The politics of modern Europe : the state and political authority in the major democracies

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The politics of modern Europe : the state and political authority in the major democracies

Michael Keating

E. Elgar Pub., c1993

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references

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巻冊次

: hbk ISBN 9781852785734

内容説明

This important new textbook centres on the theme of the state in Europe, its structures and policy capacity, and its relation to civil society. After an introductory chapter addressing issues such as conceptions of the state, bureaucracy, interest groups, patronage and political currents, the book continues with chapters focusing on four large, well-established democracies - the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Germany. This is followed by a chapter on Spain, a historic state that has chosen Europe as its theme and guide for its efforts at political, economic and social modernization. Each of these chapters includes discussions of state and government in the country concerned, parties and elections, policy making and territorial policies. The volume concludes with an assessment of European integration, the structure of the Community, and its aims and policies. The text incorporates extensive data on policy and politics, in the form of tables and charts, as well as additional information in the statistical index, so as to encourage students to make their own judgements and to learn to assess and interpret quantitative material.

目次

  • Part 1 Introduction: politics and the state in western Europe - the nation state, the scope of the state
  • conceptions of the state - constitutionalism and liberal democracy, the state and the citizen, political institutions, territorial government
  • state, bureaucracy, interest and policy making - the state and bureaucracy, the state and organized interests, interest groups, concertation, corporatism and consociationalism, challenges to the state
  • patterns of politics - social cleavages, patronage and clientelism, values and ideology
  • political currents - liberalism, socialism and social democracy, communism, the far left and new left, conservatism, Christian democracy, the extreme right, the Greens. Part 2 The United Kingdom: state and government in the United Kingdom - government and Prime Minister, Parliament
  • parties and elections - the Conservative party, the Labour party, the Liberals and the centre, electoral behaviour
  • state, administration and public policy making - government departments and the civil service, interest groups and policy making
  • territorial politics - local government. Part 3 France: state and government in France - the Presidency, government and parliament, presidential or parliamentary system, judicial control
  • parties and elections - the Gaullists and RPR, the UDF, the Socialists, the Communists, the centre, the extreme right, the Greens, electoral behaviour
  • government, groups and policy making - bureaucracy, interest groups
  • territorial politics. Part 4 Italy: state and government in Italy - Partitocrazia
  • government and parliament - the president, prime minister and government, parliament, judicial control
  • parties and elections - the Christian Democrats, the Communists and PDS, the socialists, the lay parties, the crisis of the Partitocrazia, the leagues, the far right, the extreme left, the radicals, Greens
  • state, administration and policy making - the bureaucracy, the Sottogoverno, interest groups, public policy making
  • territorial politics - the question of the south, the periphery, the ordinary regions, local government
  • corruption and scandals - corruption in government, the Mafia and others, networks of secret power
  • proposals for reform. Part 5 Germany: state and nation in Germany
  • constitution and government
  • parties and elections
  • state, bureaucracy and public policy
  • territorial politics. Part 6 Spain: state and government in Spain
  • parties and elections
  • state, administration and policy making
  • territorial politics. Part 7 European integration.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9781852785741

内容説明

This important new textbook centres on the theme of the state in Europe, its structures and policy capacity, and its relation to civil society. After an introductory chapter addressing issues such as conceptions of the state, bureaucracy, interest groups, patronage and political currents, the book continues with chapters focusing on four large, well-established democracies - the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Germany. This is followed by a chapter on Spain, a historic state that has chosen Europe as its theme and guide for its efforts at political, economic and social modernization. Each of these chapters includes discussions of state and government in the country concerned, parties and elections, policy making and territorial policies. The volume concludes with an assessment of European integration, the structure of the Community, and its aims and policies. The text incorporates extensive data on policy and politics, in the form of tables and charts, as well as additional information in the statistical index, so as to encourage students to make their own judgements and to learn to assess and interpret quantitative material.

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