Book Description:
Vexing issues concerning internal and external change challenge Europe as it tries hard to regroup, reform and refocus. This series is intended to present an ongoing forum to stimulate discussion of these issues.

Table of Contents:
Preface; Nordic Studies of Power and Democracy: Towards a Constructivist Analysis of Governance from Below (Eva Sorenson and Jacob Torfing, Roskilde University); Measuring Rent Seeking Activity Levels in OECD Countries: A MIMIC Approach (Cuneyet Koyuncu, University of Kansas and Donald Lien, University of Texas – San Antonio); The Constitutionalisation of Social Norms, Political Practice and the Sanctions of the EU Fourteen Against the Austrian Government (Michale Merlingen, Central European University, Cas Mudde, University of Edinburgh and Ulrich Sedelmeier, Central European University); Th Bitter Cure of Budget Consolidation: Restricitve Fiscal Policies by the West European Left and Their Consequnces for Employment (Karsten Grabow, Humboldt-Universität Berlin); Index