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Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Book Series

In November 1999, St. Martin's Press (New York) and Macmillan (London) published A Century of Organized Labor in France: A Union Movement for the Twenty-First Century, edited by Herrick Chapman, Mark Kesselman and Martin A. Schain, a volume that grew out of a conference with the same title organized by the New York Consortium for European Studies. As a result of the success of this book, St. Martin's Press accepted a proposal for a book series, "Europe in Transition", that became the official series of the NYU Center for European Studies. Professor Martin Schain (NYU Politics Department, and former Director, NYU Center for European Studies) is the editor of the series.

This series explores the core questions facing the new Europe. A decade ago, the collapse of the Soviet empire promised a new era of stability and prosperity in Europe.  While part of this promised has been fulfilled, the new era has also been defined by unanticipated conflict and war linked to older conflicts that had been held in abeyance during the long Cold War. As a result of post-war migration, as well as a more recent influx of refugees, the new Europe has also become increasingly multi-ethnic and multi-cultural, and new political cleavages have developed around questions of identity. For this series, we are particularly interested in studies that focus on such issues as the process and development of European Union, shifting political alliances, military arrangements, the impact of immigration on European societies and politics, and the emergence of ethno-nationalism within the boundaries of Europe. The series includes both collective volumes that are tightly woven around a single theme, as well as monographs that examine (or re-examine) the forces of change since the war. The editors look for books on subjects that have been under-explored, studies that bring new conceptual frameworks and new points of view to bear on well-researched subjects, and re-examinations of subjects on the basis of new evidence or data. For a list of current titles in the series, click here.