Format:
Online-Ressource (2 v. in 1)
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ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780313391811
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9781283289436
Content:
Cover -- VOLUME 1 -- Contents -- 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Volume 1 is a revised and updated version of: European politics into the twenty-first century. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000
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""Cover""; ""VOLUME 1""; ""Contents""; ""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""
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""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""
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""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""
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""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""
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""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""
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""The Euro""
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780313391828
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780313391811
Additional Edition:
Print version Europe, A Political Profile : An American Companion to European Politics
Language:
English
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