European democracies
By: Markus M.L. Crepaz, Jürg Steiner
Contributors: Steiner, Jürg
Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780205854783
Subjects: Politics and government; Democracy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Becoming modern in Europe and America : different history, different politics; title: Political parties; title: "The most specific manipulative instrument of politics" : electoral systems and how votes are turned into seats; title: From legislative to executive authority : cabinet formation; title: Courts; title: Referenda; title: Federalism; title: Social movements; title: The state, corporatism, the great meltdown of 2008, and the Greek debt crisis of 2011; title: Policy outcomes; title: The legacy of communism in Central and Eastern Europe; title: Nationalism and ethnicity; title: Power sharing in deeply divided communities; title: The European Union; title: Globalization and European democracies.