European politics
Subtitle: a comparative introduction
By: Tim Bale
Series: Comparative government and politics; Comparative government and politics (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780230801868
Subjects: Politics and government; Politieke stelsels; Reference; Government; Vergelijkende politicologie; Comparative government; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Comparative; European Union; Politieke situatie
Description: A major new thematically-organised introduction to the governance and politics of Europe. This text provides an accessible guide to both the institutions and the issues that matter in a continent where the boundaries between East and West, and between domestic and EU affairs are breaking down. Bale was at Victoria Uni of Wellington, NZ.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references p. (272-287) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Europe: a continent in the making; title: The end of the nation state? federalism, devolution, and the European Union; title: From government to governance: running the state, making policy and policing the constitution; title: Governments and parliaments: a long way from equality; title: Parties: how the past affects the present, and an uncertain future; title: Elections, voting, and referendums: systems, turnout, preferences, and unpredictability; title: The media: player and recorder; title: Pressure politics: civil society, organized interests and new social movements; title: Politics over economics: enduring differences between left and right; title: Not wanted but needed: migrants and minorities; title: Making the world a better place? Europe's international politics.