European politics: a comparative introduction
A thematically-organised introduction to the governance and politics of Europe, this text provides an accessible guide to both the institutions and the issues that matter in a continent where the boundaries between East and West, and between domestic andEU affairs are breaking down.
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| Language: | English |
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Basingstoke [u.a.]
Palgrave Macmillan
2005
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| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Series: | Comparative government and politics
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| Summary: | A thematically-organised introduction to the governance and politics of Europe, this text provides an accessible guide to both the institutions and the issues that matter in a continent where the boundaries between East and West, and between domestic andEU affairs are breaking down. |
| Physical Description: | XXIII, 294 S. graph. Darst., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 1403918708 1403918716 9781403918703 |
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Contents
List of illustrative material
ix
List of abbreviations and acronyms
xiii
Introduction
• •
xvu
Why European politics?
xvii
Why this book?
xviii
Keeping it real - and up to date
xix
Where is it going?
xxi
Getting started
xxii
1 Europe: a continent in the making
1
People into empires
3
Empires into nations
3
Nations into states
4
States into blocs
6
The new Europe
10
Europe's economy: rich in variation
12
Society: class and gender still matter
20
In theory if not in practice: religion in
Europe
25
Composition and identity: multiethnic,
multinational - and European?
27
Learning resources
30
Executive summary
31
2 The end of the nation state?
Federalism, devolution and the
European Union
32
Stateless nations
33
Belgium: federal solution or slippery
slope?
35
'Asymmetrical' federalism: Spain
38
The UK: another hybrid
42
France: no longer quite so indivisible
45
The European Union and the end of
sovereignty?
46
Origins and enlargement
46
Increasing integration and institutional
reform
49
Integration via economics: EMU
52
Integration by law
53
An EU constitution?
53
The end of the nation state?
54
Learning resources
55
Executive summary
56
3 From government to governance:
running the state, making policy
and policing the constitution 57
Pushing things out to the periphery:
decentralization 58
'More control over less': central
government reform 62
Policy-making: sectors and styles 68
The booming third branch of
government: the judicialization
of politics 73
Learning resources 80
Executive summary 80
4 Governments and parliaments:
a long way from equality 81
The head of state 81
Prime minister, cabinet and
parliamentary government 83
Permutations of parliamentary
government . 85
Government duration and stability 88
Dividing the spoils: portfolio
allocation 89
Governing 90
Parliaments: one house or two? 92
Parliaments: hiring and firing 93
Parliaments: the production of law 95
Parliaments: scrutiny and oversight 98
Parliament and government: the
European level 99
Parliaments, power and parties 101
Learning resources 103
Executive summary 103
5 Parties: how the past affects the
present, and an uncertain future 105
What are parties and what are they
for? 105
Organization 106
Party systems and party families 106
The bases of party systems: social
and institutional, luck and skill 122
Party system change? 123
Are parties in decline? 127
vii
The Europeanizsation of parties and
party systems? 129
Learning resources 131
Executive summary 132
6 Elections, voting and referendums:
systems, turnout, preferences and
unpredictability 133
Europe's myriad electoral systems 134
Electoral systems and party systems 139
Turnout: decline and variation 140
Preferences: what makes people vote
the way they do? 143
EP elections 150
Direct democracy: useful tool or
dangerous panacea? 152
Learning resources 156
Executive summary 156
7 The media: player and recorder 158
Variations in usage and style 159
Structure and regulation 160
State and public service broadcasting 163
The changing coverage of politics 165
Bias and its effects 172
Pressure groups and populists 176
Cyberpolitics 177
The media and 'Europe' 179
Learning resources 182
Executive summary 182
8 Pressure politics: civil society,
organized interests and new social
movements 183
Pressure groups: different types,
different opportunities 184
Pluralism and corporatism 186
Farming: a real-world example of
power under pressure 188
There is (still) power in a union 190
Taking care of business 192
Rebels with a cause: NGOs and new
social movements 195
'Venue shopping' and the
Europeanization of pressure politics 198
Learning resources 203
Executive summary 203
9 Politics over economics: enduring
differences between left and right 204
Has politics ever really mattered? 205
Drifting to the right: the centre-left
in Europe 206
Privatization 208
Flexible labour markets? 211
Bringing an end to 'tax and spend'? 213
The EU: deadweight or driving force? 216
Separating the facts from the hype 219
Why it still makes sense to be different 220
No easy explanations: the rise of the
far right 223
Learning resources 225
Executive summary 225
10 Not wanted but needed: migrants
and minorities 226
Migration into Europe: then and now 227
Europe's immigrants: who they are,
where they come from and where
they live 229
Political responses: populism, priming
and catch-22s 235
Defusing Europe's 'demographic
time bomb'? 239
Policy responses: towards 'Fortress
Europe'? 241
Integrating citizens 244
The Roma: Europe's oldest ethnic
minority 245
No settled future 247
Learning resources 248
Executive summary 248
11 Making the world a better place?
Europe's international politics 249
Security and defence 249
Foreign policy 259
Europe in the developing countries 262
Europe and the global environment 265
Europe as a global trader 266
Lest we forget: the domestication of
international politics in Europe 269
Learning resources 270
Executive summary 271
References
Index
272
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