Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

社会的欧州の理念－欧州統合の強化か浸食か？
Afscharian, Dominic, Ideas of Social Europe: Enhancing or Eroding European Integration? 256 pp. 2025:5 (E. Elgar, UK) <741-875>
ISBN 978-1-0353-5794-9 hard ¥25,344.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00

In this prescient book, Dominic Afscharian outlines the meaning and implications of 'social Europe', questioning why citizens do not see a European Union with a 'human face' in their everyday lives. Identifying the key political actors in the European Parliament and Commission, he explores the dominant ideologies that govern influential institutions and political parties and demonstrates how these inhibit political change.Afscharian analyses the main proponents and opponents of European social integration, examining policy frameworks, the welfare state and social policy principles. He provides insight into ideational struggles in the EU, covering party conflict and opposing political alliances within the European Commission. Chapters set an agenda for how stalemates in European integration can be overcome, presenting an in-depth exploration of the history of European unemployment insurance as a key example. The book lauds the individuals who are determined to realise a disruptive vision of a Europe that protects its citizens, considering what this means for the future of European integration at large. Ideas of Social Europe is an essential guide for scholars, academics and students in political science, social policy, sociology and economics. Its advocacy for a stronger social Europe, coupled with its theoretical and empirical approach, will also greatly benefit political strategists, policy organisations, think tanks and policy advisors.

EUの政党政治における欧州の政党
Greco, Stefano, European Political Parties in the EU Party Politics. (Studies in European Integration, State and Society 18) 128 pp. 2024:11 (P. Lang, SZ) <741-877>
ISBN 978-3-631-92050-3 hard ¥14,099.- (税込) SFR 58.00

Any democratic regime needs an active and performative party system. Political parties act as intermediaries between institutions and society, articulating and representing the people’s interests. Currently, Europarties are largely unknown to the population and are unable to conduct grassroots political activities. Targeted transformations should be implemented to supranationalize European political parties, enhancing the legitimacy of EU institutions and the ability of the Union to represent the interests of its citizens. The mission of the book is to present the challenges (and possible solutions) to supranationalizing EU party politics. To pursue this objective, it introduces the actors interacting within EU party politics, conducting a multidimensional and multilevel analysis of the interdependent relationships between European parties, European groups, European political foundations and national parties.

欧州の世界－政策のパラダイム、戦略的思考、反リベラルな課題
Jorgensen, Knud Erik / Kundsen, T. B. / Landorff, L. (eds.), Europe's World: Policy Paradigms, Strategic Thinking and the Anti-Liberal Challenge. 304 pp. 2025:5 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <741-878>
ISBN 978-1-5292-4361-1 hard ¥23,936.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

The EU's international environment is increasingly characterized by power politics, great-power rivalry, ideological contestation and war. This has challenged the liberal-internationalist identity that has been at the heart of the EU since its birth. This book examines how the EU has responded to these new realities. It analyses the introduction of a flurry of concepts including European sovereignty, strategic autonomy, civilization, responsibility and strategic compass, and asks whether these signal a reconsideration of foreign policy objectives, a new strategic orientation or possibly a paradigm shift. The book develops a theoretical framework on policy paradigms, worldviews, grand strategy, strategic narratives and the drivers of institutional change followed by chapters on the anti-liberal challenge, the evolution of the EU framework of ideas, the search for grand strategy and strategic autonomy, the response to Russian aggression and imperial thinking, and continuity and change in EU unity, working groups, green leadership and strategic communication.

EUのガバナンス・ハンドブック
Lucarelli, Sonia / Sperling, James (eds.), Handbook of European Union Governance. 624 pp. 2025:5 (E. Elgar, UK) <741-880>
ISBN 978-1-80392-517-2 hard ¥71,808.- (税込) GB￡ 255.00

This expansive Handbook compares the global, milieu, security, economic and societal systems of EU governance. It identifies the theoretical underpinnings and characteristics of each governance system and examines how these ensure public safety, social welfare, sustainability, and economic competitiveness. Leading experts in the field explore how policy domains, institutions and instruments have evolved, and assess the levels of policy competence between the EU and its member states. They analyse how the transformation of EU governance has been influenced by security threats and economic disequlibria that endanger individual civil liberties and prosperity. The Handbook also provides useful insight into the prevalence of multilevel governance within the EU, from local to global structures, and outlines how the conflicting preferences of member states can impede global governance.The Handbook of European Union Governance is an enlightening read for students and academics in economics, law and political science. It is also a valuable toolkit for educators and policymakers in global politics and security.

欧州におけるフレキシブルな統合の新しい政治経済
Riedel, Rafal, The New Political Economy of Flexible Integration in Europe: Idea, Practice, Discourse. 250 S. 2025:5 (V & R unipress, GW) <741-881>
ISBN 978-3-8471-1805-3 hard ¥11,605.- (税込) EUR 50.00

The main aim of the book is to analyse the “United in Diversity” paradigm of the European integration project. With its comparative approach, the book brings together a wide range of academic work on flexible integration to explore the diversities between the various European countries. Interdisciplinary in scope, it aims to explain the flexible forms of integration in Europe in the light of the new political economy. In doing so, a deep insight into the variety and complexity of differentiation and flexibility in European integration is also of added value for policy makers across Europe working in the field of integration.

EUの非EU国家との再入国・帰国政策を明確にする
Stutz, Philipp, Unpacking EU Readmission and Return Policy with non-EU Countries. (The European Union in International Affairs) 259 pp. 2025:3 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <741-882>
ISBN 978-3-031-74114-2 hard ¥30,169.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book offers an in-depth exploration of the European Union's cooperation with non-EU countries on readmission and return, as central components of EU migration policy. It delves into the differences between formal and informal agreements and the factors influencing return rates, critically assessing the 'effectiveness' of cooperation in this contentious policy field. Through a comparative analysis of 57 non-EU countries, the book enhances our understanding of why certain countries cooperate on readmission and/or return. Countries geographically closer to the EU are more dependent and, thus, conclude readmission agreements more often. For countries in Africa and Asia, EU incentives and pressure play a bigger role and influence the cooperation together with domestic administrative capacities and bilateral readmission agreements and closer existing relations. Formal or informal readmission cooperation has a limited impact on return rates with non-EU countries beyond the Eastern neighbourhood. This comprehensive work is an essential reading for academics, policymakers, and policy advocates interested in EU external migration cooperation and the broader dynamics of international migration policy.

EUにおける感染症ガバナンスのパラドクス
Deruelle, Thibaud, The Paradox of Communicable Diseases Governance in the EU: The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Discreet. 320 pp. 2025:7 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <741-355>
ISBN 978-0-19-895130-8 hard ¥27,878.- (税込) GB￡ 99.00

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has played a pivotal role in the EU's approach to infectious diseases, but its journey toward empowerment has been anything but straightforward. Historically limited by member states' reluctance to relinquish control over public health, the ECDC's mandate was confined to detecting and assessing communicable diseases, with no authority to offer advice on how to manage these risks. This paradox-assessing threats without the power to guide responses-has been a defining feature of the Centre's existence. However, during the Covid-19 pandemic, the ECDC's mandate was expanded, formally ending this contradiction and allowing the agency to take a more active role in public health decision-making. The Paradox of Communicable Diseases Governance in the EU traces the evolving role of the ECDC, highlighting its empowerment despite a restrictive legal framework. Drawing on over two decades of history of the Centre, the book shows how the ECDC navigated the complex landscape of communicable diseases governance. The book offers valuable insights into the dynamics of European health governance, demonstrating how reputation is key in the development of the most limited agencies. It examines the paradox of the ECDC's mandate-assessing health risks without the power to recommend actions-and how, over time, institutional entrepreneurs used the Centre's reputation as a useful resource to redefine its role. Deruelle offers a fresh perspective on the role of bureaucratic reputation in empowering European agencies, showing how, even with limited authority, institutions can shape policy and practice.

いかにCovid-19がEUを形成したか
Kriesi, Hanspeter / Oana, Ioana-Elena et al., Pandemic Polity-Building: How Covid-19 Shaped the European Union. 320 pp. 2025:6 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <741-362>
ISBN 978-0-19-895151-3 hard ¥27,878.- (税込) GB￡ 99.00

In 2020, the European Union faced the COVID-19 crisis. This book tells the unlikely story of how the European Union survived a crisis that arrived on the heels of a difficult decade during which the EU wrestled with repeated crises, from the Euro Area, to refugees, populism, and geopolitics. Against all odds, a divided polity with a weak centre and low competences in crucial policy domains, managed to overcome powerful disincentives to coordinate its way out of the pandemic and create central capacity building. Pandemic Polity-Building argues that this puzzling outcome stems from COVID-19's crisis characteristics and the EU's polity features. The relative symmetric nature of the pandemic and the deeply disruptive economic shocks revealed the potential long-term externalities of a lack of joint action at the European level. The EU coordinated a common vaccine procurement scheme and pooled its fiscal firepower. The polity perspective presented here shows how the EU overcame conflicts and managed to coordinate and create new capacity in its centre while relying on a new geography of solidarity within the EU. The polity approach allows the authors in this volume to show how the EU did not take a federal path to polity formation. Instead, it moved towards a polity that serves as an imperfect but solidaristic safety net for its member states. The polity approach thus allows this volume to present a firm analytical grasp over the complex crisis politics unleashed on the EU's compound polity. This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.