Library blog
Welcome to the Council Library blog.
The blog is used to disseminate the bibliographical and research products of the Council Library. It is also used to engage with a wider audience and share new or topical information and research related to EU policies.
Any views expressed in the blog are the personal views of their authors. They do not necessarily represent the position of the Council of the European Union or the European Council.
Our blog contains:
- Event report
A post relating to an event or conference.
- New books
An overview of the latest books acquired by the Library.
- Reading suggestion
A reading worth sharing.
- Think Tank Review
A monthly selection of EU-related papers published by think tanks across the world.
Latest posts
- The Management Shift: the Why, the What and the How of the high performing organisations
- Blog post
- 4 de maio de 2016
Do you feel engaged and passionate about your work? Does your organisation use predominantly traditional mechanistic practices or emerging management practices resulting from The Management Shift? How well do people work together?
- New books added to the Library collection - May 2016
- New books
- 29 de abril de 2016
A fresh range of exciting reading on EU-related matters is awaiting you at the Library. This month we have received a large number of titles that are worth your time.
- Think Tank Review - Issue 34/2016
- Think tank review
- 26 de abril de 2016
Issue 34 of the Think Tank Review compiled by the EU Council Library is out now. It references papers published in March 2016. The 'Special Focus' section includes a particularly broad selection of papers on the Western Balkans.
- 23 April 2016 - World book and copyright day
- Book reviews
- 22 de abril de 2016
The idea for celebrating this day originated in Catalonia where on 23 April, St George's Day, a rose is traditionally given as a gift for each book sold.
- 'Turkey and the European Union: Facing new challenges and opportunities'
- EU Council bibliography
- 15 de abril de 2016
We would like to present to our readers the book Turkey and the European Union: Facing new challenges and opportunities, edited by Firat Cengiz and Lars Hoffman, result of a selection from over 60 abstracts from diverse disciplines and countries.
- Which way forward, Poland
- Blog post
- 7 de abril de 2016
The Library attended a panel under the title: "Which way forward, Poland?" hosted by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Brussels.
- New books added to the Library collection - April 2016
- New books
- 5 de abril de 2016
The Library is pleased to announce the arrival of a varied selection of new books. While we believe they are all worth reading, in view of people's time constraints we decided to provide you with a sneak preview.
- 'Democratizing Central and Eastern Europe: Successes and Failures of the European Union'
- EU Council bibliography
- 29 de março de 2016
We would like to present to our readers the book 'Democratizing Central and Eastern Europe: Successes and Failures of the European Union' by Luca Tomini, which is the result of Tomini's PhD dissertation that began in Florence and continued in Brussels.
- Catholicism and Nationalism, Changing Nature of Party Politics
- EU Council bibliography
- 23 de março de 2016
This book by Madalena Meyer Resende addresses an important and often under-discussed topic - the evolution of state nationalisms in the context of transitions from authoritarianism to democracy. It compares two cases, Poland and Spain, where the outcome of these processes of transformation differed.
- Think Tank Review - Issue 33/2016
- Think tank review
- 21 de março de 2016
Welcome to issue 33 of the Think Tank Review compiled by the EU Council Library. It references papers published in February 2016.