Recently added articles from West European Politics:
The European Convention: bargaining in the shadow of rhetoric.
May 01, 2004; Magnette, Paul ... <Pre> The European Convention on the Future of Europe was initially presented as a turning point in the history of European integration. This article argues that, although its composition was broader, its process more transparent and its rules more flexible than classic ...
Southern European public bureaucracies in comparative perspective.
May 01, 2004; Sotiropoulos, Dimitri A. ... Perhaps paradoxically, the comparative study of modern bureaucracies has been less advanced in European countries associated with negative stereotypes of administrative performance. Such is the case of the countries of Southern Europe (Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain). Comparative ...
Ethnoreligious politics in France: Jews and Muslims.
May 01, 2004; Safran, William ... FRENCH IDEOLOGY AND THE PROBLEM OF ETHNORELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES A preliminary explanation of both the topic and the title is in order. The topic itself is sensitive and politically incorrect, given the Jacobin republican ideology, which is still valid. According to that ideology, ...
Non-compliance with EU directives in the member states: opposition through the backdoor?
May 01, 2004; Falkner, Gerda ... NON-COMPLIANCE AS OPPOSITION: QUESTIONS AND RESEARCH DESIGN In recent times, scholars of European integration have increasingly focused on the effects of Europeanisation on domestic systems of governance. This perspective has produced a number of studies dealing with the impact ...
Explaining the emergence of radical right-wing populist parties: the case of Denmark.
May 01, 2004; Rydgren, Jens ... Denmark became famous in the early 1970s as the home of the strongest right-wing populist party on the continent, the Progress Party, which emerged in the landslide election of 1973 with 15.9 per cent of the vote. Today, the Progress Party has withered away, whereas another rightist party, ...
Elite collusion and public defiance: Sweden's Euro referendum in 2003.
May 01, 2004; Widfeldt, Anders ... <Pre> In a referendum held on Sunday. 14 September 2003, the Swedish electorate rejected membership of the third stage of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). After a campaign characterised as heated by Swedish standards, and the murder of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, the ...
The Swiss elections of October 2003: two steps to system change?
May 01, 2004; Church, Clive H. ... As in 1999, the results of the Swiss elections came as something of a shock to the many observers who expected only limited changes (Church 2000). In fact the 2003 election produced two dramatic developments. On the one hand there was another exceptional surge by the right-wing Swiss ...
Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work.(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; Steunenberg, Bernard ... Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work. By GEORGE TSEBELIS. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002, Pp. 320. 36.95 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN 0-6910-9988-X; 12.95 [pounds sterling] (paper) ISBN 0-6910-9989-8. Veto Players is a remarkable book which combines ...
The European Parliament.(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; Mironesco, Christine ... The European Parliament. By DAVID JUDGE and DAVID EARNSHAW. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Pp. xii + 355, 19 tables, 3 figs, 4 boxes, biblio, index. 17.99 [pounds sterling] (paper) ISBN 0-333-59874-1; 52.50 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN 0-333-59873-3. This book is most ...
Commonwealth: The Other Road to Democracy--The Swiss Model of Democratic Self-Government.(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; Dardanelli, Paolo ... Commonwealth: The Other Road to Democracy--The Swiss Model of Democratic Self-Government. Edited by DANIEL ELAZAR. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2001. Pp. xv + 272, biblio, index. US$75 (cloth) ISBN 0-7391-0236-2. Outsiders have long looked at Switzerland as a model to imitate ...
Nationalisme et Populisme en Suisse: la radicalisation de la 'nouvelle' UDC.(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; Church, Clive H. ... Nationalisme et Populisme en Suisse: la radicalisation de la 'nouvelle' UDC. By OSCAR MAZZOLENI. Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes/ Le savoir Suisse 9, 2003. 10.90 [euro] (paper) ISBN 2-88074-585-3. One problem with much foreign comment on contemporary ...
High Politics in the Low Countries. An Empirical Study of Coalition Agreements in Belgium and the Netherlands.(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; Woldendorp, Jaap ... High Politics in the Low Countries. An Empirical Study of Coalition Agreements in Belgium and the Netherlands. By A.I. TIMMERMANS. Aldershot and Burlington: Ashgate, 2003. Pp. viii + 168, 22 tables, biblio, index. 45.00 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN 0-7546-1559-6. This book ...
Elites, Language, and the Politics of Identity.(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; Safran, William ... Elites, Language, and Politics of Identity. BY GREGG BUCKEN-KNAPP. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2003. Pp. 193, biblio, index. 41.00 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN 0-7914-5655-2; 14.25 [pounds sterling] (paper) ISBN 0-7914-5656-0. This book, a case study of the ...
The Radical Right in Germany: 1870 to the Present.(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; Acha, Beatriz ... The Radical Right in Germany: 1870 to the Present. By LEE MCGOWAN. London: Longman, Pearson Education, 2002. Pp. x + 230. 19.99 [pounds sterling] (paper) ISBN 0-582-29193-3. In The Radical Right in Germany: 1870 to the Present, Lee McGowan portrays a very interesting description ...
Europaisierung der osterreichischen Politik. Konsequenzen der EU-Mitgliedschaft.(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; Kietz, Daniela ... Europaisierung der osterreichischen Politik. Konsequenzen der EU-Mitgliedschaft. Edited by HEINRICH NEISSER and SONJA PUNTSCHER RIEKMANN. Wien: WUV-Universitatsverlag, 2002. Pp. 428. 36 [euro] (paper) ISBN 3-8511-4680-8. Austria's accession to the European Union (EU) in 1995 is ...
Poles Together? The Emergence and Development of Political Parties in Postcommunist Poland.(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; Mair, Peter ... Poles Together? The Emergence and Development of Political Parties in Postcommonist Poland. By ALEKS SZCZERBIAK. Budapest: Central European University Press, 2001. Pp. xvii + 280, 34 tables, biblio, index. 13.95 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN 963-9241-23-7. This book is about ...
Beyond Post-Communist Studies. Political Science and the New Democracies of Europe.(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; Mudde, Cas ... Beyond Post-Communist Studies. Political Science and the New Democracies of Europe. By TERRY D. CLARK. Armonk and London: M.E. Sharpe, 2002. Pp. xii + 178, biblio, index. 16.95 [pounds sterling] (paper) ISBN 0-7656-0981-9; 44.00 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN 0-7656-0980-0. In ...
Global Capital and National Governments.(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; Jarvis, Darryl S.L. ... Global Capital and National Governments. By LAYNA MOSLEY. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Pp. iii + 379, 68 figs & tables, index, biblio. 18.99 [pounds sterling] (paper) ISBN 0-521-52162-9; 50 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN 0-521-81521-5. For scholars of ...
Creating Cooperation. How States Develop Human Capital in Europe.(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; Lane, Christel ... Creating Cooperation. How States Develop Human Capital in Europe. By PEPPER CULPEPPER. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. 2003. Pp. xiii + 239, biblio, index. 21.95 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN 0-80114-4069-6 This book is important on two counts. It develops a new ...
El reto de la participacion: Movimientos sociales y organizaciones.(Book Review)
May 01, 2004; Alcalde, Javier ... El reto de la participacion: Movimientos sociales y organizaciones. Edited by JOSE MANUEL ROBLES. Madrid: Visor/Antonio Machado 2002. Pp. 432, biblio, index. 15.27 [pounds sterling] (paper) ISBN 84-7774-759-8. This book represents an excellent overview of recent Spanish ...
