Ian Manners Libri

This comparative analysis of the foreign policies of European Union member states includes comprehensive coverage of the post-Maastricht period and the three newest members of the EU. In the only comparative study of its kind since 1976, the book analyzes the dual impact of the Maastricht Treaty on the European Union, and the post-Cold War environment on the foreign policy processes of the EU’s member states. The book argues for a new approach to the foreign policy analysis of EU states that recognizes the fundamental changes that membership brings after the Cold War, but also acknowledges the diverse role of policies which states seek to retain or advance as being “special.”

Northern Europe : Denmark, Sweden, Finland & new Northern Europe : Baltics / Hiski Haukkala -- Western Europe, Britain, Ireland, Benelux 3 / Richard Whitman and Ben Tonra -- Eastern Europe, Visegrad four : Austria, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria / Karolina Pomorska -- Core Europe : France and Germany / Luis Simon -- Southern Europe, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, new Southern Europe : Malta, Cyprus / Tobias Schumacher, Stelios Stavridis and Madalina Dobrescu -- Foreign policy and diplomacy / Simon Duke -- Security and defence / Ana Juncos -- Humanitarian and conflict prevention/ resolution / Anne-Marie Peen Rodt -- Enlargement and geopolitics / Meltem Müftüler Bac -- Energy security and climate change / Amelia Hadfield -- European neighbourhood policy and the migration crisis / Amelia Hadfield -- Development / Jan Orbie and Simon Lightfoot -- External facets of justice, freedom and security / Jocelyn Mawdsley -- Trade, commerce, regulations, competition / Alasdair Young and Chad Damro -- EU in the world : from multilateralism to global governance / Robert Kissack -- Conclusion / Amelia Hadfield, Richard Whitman, and Ian Manners

The development of the field of synthetic metal-containing polymers - where metal atoms form an integral part of the main chain or side group structure of a polymer - aims to create new materials which combine the processability of organic polymers with the physical or chemical characteristics associated with the metallic element or complex. This book covers the major developments in the synthesis, properties, and applications of synthetic metal-containing macromolecules, and includes chapters on the preparation and characterization of metal-containing polymers, metallocene-based polymers, rigid-rod organometallic polymers, coordination polymers, polymers containing main group metals, and also covers dendritic and supramolecular systems. The book describes both polymeric materials with metals in the main chain or side group structure and covers the literature up to the end of 2002.