Developments in West European Politics

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Towards a New Europe?....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Economic Integration and the Nation-State....Pages 19-36
European Integration and the Nation-State....Pages 37-54
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
The Welfare State: Internal Challenges, External Constraints....Pages 57-74
Executives, Bureaucracies and Decision-Making....Pages 75-94
Illicit Governance: Corruption, Scandal and Fraud....Pages 95-113
Electoral Systems and Voting Behaviour....Pages 114-130
European Party Systems: Continuity and Change....Pages 131-150
Organised Interests and the State....Pages 151-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Capitalism versus Capitalism in Western Europe....Pages 171-189
Regional Economic Policy and a Europe of the Regions....Pages 190-206
Foreign, Defence and Security Policy....Pages 207-225
Environmental Policy and Politics....Pages 226-243
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Beyond Liberal Politics? European Modernity and the Nation-State....Pages 247-262
The Media and Politics....Pages 263-280
The Integration of Feminism into West European Politics....Pages 281-299
New Challenges: Postmaterialism and the Extreme Right....Pages 300-319
Back Matter....Pages 320-363