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This book addresses the fundamental question why and under which conditions Korean firms increased their investment so heavily in the EU after 1986 and why they and not the Korean government took the initiative in the decision-making process. The author contends that the main reason for the firm's departure from government policy is the belief of the Korean government that national competitiveness, which largely affects the country's standard of living, is determined by the success of local firms in global competition. The author substantiates his argument by supplying comprehensive surveys of twenty-six Korean consumer electronics firms and concomitant interviews with senior managers in nine of these. The empirical material suggests that Korean consumer electronics firms were principally motivated by their need to seek market security through a 'globalization' strategy.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- The Impact of Populism on the European Union: 'The People' and the Brussels Bubble -- Tracing the Roots of Populism and the EU -- The EU Institutions Facing the Populist Challenge -- Populist Forces and Civil Society -- Bridging the Theory/practice Divide: The Structure of the Book -- Bibliography -- The European Union Facing the Populist Wave -- The Populist-Eurosceptic Mix: Conceptual Distinctions, Ideational Linkages and Internal Differentiation -- Introduction -- Populism and Euroscepticism: Two Distinct Concepts -- Populism -- Euroscepticism -- Linkage Nodes: The Ideational Sources of the Populist-Euroscepticism Mix -- Internal Differentiation: Left-Wing vs. Right-Wing Variants of Populist Euroscepticism -- Conclusions -- References -- Populism and European Institutions: A Historical Perspective -- The European Project: An Introduction -- The First Phases of the European Project -- A New Start of the European Project and Its First Cleavage with European Citizens -- The Enlarged Political Arena of the European Project -- The Emergence of Populism in the European Union -- The Great Recession and Its Effects on Rising Populism -- The First Reaction of the European Union and the annus horribilis -- The Last Reaction of the European Union: A Conclusion -- References -- The Impact of Populism on European Institutions -- The Discursive Construction of Migration and Democracy in the European Parliament: A Model of Reciprocal Influence Between Populists and Non-populists Through Polarization and Fragmentation -- Introduction -- Methodology -- European Parliament Debates and Populism: What Are the Most Contested Issues? -- Polarization: Reinforcing the Blocs, Increasing the Distance -- Fragmentation: Eroding the Blocs, Decreasing the Distance -- Conclusions.

"This book was written in times of great turmoil in the European Union. The financial crisis of 2008, which turned into a debt crisis destabilizing the Eurozone, the crisis of the EU migration and border policies in the face of increased inflows of migrants since 2014, recurring disputes around violations of democracy and the rule of law, and the Brexit referendum in 2017 have all profoundly tarnished the European Union. While its raison d'être, forged in the second half of 20th century, was rooted in peace, liberal democracy, and welfare capitalism in a bipolar world, the EU has been increasingly regarded as unable to secure these values in the world of the 21st century. The past decade, we argue, constitutes a critical juncture with particularly profound implications for how we understand the EU. Unlike many academics belonging to earlier generations of EU scholars, we do not take for granted a teleological vision of EU integration, whereby an 'ever closer Union' is the ineluctable goal of EU politics. Contemporary politics show us how contingent and fragile the very existence of the Union is. In the same vein, we do not necessarily consider the deepening of integration in given policy areas as a positive development per se"--

Though it's many miles away from tiny Denmark, Greenland is administered as an autonomous country within the Danish Realm. It's a relationship that at first glance appears unusual, and, as Ulrik Pram Gad shows, that relationship is quietly predicated on a general assumption that Greenland is on a path toward eventual independence. In both nations, he shows, discussion of Greenland invokes the idea of the "community of the realm" while recognizing Greenland's continuing reliance on aid as it moves toward independence. As climate change is beginning to open up new areas of Greenland to potentially profitable resource extraction, Greenland is increasingly imagining that sources other than Denmark can provide the assistance needed. Throw in the EU, which facilitates "sovereignty games" played to allow Greenland a surprising measure of independent agency, and the complexity of the overall situation becomes quite clear. Gad explores the issue through four lenses: discourse analysis to determine the core concepts of Danish and Greenlandic identity; a reading of political debates as identity politics; interviews with key actors; and analysis of legal texts as a frozen outcome of various sovereignty games. The book concludes with a series of scenarios for the slow motion decolonization of Greenland

This study examines the role of the European Union in Central Asian affairs. The author analyzes the various ways the European Union exerts influence in a region where other global powers have dominant positions and emphasizes the Central Asian states themselves as subjects and actors.