The Europeanization of politics
Subtitle: the formation of a European electorate and party system in historical perspective
By: Daniele Caramani, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781107118676; 9781107544604
Subjects: Political culture; Political parties; Elections; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-341) and index.
Table of contents: title: Electoral integration in Europe; title: Framework; title: Theoretical framework: Europeanization in historical perspective; title: Research design: European party families and party systems analysis; title: Homogeneity: convergence and deviation in European electoral development, 1848-2012; title: Uniformity: electoral waves and electoral swings across Europe, 1848-2012; title: Correspondence: overlapping vs. distinctive electorates in national and European elections, 1974-2012; title: Cohesion: ideological convergence within European party families, 1945-2009; title: Closure: the Europeanization of cabinet and coalition politics, 1945-2009; title: Sources of Europeanization: supra-, within- and trans-national explanations toward European-wide representation.