This book argues that contemporary society in general, and public administration specifically, can benefit from more … reflexive learning processes through democracy and public involvement. It identifies the most central social practices, dilemmas … political behavior and its institutional underpinnings, and will be a valuable resource for public administration researchers …

-- 5. The EU's Illiberal Democracies -- 6. The EU, China and their changing relations -- 7. Re-invigorating the EU Project …The European Union (EU) has reached crisis point. Populist and Nativist forces are militating against years of … austerity economics, distant elites, and a rising tide of migration. Despite the EU's shortcomings, this book seeks to determine …

-- Chapter 4: EU’s Double Democratic Deficit -- Chapter 5: European Union’s Democratic Legitimacy after the MoUs: The Political … Legacy of an Economic Crisis -- Chapter 6: Finance Capitalism and Democracy: The Case of the Financial Transactions Tax … Conditionality and Domestic Political Economy -- Chapter 9: The Crisis, its Management and Impact on Equity and Democracy in Portugal …

1. Introduction -- 2. Convergence of the EU member states in Central-Eastern and South Eastern Europe (EU11): a … -- 4. Regional dynamics in EU11 -- 5. How the European Union made Poland European Again -- 6. Transformation of the … financing and foreign trade model of the Hungarian economy after EU accession -- 7. Macroeconomic trends in the Baltic States …

1.Introduction -- 2.The economic impact of Single Market membership on the EU enlargement countries -- 3. FDI as force … of convergence in the CESEE countries -- 4.The impact of EU cohesion funds on macroeconomic development in the Visegrad … countries after the 2008-2009 financial crisis -- 5. The impact of the EU Cohesion policy spending: a model-based assessment …

in the successor states of former Yugoslavia and Albania during their transition and EU integration years, from 1990 … traversed armed conflicts, dramatic economic and political changes, and EU pre-accession processes involving deep institutional … individual countries in terms of economic development and their EU integration progress. The contributors enrich the wider …

-- Study on the EKC Characteristics of Regional Industrial Pollution Emissions in an Open Economic Environment -- Analysis of … development, ecological civilization, to the ecological environment and ecological governance of rural areas, etc. as well as some …