West European Politics
About the Book Series
West European Politics has established itself as the foremost journal for the comparative analysis of European political institutions, politics and public policy. Its comprehensive scope, which includes the European Union, makes it essential reading for both academics and political practitioners. The books in this series have originated from special issues published by West European Politics.
France’s Political Institutions at 50
1st Edition
Edited
By Emiliano Grossman, Nicolas Sauger
August 03, 2016
Fifty years after the creation of the Fifth Republic, French politics is undergoing profound changes. The election of Nicolas Sarkozy has announced a general review of the French political system. A special committee – the comité constitutionnel – is currently drafting a catalogue of ...
Italy - A Contested Polity
1st Edition
Edited
By Martin Bull, Martin Rhodes
August 03, 2016
Despite the promise of the new "Second Republic" launched in the early 1990s, Italy remains Europe’s least well-governed country. Fifteen years ago, politicians on the take and mafiosi on the make were supposedly pushed aside by a new generation of reformers and crusading magistrates. However, in ...
Immigration Policy in Europe: The Politics of Control
1st Edition
Edited
By Virginie Guiraudon, Gallya Lahav
February 29, 2016
Previously published as a special issue of West European Politics, this edited volume evaluates the extent to which a policy gap between inputs and outcomes exists with regard to immigration control. In exploring an expanded migration policy-field which includes the extreme right, the media and ...
Towards A New Executive Order In Europe?
1st Edition
Edited
By Deirdre Curtin, Morten Egeberg
August 12, 2015
The executive branch of government in Europe is being gradually transformed in several significant respects. First, executive power has been continuously strengthened at the EU level in the form of the European Commission, EU-level agencies and diplomatic and military staff in the Union Council ...
From Europeanisation to Diffusion
1st Edition
Edited
By Tanja A. Borzel, Thomas Risse
July 22, 2015
This book provides a comprehensive account of the extent to which policies and institutions of the European Union (EU) spread across different contexts. Are the EU’s attempts to transfer its policies and institutions to accession and neighbourhood countries sustainable and effective? To what degree...
Policy Change & Discourse in Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Claudio M. Radaelli, Vivien Schmidt
June 08, 2015
A new examination of the actual place of discourse in democratic policymaking. It tackles key questions, such as when and how does discourse matter during major political institutional change? and what is the power of Europeanization in domestic and international policy changes...
The Politics of Belgium: Institutions and Policy under Bipolar and Centrifugal Federalism
1st Edition
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By Marleen Brans, Lieven De Winter, Wilfried Swenden
December 11, 2013
For too long Belgium remained an unexplored terrain by comparative political scientists. Belgium's politics were best known through the writings of Arend Lijphart, who considered it a model case of consociationalism. Over the past ten to fifteen years, the analysis of consociationalism has been ...
Norway in Transition: Transforming a Stable Democracy
1st Edition
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By Oyvind Osterud
October 18, 2013
The transformation of Norway is a magnifying glass to processes of political change in European countries generally. In this book, a group of Norway`s most prominent political scientists closely analyzes the forces of change - ranging from the political apparatus, the mode of partisan ...
Accountability and European Governance
1st Edition
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By Deirdre Curtin, Peter Mair, Yannis Papadopoulos
May 31, 2013
In recent years there has been a considerable effort in some transnational organizations and institutions to confront a crisis of legitimacy by promising more accountability and openness. This volume takes as its central focus the role of accountability in democratic governance, and attempts to ...
The Structure of Political Competition in Western Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Zsolt Enyedi, Kevin Deegan-Krause
May 03, 2013
Is European party politics hovering above society? Why do voters pick one party over others? Is it a question of class? Of religion? Of attitudes about taxes or immigration or global warming? Or is it something else entirely? The Structure of Political Competition in Western Europe takes a detailed...
Interest Group Politics in Europe: Lessons from EU Studies and Comparative Politics
1st Edition
Edited
By Jan Beyers, Rainer Eising, William A. Maloney
March 29, 2012
Interest organizations have always assumed a prominent place in European politics because they link states with citizens, institutionalize the resolution of social conflicts, regulate important sectors of the economy and society, contribute to workable policy outcomes and socialize members into ...
European Politics: Pasts, presents, futures
1st Edition
Edited
By Klaus Goetz, Peter Mair, Gordon Smith
October 06, 2010
This book arises out of a specially commissioned issue of West European Politics marking the journal's 30th anniversary. It examines the profound changes in the European political landscape over the last three decades, including the fall of Communism; progressive European integration; territorial ...