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European Politics

Edited by Colin Hay and Anand Menon

Price: £23.99 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-928428-3
Publication date: 18 January 2007
496 pages, Tables, 246x189 mm

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  • 'All of the chapters are well written by outstanding scholars, providing comprehensive but accessible coverage of the topic. The book is commendable reading for students and a useful didactic instrument for lecturers in the field of European studies.' - Sorm Denca, University of Birmingham

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  • Provides significantly more comprehensive coverage than competing texts, allowing instructors to customise the text for any module no matter what the emphasis or perspective.
  • Assumes no background knowledge, making it accessible to first year students.
  • Carefully edited contributions from international experts, providing students with authoritative and accessible content.
  • Provides coverage of not only Western, but also Central and Eastern Europe, taking into account the enlargement of the European Union.
  • Excellent learning features throughout to support student learning, including readers guides, key points, questions, guide to further reading, web links, boxes, and a glossary.
  • Cutting-edge Online Resource Centre with an interactive map of Europe, Multiple Choice Questions, flashcard glossary and PowerPoint slides.
  • Two-colour text to aid navigation.
This textbook blends an analysis of individual nation states with an examination of the critical issues that confront them all, and which are addressed comparatively. It takes account of both the national and transnational factors that affect and are affected by politics in Europe - notably European integration and globalisation.

The book includes chapters on all the major issues confronting students of politics in Europe, organised into four sections. Section One provides basic information and details of essential debates concerning the states of Europe and the European Union. Section Two presents comparative chapters on the key features of European politics. These provide a sense of the major areas of continuity and change across Europe as a whole. Section Three again presents explicitly comparative chapters outlining the developments in specific policy sectors. Finally, Section Four outlines the nature of the external relations of Europe.

This book is supported by a cutting-edge Online Resource Centre.

Student resources:

Interactive map of Europe with facts, key dates and web links for 26 countries (BRAND NEW HE ONLINE RESOURCE)
Multiple Choice Questions for each chapter
Flashcard glossary

Lecturer resources:

PowerPoint slides for each chapter

Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students undertaking a course on European Politics, Comparative Politics, European Union Politics or Introduction to Politics.

Contents
Introduction , Colin Hay & Anand Menon
Part One: Politics in European States
1. Germany , John Bendix
2. France , Robert Elgie
3. Italy , David Hine
4. Britain , Ben Rosamond
5. Scandinavia , Eric Einhorn & John Logue
6. Belgium and the Netherlands , Stephen Wolinetz
7. Spain and Portugal , Jonathan Hopkin
8. Greece, Turkey and Cyprus , Nathalie Tocci
9. Central and Eastern Europe , Tim Haughton
Part Two: Political Dynamics in Contemporary Europe
10. The European Integration Process , Desmond Dinan
11. The Institutions of the European Union , Hussein Kassim
12. European Parties and Party Systems , Robert Ladrech
13. Social Change , Colin Crouch
14. Executives , B. Guy Peters
15. Courts , Lisa Conant
Part Three: Public Policies of Europe
16. Economic Management in the Eurozone , Grahame F Thompson
17. Welfare Policy , Linda Hantrais
18. Environmental Policy , Wyn Grant and Jane Feehan
19. Migration Policy , Randall Hansen
20. Competition and Industrial Policy , Lee McGowan
Part Four: Europe in the Wider World
21. European Union Enlargement , Ania Krok-Paszkowaka and Jan Zielonka
22. External Economic Relations , Alasdair R. Young
23. Transatlantic Relations , Jolyon Howorth
24. Conclusion , Colin Hay and Anand Menon

Authors, editors, and contributors


Edited by Colin Hay, Professor of Political Analysis at the University of Birmingham and
Anand Menon, Director of the European Research Institute and Professor of European Politics at the University of Birmingham

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Politics & government
Political science & theory
European studies
EU & European institutions

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