Comparative European Politics

<p>This is a clear, comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the institutional regimes of countries in Western Europe written by an outstanding group of political scientists. Completely revised and updated throughout, <em>Comparative European Politics 3rd edition</em>:</p><ul> <ul> </ul> <li>provides a complete coverage of individual countries or group of countries, as well as to the European Union allowing readers to draw sophisticated comparisons between countries</li> <li>is written to a common template so that each chapter explores political parties, elections and electoral rules, parliaments, local, regional and state governments, and the relations between domestic institutions and the European Union.</li> </ul> <p>1. Introduction <em>Josep M. Colomer</em> 2. Great Britain and Ireland: Variations in Party Government<em> Ian Budge</em> 3. Germany: The Grand Coalition State <em>Manfred G. Schmidt</em> 4. France: The Institutionalization of Leadership <em>Yves Mény</em> 5. Italy: The Never Ending Transition of a Democratic Regime <em>Gianfranco Pasquino</em> 6. Spain and Portugal: Rule by Party Leadership <em>Josep M. Colomer</em> 7. The Low Countries: Confrontation and Coalition in Segmented Societies <em>Hans Keman</em> 8. The Nordic Countries: Compromise and Corporatism in the Welfare State <em>Jan-Erik Lane and Svante Ersson</em> 9. The European Union: A Federal, Democratic Empire? <em>Josep M. Colomer</em></p>