Specially written for an American audience, this accessible encyclopedic survey covers politics in every individual European nation and in the European Union.
List of Maps, Figures, and Tables Preface Introduction to Volume 1 1 Politics: Basic Concepts Politics in and among Nations Power 2 Democracy From Greece to the Labor Movement Civil Society Representative Democracy Challenged 3 Europe Europe: A Quick Geographical Note One Europe or Many Europes? A Quick Note on the European Economies A Brief Note on Social and Political Life 4 The European Experience: A Historical Note From Ancient Times to the 20th Century The 20th Century Comparison of US and European Historical Developments The European Identity 5 The Nature of European Nations Kosovo Language and Nationhood Religion The Center and the Periphery Social Class Coping with Division: Integration versus Exclusion The Decline of the Traditional Sources of Division Immigrants: A New Divide? 6 The Design of European Democracy Division versus Diversity Parliamentarism versus Presidentialism Continental Democracy versus Westminster Democracy Germanic Democracy and Latin Democracy Unitarism versus Federalism New Developments 7 European Liberals Are Not American Liberals: The European Ideologies The European Political Spectrum Conservatism Liberalism Labor Ideologies: Anarchism, Social Democracy, and Communism Christian Democracy Fascism and Nazism New Ideologies Social Characteristics and Ideologies Regional Variations in Coping with Ideological Division Americanization of European Politics? 8 From Elections to Governments: The Long Way Where the Votes Are: Elections Where the Power Is: Political Parties Coalition Governments and Party Systems Regional Variations in Elections, Parties, and Government 9 Government and Parliament The Real Legislator: Government The Final Say: Parliament Head of State: President or Monarch The Constitution and the Judiciary The Bureaucracy Regional Variations in Parliamentary and Governmental Power The Semi-presidential System Challenging Representative Democracy 10 Civil Society Civil Society European Style One of Europe's Favorites: Business/Labor/Government Tripartism From Doctors to Students: Other Interest Associations and Movements Regional Variation in Civil Society The Commercial Revolution: The Mass Media 11 Local and Regional Government Local and Regional Politics Federalism 12 Public Policy Policy Styles Welfare Is Not Welfare: The European Welfare State Education Immigration and Citizenship Policies Left and Right: Does It Make a Difference? Life and Death 13 Supranational Politics: The European Union The Euro Toward European Integration Two Founding Fathers and One Active Leader EU Policies The EU Structure Intergovernmental Decision Making The Supranational Structures Eurosclerosis? Comparison with the United States 14 International Politics Marking Territories in Multipolar Europe The Bipolar World during the Cold War Europe in the New Unipolar World A Divided Continent in Search of Unity Even Good Neighbors Have Their Quarrels The EU's Foreign Policy 15 European Nations by Region The British Isles The Big Three of Continental Western Europe The Other Germanic and Latin Nations Central Europe The Balkan Peninsula Eastern Europe Southeastern Europe The Other Countries 16 Europe and the United States: Social Class and Race—Convergence or Divergence? Sources Quoted in Volume 1 Appendix A: 1992 EU Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty), Preamble, Titles I and II Appendix B: The 1999 Blair/Schröder Manifesto: Europe: The Third Way/Die Neue Mitte Appendix C: List of European Nations and the United States Introduction to Volume 2 1 British Isles: Ireland, Great Britain 2 The Big Three of Continental Western Europe: Germany, France, Italy 3 Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland 4 The Low Countries: The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg 5 The Alpine Nations: Switzerland, Austria 6 Iberian Peninsula: Portugal, Spain 7 The Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania 8 Mid-Central Europe: Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary 9 Balkan Peninsula: The Former Yugoslavia—Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia 10 The Other Balkan Countries: Albania, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece 11 Eastern Europe: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine 12 Southeastern Europe: Turkey, Caucasian Countries (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan) 13 The Other Countries: Iceland, Malta, Cyprus 14 The Ministates: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City State Glossary Sources and Further Reading Appendix A: List of European Nations and the United States Index
Hans Slomp, PhD, is associate professor of comparative politics at the Institute for Management Research at Radboud University, Nijmegen, Holland.
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