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.
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 Börzel, 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
Edited
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
Edited
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
Edited
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 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 ...
EU Enlargement and Referendums
1st Edition
Edited
By Aleks Szczerbiak, Paul Taggart
September 30, 2009
A series of EU accession referendums were held in nine candidate countries, eight post-communist states and Malta, between March and September 2003. These referendums provide us with an excellent comparative opportunity to deepen our understanding of the European integration issue and how it ...
Politics and Policy in Greece: The Challenge of 'Modernisation'
1st Edition
Edited
By Kevin Featherstone
December 27, 2005
This rare focus on the politics of contemporary Greece explores in particular the country’s processes of public policy-making. It is more than thirty years since the restoration of democracy in Greece and in this period the country has undergone a number of major changes. Domestic political ...