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Zusatztext This edited collection presents a superb survey of Western European politics, featuring an all-star cast of contributors The 23 substantive chapters are short, pithy, and usually right on the mark. Highly recommended. Informationen zum Autor Jack Hayward is Research Professor at the University of Hull and a Fellow of the British Academy.Anand Menon is Director of the European Research Institute, Birmingham University Klappentext A-state-of-the-art and comprehensive survey covering all aspects of politics in Western Europe. The volume brings together the very best scholars in the field from the UK! continental Europe and North America. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive survey aims to provide an overview of all aspects of politics in western Europe. Aspects of the EU and the Europeanization of institutions are discussed! along with the welfare state! economic issues and the condition of democracy across the region. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Introduction: Grappling with Untidy Reality 1: Peter A. Hall: Institutions and the Evolution of European Democracy 2: Paul P. Craig: National Courts and the Community Law The Core Executive 3: Rudy B. Andeweg: On Studying Governments 4: Rod Rhodes: What is New about Governance and Why does it Matter 5: Klaus Goetz: Executives in Comparative Context 6: Neill Nugent and Willie Paterson: The Political System of the European Union Public Administration 7: Guy Peters: Dismantling and Rebuilding the Weberian State 8: Sabino Cassese: The Age of Administrative Reforms 9: Hussein Kassim: The European Administration: Between Europeanization and Domostication 10: Edward Page: Europeanization and the Persistence of Administrative Systems Parties and Organized Interest 11: Gordon Smith: The Decline of Party 12: Colin Crouch: Comparing Economic Interest Organizations 13: Sonia Mazey and Jeremy Richardson: Interest Groups and the Brussels Bureaucracy Democracy and Popular Participation 14: Sidney Tarrow: Contentious Politics in Western Europe and the United States 15: Yves Mény: From Popular Dissatisfaction to Populism: Democracy, Constitutionalism and Corruption 16: Sonia Alonso and José Maria Maravall: Democratizations in the European Periphery Public Policy 17: Giandomenico Majone: The Politics of Regulation and European Regulatory Institutions 18: Mark Thatcher: From Industrial Policy to a Regulatory State: constrasting institutional change in Britain and France 19: Loukas Tsoukalis: Monetary Policy and the Euro 20: Maurizio Ferrera, Anton Hemerijck and Martin Rhodes: Recasting European Welfare States The State 21: Wolfgan Müller: The Changing European State 22: Patrick Le Galès: The European State 23: Andrew Hurrell and Anand Menon: International Relations, International Institutions and the European State Conclusion: Governing Europe Bibliography ...
