Representative Government in Modern Europe - Brossura

Gallagher, Michael; Mair, Peter; Laver, Michael

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0071244433 ISBN 13: 9780071244435

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2005

Riassunto

The fourth edition of this text continues to unite the theoretical analysis of representative government and its application to the real world of politics--with a unique focus on the core features of representative government as they manifest themselves across the whole of modern Europe. The book identifies and examines broad themes and patterns in the politics of the whole of “modern Europe”--not, as some other books do, only with regard to a handful of often atypical countries. Europe has been transformed by the dramatic democratization of many of the former Communist states of central and eastern Europe; reflecting this change, the fourth edition has also been transformed: country coverage has been extended to include all of the eight post-communist states that are now members of the EU, and discussion of politics in these countries has been integrated into the main body of text and tables. The “modern Europe” discussed in this book is thus the Europe that came into being in May 2004, and the text reflects the ways in which thinking about representative government has changed as a result of these dramatic developments.

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L'autore

Michael Gallagher is Professor of Comparative Politics at Trinity College, University of Dublin. He has also held Visiting Chairs at Sciences-Po, Lille, City University of Hong Kong, The Centre for Eurpean Studies, New York University.

Contenuti

Preface

1. Introduction

2. The Executive

3. Parliaments

4. Constitutions, Judges, and Politics

5. The European Union and Representative Government

6. Levels of Governance

7. Patterns in Party Politics and Party Systems

8. Party Families

9. Cleavage Structures and Electoral Change

10. Inside European Political Parties

11. Elections, Electoral Systems, and Referendums

12. Building and Maintaining Government

13. Does Representative Government Make a Difference?

14. Politics Outside Parliament

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0071244433
• ISBN 13: 9780071244435
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 4
• Numero di pagine: 480