Table of Contents

Part 1: Democratic Representation
1: Jean-Benoit Pilet and Alan Renwick: Electoral Systems
2: André Krouwel: Political Parties
3: Erik Tillman: Voting Behaviour
4: Patrick Bernhagen and Angelika Vetter: Political Participation
5: Tapio Raunio: Democracy and the EU
6: David M. Farrell and Luke Field: Beyond Electoral Representation: direct and deliberative democracy
Part 2: The Process of Government
7: Petra Schleiter: The Executive Branch
8: Petia Kostadinova and Robert Thomson: Parties in Government
9: Shane Martin: Parliaments
10: Nuno Garoupa and Pedro C. Magalhães: Constitutions and Courts
11: Michael Keating: Levels of Government
Part 3: Common Challenges
12: Neil Robinson and Owen Worth: Politics and Markets
13: Anna Triandafyllidou and Ruby Gropas: Migration
14: Mai'a K. Davis Cross: Security and Terrorism
15: Mara Morini: The Rise of Anti-Establishment Parties
16: Nikola Tomic and Ben Tonra: Defence

About the Author

Rory Costello, Politics Lecturer, University of Limerick, Neil Robinson, Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Limerick