Michelle Cini/Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan (2010). European Union Politics. Oxford University Press.

Stephen Kotkin (2001). Armageddon Averted, The Soviet Collapse 1970 – 2000. Oxford University Press.

Steven Hill (2010). Europe’s Promise. University of California Press.
Christian Joppke (2010). Veil. Polity Press.

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