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European Politics Today

by: Almond, Gabriel A.; Dalton, Russell J.; Powell, G. Bingham; Strom, Kaare

European Politics Today

by: Almond, Gabriel A.; Dalton, Russell J.; Powell, G. Bingham; Strom, Kaare

ISBN 13:
9780321236524
ISBN 10:
0321236521
Edition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 01/01/2006
Publisher: Longman
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Summary

The first truly pan-European survey of contemporary European politics that includes nations from both Western and Eastern Europeas well as a separate chapter on the European Union,European Politics Todaycontinues to offer the most current scholarship available.

Preface

PART I Introduction

(83)

The European Context

(22)

The Purpose and Organization of This Book

(1)

The Emergence of Today's Europe

(4)

European Integration

(1)

Describing Europe: Large and Small Countries

(2)

Describing Europe: Rich and Poor Countries

(1)

Social Development and Welfare in Europe

(1)

Development, Modernization, and Democracy

(3)

Ethnic and Religious Conflict in Europe

(4)

Further Democratization?

(4)

Democratic Political Culture and Political Action

(23)

The Cultural Foundations of Democracy

(2)

The Levels of a Political Culture

(9)

Participation and Democracy

(6)

The Public and Democracy

(5)

European Interest Groups and Parties

(16)

The Types of Interest Groups

(2)

Interest Group Systems

(3)

Parties and Party Competition

(11)

Government and Public Policy

(22)

Constitutional Organization: Rules for Making Rules

(1)

Separation of Government Powers

(8)

Limiting and Dispersing Policymaking Power

(1)

Constitutional Organization: Electoral Rules

(4)

Government Formation and Policymaking

(2)

Democratic Policies and Welfare in Europe

(1)

The Rule of Law, Corruption, and Democracy

(1)

Introducing and Sustaining Democracy

(4)

PART II The Established Democracies

(216)

Politics in England

(50)

Current Policy Challenges

(1)

The Constraints of History

(3)

The Environment of Politics

(5)

The Structure of Government

(9)

Political Culture and Legitimacy

104

(4)

Political Socialization

108

(3)

Political Participation and Recruitment

111

(4)

Organizing Group Interests

115

(3)

Party System and Electoral Choice

118

(4)

Central Authority and Decentralized Delivery of Government Policies

122

(7)

Policy Outcomes and Changes in Society

129

(5)

Politics in France

134

(56)

Current Policy Challenges

136

(1)

A Historical Perspective

137

(1)

Economy and Society

137

(2)

Constitution and Governmental Structure

139

(4)

Political Culture

143

(4)

Political Socialization

147

(4)

Recruitment and Style of Elites

151

(2)

Interest Groups

153

(5)

Political Parties

158

(10)

Political Parties and Patterns of Voting

168

(4)

Policy Processes

172

(6)

The State and Territorial Relations

178

(3)

Performance and Prospects

181

(9)

Politics in Germany

190

(56)

Current Policy Challenges

192

(2)

The Historical Legacy

194

(2)

Following Two Paths

196

(3)

Social Forces

199

(3)

The Institutions and Structure of Government

202

(5)

Remaking Political Cultures

207

(4)

Political Learning and Political Communication

211

(3)

Citizen Participation

214

(2)

Politics at the Elite Level

216

(1)

Interest Groups

217

(4)

The Party System

221

(6)

The Electoral System

227

(3)

The Policy Process

230

(4)

Policy Performance

234

(4)

Addressing the Policy Challenges

238

(3)

After the Revolution

241

(5)

Politics in Spain

246

(54)

Current Policy Challenges

247

(1)

The Historical Legacy

248

(2)

Democracy and Spain's Historical Cleavages

250

(2)

Resolving the Center-Periphery Cleavage

252

(1)

Structure and Process of the Political System

253

(11)

Spanish Political Culture

264

(2)

Political Socialization

266

(2)

Interest Groups

268

(5)

Electoral Competition in Spain

273

(12)

Policy Performance and Outcomes

285

(11)

The Peaceful Disappearance of the Two Spains

296

(4)

PART III Democratic Transitions

300

(157)

Politics in Russia

300

(50)

Rebuilding Russia

301

(1)

Current Policy Challenges

302

(2)

Historical Legacies

304

(4)

The Contemporary Constitutional Order

308

(10)

Russian Political Culture in the Post-Soviet Period

318

(4)

Political Participation

322

(3)

Interest Articulation: Between Statism to Pluralism

325

(5)

Parties and the Aggregation of Interests

330

(6)

The Politics of Economic Reform

336

(4)

Rule Adjudication: Toward the Rule of Law

340

(4)

Russia and the International Community

344

(6)

Politics in Poland

350

(52)

Current Policy Challenges

352

(1)

The Making of Modern Poland

353

(7)

Structure of the Political System

360

(6)

Political Culture

366

(4)

Political Socialization

370

(4)

Political Participation

374

(2)

Leadership Recruitment

376

(1)

Interest Groups

376

(6)

The Party System

382

(7)

The Policymaking Process

389

(2)

Policy Outcomes

391

(6)

Conclusion

397

(5)

Politics in Hungary

402

(55)

Current Policy Challenges

405

(3)

Contested Readings of the Hungarian Historical Story

408

(7)

Social Forces in Transition

415

(2)

The New Democratic Structures

417

(5)

A Democratic Political Culture in the Making?

422

(3)

Political Socialization

425

(6)

Elite Level Politics

431

(1)

Interest Groups in Transition

432

(4)

New Politics Groups

436

(1)

Democratic Elections and the Emerging Party System

436

(12)

Policy Process and Performance

448

(3)

Paying the Price of Negotiated Revolution?

451

(6)

PART IV The International Dimension

457

(53)

Politics in the European Union

457

(53)

Why ``Europe''?

458

(1)

Historical Origins

459

(12)

The Institutions

471

(9)

National Governments as Actors

480

(1)

Political Parties

481

(4)

Interest Groups

485

(1)

Public Opinion---Does It Matter?

486

(4)

The Policymaking Process

490

(6)

External Relations

496

(1)

Entanglement of the ``National'' and the ``European''

496

(2)

Policy Performance

498

(3)

Policy Challenges

501

(9)

Appendix: A Guide to Comparing Nations

510

(1)

Index

511

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