Politics and society in Western Europe
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Politics and society in Western Europe
SAGE, 1999
4th ed
- : pbk
Available at 18 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Previous ed.: 1994
Includes bibliographical references (p. [346]-374) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction
A Neo-Tocquevillian Approach
PART ONE: CIVIL SOCIETY
The Market Economy
Cleavages
Political Parties
Parties and Voters
Party Systems
PART TWO: GOVERNMENT
Decision-Making Institutions
Autonomy
Decision-Making Systems
Influence
European Integration
Issues
PART THREE: OUTCOMES
Political Stability
Public Sector Growth and the Welfare State
Conclusion
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