| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 488 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Foreword : Vincent Wright : engagement with history, political science, and economics / Tony Atkinson -- Preface : Grappling with untidy reality : Vincent Wright's comparative complexities / Jack Hayward -- Institutions and the evolution of European democracy / Peter A. Hall -- National courts and Community law / Paul P. Craig -- On studying governments / Rudy B. Andeweg -- What is new about governance and why does it matter? / R.A.W. Rhodes -- Executives in comparative context / Klaus H. Goetz -- The political system of the European Union / Neill Nugent and William Paterson -- Dismantling and rebuilding the Weberian state / B. Guy Peters -- The age of administrative reforms / Sabino Cassese -- The European administration : between Europeanization and domestication / Hussein Kassim -- Europeanization and the persistence of administrative systems / Edward C. Page -- The decline of party? / Gordon Smith -- Comparing economic interest organizations / Colin Crouch -- Interest groups and the Brussels bureaucracy / Sonia Mazey and Jeremy Richardson -- Contentious politics in Western Europe and the United States / Sidney Tarrow -- From popular dissatisfaction to populism : democracy, constitutionalism and corruption / Yves Mény -- Democratizations in the European periphery / Sonia Alonso and José María Maravall -- The politics of regulation and European regulatory institutions / Giandomenico Majone -- From industrial policy to a regulatory state : contrasting institutional change in Britain and France / Mark Thatcher -- Monetary policy and the euro / Loukas Tsoukalis -- Recasting European welfare states / Maurizio Ferrera, Anton Hemerijck and Martin Rhodes -- The changing European state / Wolfgang C. Müller -- The changing European state : pressures from within / Patrick Le Galès -- International relations, international institutions, and the European state / Andrew Hurrell and Anand Menon-- Conclusion : governing Europe / Anand Menon |
| Summary |
This comprehensive survey aims to provide an overview of all aspects of politics in western Europe. Aspects of the European Union & the Europeanization of institutions are discussed in detail, along with the welfare state, economic issues & the condition of democracy across the continent |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-482) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
European Union
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| SUBJECT |
European Union. fast (OCoLC)fst00916630 |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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Politics and government
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Politieke stelsels.
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Bestuur.
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Europese integratie.
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| SUBJECT |
European Union countries -- Politics and government
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Europe -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004797
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| Subject |
Europe.
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European Union countries.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hayward, Jack Ernest Shalom.
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Menon, Anand, 1965-
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| ISBN |
9780191530487 |
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0191530484 |
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0199250154 |
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9780199250158 |
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9780191599439 |
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0191599433 |
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