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European Democracies

ISBN: 9780801317699 | 080131769X
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Pub. Date: 8/1/1997

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SummaryTable of Contents
This topical examination of Western, Central, and Eastern European political institutions emphasizes the nation state and supranational level of European Union and subnational level of the regions. Using a comparative approach, the text crosses national and political boundaries and, whenever possible, likens the European situation to American government. Updated throughout, the Fourth Edition has expanded coverage of the European Union from one chapter to three and includes accessible passages from leading journals.

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Pedagogyxi(2)
Introductionxiii(4)
About the Authorxvii
PART I Western Europe1(176)
CHAPTER 1 Political Parties
3(30)
Socialists
3(6)
Liberals
9(1)
Conservatives
10(5)
Christian Democrats
15(1)
New Radical Right
15(6)
Greens
21(4)
Regional Parties
25(1)
A Multidimensional Political Space
26(3)
Membership in Political Parties
29(4)
CHAPTER 2 Parliamentary Election Systems
33(28)
Winner-Take-All: Great Britain
34(4)
Party List Proportional Representation: The Netherlands
38(3)
Personalized Proportional Representation: Switzerland, Ireland, and Germany
41(6)
Changing the Electoral System: France and Italy
47(11)
Voter Turnout
58(3)
CHAPTER 3 Cabinet Formation and Heads of State
61(35)
Single-Party Cabinets
63(7)
Minimal-Winning Cabinets
70(3)
Oversized Cabinets
73(6)
Minority Cabinets
79(4)
Cabinet Instability
83(1)
The Semipresidential System of France
83(4)
Explanations of Cabinet Formation and Termination
87(3)
Heads of State
90(6)
CHAPTER 4 Courts and Constitutional Judicial Review
96(10)
No Constitutional Court
98(3)
Strong Constitutional Court
101(2)
A Trend Toward More Constitutional Judicial Review
103(3)
CHAPTER 5 Federalism and Referendum
106(13)
Switzerland: Prototypical Case of a Federalist Country with a Strong Referendum
106(6)
A Trend Toward Federalism and Referenda
112(3)
Arguments Against Federalism and Referenda
115(4)
CHAPTER 6 The State and Economic Interest Groups
119(19)
The State as a Political Actor
119(3)
Economic Interest Groups
122(2)
Interactions Between the State and Economic Interest Groups
124(9)
Democracy at the Workplace
133(5)
CHAPTER 7 New Social Movements and Churches
138(27)
Environmental Movement
139(6)
Peace and Third World Movement
145(4)
Women's Movement
149(4)
Youth Movement
153(4)
Citizen Participation in New Social Movements
157(2)
Churches
159(6)
CHAPTER 8 Decision Process and Policy Outcomes
165(12)
Decision Process
165(4)
Policy Outcomes
169(8)
PART II Central and Eastern Europe177(78)
CHAPTER 9 History of the Rise and Fall of Communism
179(38)
Classical Marxism
179(3)
Neo-Marxist Class Analysis
182(4)
Oppositional Communism in Western Europe
186(4)
State Communism in Central and Eastern Europe
190(27)
CHAPTER 10 Democratization and Marketization
217(38)
Parliamentary Election Systems
217(16)
Cabinet Formation and Heads of State
233(5)
Marketization
238(2)
Citizen Support for Democratization and Marketization
240(4)
Theories of Transition to Democracy and Free Market
244(11)
PART III Nationalism and Ethnicity in Europe255(60)
CHAPTER 11 The Importance of Nationalism and Ethnicity in Europe
257(11)
Increased Importance of Ethnicity
258(4)
Mixed Pattern for Nationalism
262(6)
CHAPTER 12 Power Sharing in Multiethnic Societies
268(47)
Development of the Theory of Power Sharing
268(3)
Critique of the Theory of Power Sharing
271(8)
Northern Ireland
279(7)
Former Czechoslovakia
286(6)
Former Yugoslavia
292(23)
PART IV European Union315(56)
CHAPTER 13 History and Institutions of the European Union
317(20)
History of European Integration
318(3)
European Union Council of Ministers
321(2)
European Council
323(1)
European Commission
324(2)
European Parliament
326(4)
European Court of Justice
330(4)
Permanent Representatives Committee
334(1)
European Bureaucracy
335(2)
CHAPTER 14 Policies of the European Union
337(28)
Common Market for Goods
337(3)
Common Market for Services
340(1)
Common Market for Labor
340(1)
Common Market for Capital
341(1)
Competition Policy
341(1)
Common Currency
342(8)
Common Foreign and Security Policy
350(3)
Enlarging the European Union
353(2)
Regional Policy
355(1)
Social Policy
356(1)
Agricultural Policy
357(2)
Research and Educational Policy
359(1)
Environmental Policy
360(1)
Immigration and Refugee Policy
360(1)
European Symbols
361(4)
CHAPTER 15 What New Order for Europe?
365(6)
Epilogue371(4)
Index375

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