Politics of the New Europe - Atlantic to Urals

Sommario

Introduction
PART I: THE NEW EUROPEAN ORDER
1. Security and peace
2. European Union and the European Union
3. The European state
4. States, territories and ethnonationalism: Variations on one, or two themes?
PART II: MEDIATING INTERNAL CONFLICTS
5. Support for democracy
6. Television, radio and press
7. Institutionalising interests
8. Environment and peace: a new politics of social movements?
9. The old politics of political parties
PART III: STEERING STATES
10. Building the institutional framework: electoral systems, party systems and presidents
11. Parties, parliaments and governments
12. Parties, governments and bureaucracies
13. Regions and localities: power-sharing with the periphery
14. Judges and courts: interpreting rules or making policy
PART IV: POLITICAL ECONOMY
15. Reshaping the welfate state
16. Managing the economy
PART V: THE FUTURE OF THE NEW EUROPE
17. Minorities and migrants: European dilemmas
18. Strategic choices for Europe
Author index
Subject Index

Info autore

Ian Budge, Kenneth Newton

Riassunto

This text explains the dynamics of politics across Europe in the post-Cold War era. It compares democratisation, the transition to a market economy and the increasing economic and political integration in the countries of central and eastern Europe with experiences in Scandinavia, and southern and western Europe.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Klaus Armingeon, Ian Budge, Ian (University of Essex Budge, Ian Newton Budge, Ian/ Newton Budge, Professor of Government Ian (University of Budge, Budge Ian, Peter Frank, Hans Keman, Emil Kirchner, Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Stein Kuhnle, R.D. McKinley, Ferdinand Müller-Rommel, Michael Nentwich, Kenneth Newton, Newton Kenneth, Matthew Shugart, Derek Urwin, michael Waller, Bernhard Wessels
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 09.02.2015
• EAN: 9781138836518
• ISBN: 978-1-138-83651-8
• Pagine: 432
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Sistema politico; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, Political structure & processes, Political structure and processes, exam;ple;som;etim;eastern;czech;republic;cam;bridge;agreem