Government And Politics In Western Europe

Author : Yves Mény
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198278863
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Government and Politics in Western Europe written by Yves Mény and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of a major text has been updated to take account of events in Europe since 1990. It is unique in offering an analysis of four major European democratic systems--those of the UK, France, Italy, and Germany--that combines theoretical approaches with empirical material. Organized around themes rather than countries, the book includes chapters on political cleavages, political parties and pressure groups, governmental institutions, and constitutional courts, and has a wealth of examples throughout.

Author : Jan-Erik Lane
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761958628
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics and Society in Western Europe written by Jan-Erik Lane and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1999-02-23 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politics and Society in Western Europe is a comprehensive introduction for students of West European politics and of comparative politics. This new edition has been extensively revised and updated to meet with the new needs of undergraduate students as they come to terms with a changing social and political landscape in Europe. This textbook provides a full analysis of the political systems of 18 Western European countries, their political parties, elections, and party systems, as well as the structures of government at local, regional, national and European Union levels. Throughout the book, key theoretical ideas are accessibly introduced and examined against the very latest empirical data on civil society and the state.

Author : Isabelle Engeli
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137016698
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Morality Politics in Western Europe written by Isabelle Engeli and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-06-29 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do some countries have 'Culture Wars' over morality issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage while other countries hardly experience any conflict? This book argues that morality issues only generate major conflicts in political systems with a significant conflict between religious and secular parties.

Author : Sara Wallace Goodman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 131606168X
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Immigration and Membership Politics in Western Europe written by Sara Wallace Goodman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are traditional nation-states newly defining membership and belonging? In the twenty-first century, several Western European states have attached obligatory civic integration requirements as conditions for citizenship and residence, which include language proficiency, country knowledge and value commitments for immigrants. This book examines this membership policy adoption and adaptation through both medium-N analysis and three paired comparisons to argue that while there is convergence in instruments, there is also significant divergence in policy purpose, design and outcomes. To explain this variation, this book focuses on the continuing, dynamic interaction of institutional path dependency and party politics. Through paired comparisons of Austria and Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands and France, this book illustrates how variations in these factors - as well as a variety of causal processes - produce divergent civic integration policy strategies that, ultimately, preserve and anchor national understandings of membership.

Author : Peter John
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446230597
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Local Governance in Western Europe written by Peter John and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001-09-18 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `Its strength lies in combining theoretical insights with an impressive range of empirical material. The analysis is subtle and multi-layered.... This is a timely and important book′ - Political Studies `Local governance have gained massive attention among scholars and practitioners during the past several years. Peter John′s book fills a void in the literature by tracing the historical roots of local governance and by placing his findings in a comparative perspective′ - Professor Jon Pierre, University of Gothenburg, Sweden `Peter John has produced a fascinating and stimulating book in which he assesses current developments in urban politics and local government in Europe and suggests how these changes are leading to different patterns of sub-national territorial politics in the EU today. What he has to say is of important interest to all students of local government; comparative politics and of territorial politics more generally′ - Michael Goldsmith, University of Salford `this book offers a fascinating comparative analysis... themes such as New Public Management, globalisation, regionalism and privatisation will be relevant to numerous courses in government, politics, public administration and public policy′ - West European Politics This text provides a comprehensive introduction to local government and urban politics in contemporary Western Europe. It is the first book to map and explain the change in local political systems and to place these in comparative context. The book introduces students to the traditional structures and institutions of local government and shows how these have been transformed in response to increased economic and political competition, new ideas, institutional reform and the Europeanization of public policy. At the book′s core is the perceived transition from local government to local governance. The book traces this key development thematically across a wide range of West European states including: Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Author : Yves Mény
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9780198782216
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Government and Politics in Western Europe written by Yves Mény and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 1998 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Government and Politics in Western Europe offers a clear and accessible, yet sophisticated, comparative introduction to the political institutions of Western Europe's four largest countries: Britain, France, Italy, and Germany. The third edition of this successful and established student textbook has been thoroughly revised to cover not only developments at national level, but also the growing integration of national politics with the politics of the European Union, including: Two completely new chapters on the European Union which set the EU in the context of the national political systems studied elsewhere in the book, supplying a concise but thorough introduction to European institutions, and presenting the main theoretical perspectives on the EU. An extensive updating covering such recent events as the Left's election victories of 1997 in Britain and France and the collapse of the Italian party system in the mid-1990s. New tables and diagrams providing invaluable reference material for key facts and processes. Clearly written and comprehensive, this text will be essential reading for all students of comparative politics, European studies, and West European politics.

Author : Hanspeter Kriesi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139561057
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Conflict in Western Europe written by Hanspeter Kriesi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the consequences of globalization for the structure of political conflicts in Western Europe? How are political conflicts organized and articulated in the twenty-first century? And how does the transformation of territorial boundaries affect the scope and content of political conflicts? This book sets out to answer these questions by analyzing the results of a study of national and European electoral campaigns, protest events and public debates in six West European countries. While the mobilization of the losers in the processes of globalization by new right populist parties is seen to be the driving force of the restructuring of West European politics, the book goes beyond party politics. It attempts to show how the cleavage coalitions that are shaping up under the impact of globalization extend to state actors, interest groups and social movement organizations, and how the new conflicts are framed by the various actors involved.

Author : Michael Curtis
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Western European Government and Politics written by Michael Curtis and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1997 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing comprehensive and up-to-date information about each country and Western Europe as a whole, the text includes a unique chapter on the European Union that discusses the latest developments and studies the drive towards a European Union.

Author : Yves Mény
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780198273370
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Government and Politics in Western Europe written by Yves Mény and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unique in offering an analysis of four major European democratic systems (the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and West Germany), this first volume in the Comparative European Politics series combines theoretical approaches with empirical material. Organized around themes rather than countries, the book includes chapters on political cleavages, political parties and pressure groups, governmental institutions, and constitutional courts. This English edition has been substantially revised by the author to include a fuller discussion of the French system. Published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research, the Comparative European Politics series is geared for students and teachers of political science. Each volume provides an up-to-date survey of the current state of knowledge and research on an issue of major significance in European government and politics.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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