the global legal system. At the same time, the EU is an important player in the global governance network. The strong and explicit link between the EU and a large number of other international organisations raises questions concerning the impact of decisions taken by those organisations and of international ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Empowering Interactions

    Political Cultures and the Emergence of the State in Europe 1300–1900

    by Wim Blockmans, Daniel Schläppi ...
    The emergence of the state in Europe is a topic that has engaged historians since the establishment of the discipline of history. Yet the primary focus of has nearly always been to take a top-down approach, whereby the formation and consolidation of public institutions is viewed as the outcome of activities by princes and other social elites. Yet, as the essays in this collection show, such an ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Britain's Future in Europe

    The Known Plan A to Remain or the Unknown Plan B to Leave

    by Michael Emerson, Karel Lannoo, Graham Avery, Arno Behrens, Jorge Nunez Ferrer, Hugo Brady, Michael Wriglesworth, Miroslav Beblavy, Alzbeta Hajkova, Steven Blockmans0, Steven Peers1, Daniel Gros2 ...
    Following the agreement made by Prime Minister David Cameron with the EU on 18-19 February 2016, the day for the referendum for the UK to remain in or leave the EU is set for 23 June 2016. This will be the most important decision taken by the British people in half a century, and whose consequences will live on for another half century.The first edition of this book, published in March 2015, laid ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD