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Council of the European Union
General Secretariat
NEW BOOKS APRIL 2018
Library and Research
Dear Readers,
Welcome to the April 2018 list of recent acquisitions at the Library of the General Secretariat of the
Council. We are issuing this list on a monthly basis (sign up by sending us an e-mail to:
library@consilium.europa.eu).
The current and the past lists can also be downloaded from our blog.
Becoming Madam Chancellor : Angela Merkel and the Berlin
Republic / Joyce Marie Mushaben
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017
342 p.
EN
ISBN 9781108405638
Availability Central Library -- Main Collection -- 104909
Angela Merkel has transformed not only the way Germans see
themselves but also the way that politicians worldwide, male and
female, perceive women in power. The East German daughter of
a Protestant pastor, this physicist-turned-politician has deployed
her life experiences to cultivate a unique set of leadership skills.
Her pragmatic and future-oriented approach to politics - grounded
in a commitment to democratic pluralism, human rights, and
personal responsibility - has produced extraordinary paradigm
shifts in many national policies in the wake of major crises. This
work examines Merkel's achievements across six key policy
domains, contextualizes these within broader German history
before and after reunification, and uncovers the personal and
political factors that have contributed to Chancellor Merkel's hard-
earned status as the world's most powerful woman.
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Orbán : Europe's new strongman / Paul Lendvai
London : Hurst, 2017
273 p.
EN
ISBN 9781849048699
Availability Central Library -- Main Collection -- 104767
Through a masterly and cynical manipulation of ethnic
nationalism, and deep-rooted corruption, Prime Minister Orbán
has exploited successive electoral victories to build a closely
knit and super-rich oligarchy. More than any other EU leader,
he wields undisputed power over his people. Orbán's ambitions
are far-reaching. Hailed by governments and far-right
politicians as the champion of a new anti-Brussels nationalism,
his ruthless crackdown on refugees, his open break with
normative values and his undisguised admiration for Presidents
Putin and Trump pose a formidable challenge to the survival of
liberal democracy in a divided Europe. Mining exclusive
documents and interviews, journalist Paul Lendvai sketches the
extraordinary rise of Orbán, an erstwhile anti-communist rebel
turned populist autocrat. His compelling portrait reveals a man
with unfettered power.
The right to be forgotten : privacy and the media in the digital
age / George Brock
London : I. B. Tauris, 2016
118 p.
EN
ISBN 9781784535926
Availability Central Library -- Main Collection -- 105021
The human race now creates, distributes and stores more
information than at any other time in history. Frictionless and
cheap digital networks circulate information in ways which
either authors or subjects are unable to trace or control.
Servers store data which can be found on the world wide web
years after it has ceased to be accurate or relevant to its
original use. These developments have given rise to a
movement promoting a 'right to be forgotten': an argument that
freedom of expression should be balanced by a right to erase
information which affects an individual, under certain
conditions. Rights to privacy therefore need extending and
strengthening in the digital era.
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Power shift : on the new global order / Richard Falk
London : Zed Books, 2016
294 p.
EN
ISBN 9781783607938
Availability Central Library -- Main Collection -- 105023
Richard Falk, a UN expert on international law, puts forth a
challenging set of observations on the changes in global
politics that have occurred since the end of the Cold War, with
a close focus on the massive transformations in relations with
the Middle East after the 9/11 attacks. Falk argues that
American militarism during the past twenty years has
significantly reframed geopolitics, and he provides a scathing
critique of many common practices and policies, including the
recourse to torture, preventive war, drone technology, and
diplomacy by threat.
The dictator's handbook : why bad behavior is almost always
good politics / Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith
New York : Public Affairs, 2012
319 p.
EN
ISBN 9781610391849
Availability Central Library -- Main Collection -- 103645
For eighteen years, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair
Smith have been part of a team revolutionizing the study of
politics by turning conventional wisdom on its head. They start
from a single assertion: Leaders do whatever keeps them in
power. They don’t care about the “national interest”—or even
their subjects—unless they have to. This clever and accessible
book shows that the difference between tyrants and democrats
is just a convenient fiction. Governments do not differ in kind
but only in the number of essential supporters, or backs that
need scratching. The size of this group determines almost
everything about politics: what leaders can get away with, and
the quality of life or misery under them. The picture the authors
paint is not pretty. But it just may be the truth, which is a good
starting point for anyone seeking to improve human
governance.
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L'euro : une utopie trahie? / Bruno Colmant, Herman Van
Rompuy
Waterloo : Renaissance du livre, 2017
159 p.
FR
ISBN 9782507054946
Availability Central Library -- Main Collection -- 104849
L'euro n'a pas apporté suffisamment d'intégration politique et
de croissance. Cette monnaie pourrait susciter son propre
sabordage si sa gestion n'est pas repensée dans le sens d'une
grande solidarité financière et d'une compréhension
sociopolitique accrue des différents États membres. Plus que
jamais, la perpétuation de l'euro repose sur le fragile équilibre
de l'axe franco-allemand. Sans sursaut moral et une action
politique décisive, un fait inattendu pourait conduire à une
sécession monétaire ou, pire, déclarer un véritable schisme qui
mettrait fin à l'une des plus stupéfiantes expériences de
l'histoire des monnaies.
Foreign policies of EU member states : continuity and
Europeanisation / Amelia Hadfield, Ian Manners, Richard G.
Whitman
Abingdon : Routledge, 2017
290 p.
EN
ISBN 9780415670067
Availability Central Library -- Main Collection -- 104907
The book provides a clear and current overview of the
motivations and outcomes of EU Member States regarding
their foreign policy-making within and beyond the EU. It
provides an in-depth analysis of intra-EU policy-making and
sheds light, in an innovative and understandable way, on the
lesser-known aspects of the inter-EU and extra-EU foreign
policies of the twenty-eight Member States.
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Europe and Iran : the nuclear deal and beyond / Cornelius
Adebahr
Abingdon : Routledge, 2017
186 p.
EN
ISBN 9781138201040
Availability Central Library -- Main Collection -- 104568
The EU’s approach to Iran has emerged as one of the few
successes of European foreign policy. Still, its role in
international negotiations from 2003, as much as its broader
approach to Iran, are generally poorly appreciated by policy-
makers in Europe, the United States, and around the world.
This book aims to explain the specifics of the EU’s approach to
Iran, taking into account both the complexity of European
foreign policy, in particular within transatlantic relations, and
Iran’s (aspired) place in the international order.
L’islam, une religion française / Hakim El Karoui
Paris : Gallimard, 2018
304 p.
FR
ISBN 9782072696909
Availability Central Library -- Main Collection -- 105012
L'islam est devenu une religion française. Parce que c'est la
première religion pratiquée de France. Parce que les
musulmans de France sont français pour les trois quarts
d'entre eux. Parce que la France peut être une terre fertile pour
le renouveau théologique et intellectuel dont l'islam a tant
besoin. La religion musulmane enfin est un problème français
parce que c'est au nom d'Allah que le terrorisme frappe la
France ou que certains tentent d'imposer une vision du monde
alternative au projet républicain.
The virtual weapon and international order / Lucas Kello
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017
319 p.
EN
ISBN 9780300220230
Availability Central Library -- Main Collection -- 104766
An examination of the current cyber revolution that draws on
case studies to develop conceptual frameworks for
understanding its effects on international order. The rapid
expansion of cyberspace in society brings both promise and
peril. It promotes new modes of political cooperation, but it also
disrupts interstate dealings and empowers subversive actors
who may instigate diplomatic and military crises. Despite
significant experience with cyber incidents, the conceptual
apparatus to analyze, understand, and address their effects on
international order remains primitive.
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L'Europe des citoyens : une nouvelle feuille de route politique
pour l'Europe / Céline Schoen
Paris : Le Cherche Midi, 2017
139 p.
FR
ISBN 9782749155067
Availability Central Library -- Main Collection -- 104866
"We love UE": qui aurait imaginé qu'un jour cette déclaration
d'amour pour l'Europe serait brandie par des milliers de
manifestants outre-Manche? L'Union européenne, devenue un
enjeu de lutte, menace de s'écrouler. Certains, à l'extérieur
comme en son sein, veulent précipiter sa chute. Leur voix
écrase celle des européens convaincus, qui ont depuis
longtemps compris la raison d'être de l'Union. Pourtant, des
idées existent pour renforcer l'Europe et faire du Brexit un choc
salvateur. L'ONG "L'Europe des citoyens", qui suit avec
attention l'activité du Parlement européen à Bruxelles et à
Strasbourg, a réuni quatre eurodéputés (Nathalie Griesbeck,
Françoise Grossetête, Edouard Martin et Michèle Rivasi) à qui
Céline Schoen, correspondante de presse et spécialiste des
affaires européennes, a donné la parole. Ce travail prospectif,
fruit de plusieurs mois d'échanges, a abouti à dix propositions
concrètes pour enfin tracer une nouvelle feuille de route
politique pour l'Europe.
Darknet : die Schattenwelt des Internets / Otto Hostettler
Zürich : NZZ Libro, 2017
205 p.
DE
ISBN 9783956012013
Availability Central Library -- Main Collection -- 104551
Was steckt hinter Darknet, TOR und Bitcoin? Im
deutschsprachigen Raum erste umfassende Darstellung der
Wirtschaftskriminalität im Internet von «Beobachter»-Journalist
Otto Hostettler. In atemberaubendem Tempo entstehen in
verborgenen Bereichen des Internets blühende Schwarzmärkte
für Waffen, Drogen, Medikamente, falsche Pässe, geklaute
Kreditkarten oder Hackerdienste. Diese anonymen
Onlineshops sind kundenfreundlich und nutzerorientiert,
bezahlt wird mit Bitcoin oder anderen Kryptowährungen. Auch
Schweizer kaufen ein und bieten ihre illegalen Waren feil, doch
Behörden und Ermittler schauen hilflos zu. Zu wenig wissen sie
über die Schattenwelt des Internets, die nur über den
anonymen TOR-Browser zugänglich ist. Für dieses Buch
recherchierte «Beobachter»-Autor Otto Hostettler monatelang
im Darknet und interviewte zahlreiche Cybercrime-Spezialisten,
IT-Experten und Onlinehändler. Mit seinem Buch liefert er eine
umfassende Analyse dieses neuen kriminalistischen
Phänomens – und den dringend benötigten Weckruf für
Internetnutzer, Eltern, Lehrpersonen, Ermittler.
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