The book “Democratism: Explaining International Politics with Democracy Beyond the State” introduces an explanatory theory for surveying global and international politics.
Over the course of six years, researchers have completed the most comprehensive study to date of the legitimacy of global institutions. The focus has been on investigating citizens’ confidence in these institutions and this has been the first study ever to investigate the differences between the views of citizens and of the elite on international collaboration.
The electoral success of secessionist parties in Catalonia and Scotland over the last decade, together with Brexit and the support for Eurosceptic parties in many EU member states, have prompted a rethink of many taken-for-granted notions about politics in Spain, the UK and the EU.
This cutting-edge book by Niklas Bremberg, August Danielson, Elsa Hedling and Anna Michalski explores the practices and socialization of the everyday foreign policy making in the European Union (EU), focusing on the individuals who shape and implement the Common Foreign and Security Policy despite a growing dissension among member states.