Politics and Society in Western Europe
eBook - PDF

Politics and Society in Western Europe

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Politics and Society in Western Europe

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Introduction: A Neo-Tocquevillean Approach
  4. Part I: Civil Society
  5. 1 - The Market Economy
  6. 2 - Cleavages
  7. 3 - Political Parties
  8. 4 - Parties and Voters
  9. 5 - Party Systems
  10. Part II: Government
  11. 6 - Decision-Making Institutions: Autonomy
  12. 7 - Decision-Making Systems: Influence
  13. 8 - European Integration
  14. 9 - Issues
  15. Part III: Outcomes
  16. 10 - Political Stability
  17. 11 - Public Sector Growth and the Welfare State
  18. 12 - Conclusion
  19. References
  20. Index