Europe, A Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics, 2 volumes

Cover......Page 1
VOLUME 1......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
List of Maps, Figures, and Tables......Page 12
Preface......Page 16
Introduction to Volume 1......Page 18
Politics in and among Nations......Page 20
Power......Page 30
From Greece to the Labor Movement......Page 40
Civil Society......Page 43
Representative Democracy Challenged......Page 44
3 Europe......Page 50
Europe: A Quick Geographical Note......Page 51
One Europe or Many Europes?......Page 55
A Quick Note on the European Economies......Page 61
A Brief Note on Social and Political Life......Page 64
4 The European Experience: A Historical Note......Page 68
From Ancient Times to the 20th Century......Page 69
The 20th Century......Page 77
Comparison of US and European Historical Developments......Page 84
The European Identity......Page 85
Kosovo......Page 88
Language and Nationhood......Page 89
Religion......Page 94
The Center and the Periphery......Page 97
Social Class......Page 100
Coping with Division: Integration versus Exclusion......Page 101
The Decline of the Traditional Sources of Division......Page 102
Immigrants: A New Divide?......Page 103
Division versus Diversity......Page 108
Parliamentarism versus Presidentialism......Page 110
Continental Democracy versus Westminster Democracy......Page 112
Germanic Democracy and Latin Democracy......Page 115
Unitarism versus Federalism......Page 117
New Developments......Page 118
The European Political Spectrum......Page 120
Conservatism......Page 123
Liberalism......Page 124
Labor Ideologies: Anarchism, Social Democracy, and Communism......Page 127
Christian Democracy......Page 131
Fascism and Nazism......Page 134
New Ideologies......Page 135
Social Characteristics and Ideologies......Page 138
Regional Variations in Coping with Ideological Division......Page 139
Americanization of European Politics?......Page 142
Where the Votes Are: Elections......Page 144
Where the Power Is: Political Parties......Page 151
Coalition Governments and Party Systems......Page 157
Regional Variations in Elections, Parties, and Government......Page 158
The Real Legislator: Government......Page 162
The Final Say: Parliament......Page 166
Head of State: President or Monarch......Page 171
The Constitution and the Judiciary......Page 173
The Bureaucracy......Page 177
Regional Variations in Parliamentary and Governmental Power......Page 178
The Semi-presidential System......Page 179
Challenging Representative Democracy......Page 182
Civil Society European Style......Page 186
One of Europe’s Favorites: Business/Labor/Government Tripartism......Page 189
From Doctors to Students: Other Interest Associations and Movements......Page 193
Regional Variation in Civil Society......Page 195
The Commercial Revolution: The Mass Media......Page 197
Local and Regional Politics......Page 202
Federalism......Page 208
12 Public Policy......Page 214
Policy Styles......Page 215
Welfare Is Not Welfare: The European Welfare State......Page 217
Education......Page 230
Immigration and Citizenship Policies......Page 232
Left and Right: Does It Make a Difference?......Page 235
Life and Death......Page 237
13 Supranational Politics: The European Union......Page 242
The Euro......Page 244
Toward European Integration......Page 247
Two Founding Fathers and One Active Leader......Page 250
EU Policies......Page 251
Intergovernmental Decision Making......Page 257
The Supranational Structures......Page 260
Eurosclerosis?......Page 271
Comparison with the United States......Page 272
14 International Politics......Page 274
Marking Territories in Multipolar Europe......Page 275
The Bipolar World during the Cold War......Page 276
Europe in the New Unipolar World......Page 279
A Divided Continent in Search of Unity......Page 283
Even Good Neighbors Have Their Quarrels......Page 286
The EU’s Foreign Policy......Page 288
The British Isles......Page 290
The Big Three of Continental Western Europe......Page 291
The Other Germanic and Latin Nations......Page 295
Central Europe......Page 300
The Balkan Peninsula......Page 303
Eastern Europe......Page 307
Southeastern Europe......Page 309
The Other Countries......Page 310
16 Europe and the United States: Social Class and Race—Convergence or Divergence?......Page 312
Sources Quoted in Volume 1......Page 316
Appendix A: 1992 EU Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty), Preamble, Titles I and II......Page 318
Appendix B: The 1999 Blair/Schröder Manifesto: Europe: The Third Way/Die Neue Mitte......Page 326
Appendix C: List of European Nations and the United States......Page 338
VOLUME 2......Page 344
Contents......Page 348
Introduction to Volume 2......Page 350
1 British Isles: Ireland, Great Britain......Page 354
2 The Big Three of Continental Western Europe: Germany, France, Italy......Page 384
3 Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland......Page 438
4 The Low Countries: The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg......Page 476
5 The Alpine Nations: Switzerland, Austria......Page 508
6 Iberian Peninsula: Portugal, Spain......Page 528
7 The Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania......Page 548
8 Mid-Central Europe: Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary......Page 568
9 Balkan Peninsula: The Former Yugoslavia—Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia......Page 596
10 The Other Balkan Countries: Albania, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece......Page 628
11 Eastern Europe: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine......Page 660
12 Southeastern Europe: Turkey, Caucasian Countries (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan)......Page 680
13 The Other Countries: Iceland, Malta, Cyprus......Page 702
14 The Ministates: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City State......Page 718
A......Page 722
B......Page 728
C......Page 734
D......Page 750
E......Page 754
F......Page 762
G......Page 766
H......Page 772
I......Page 774
J......Page 780
K......Page 781
L......Page 783
M......Page 786
N......Page 791
O......Page 796
P......Page 800
Q......Page 814
R......Page 815
S......Page 821
T......Page 832
U......Page 836
V......Page 839
W......Page 840
Y......Page 843
Z......Page 844
Sources and Further Reading......Page 846
Appendix A: List of European Nations and the United States......Page 856
A......Page 860
B......Page 862
C......Page 864
D......Page 867
E......Page 868
F......Page 871
G......Page 872
I......Page 875
K......Page 878
L......Page 879
M......Page 881
N......Page 882
O......Page 883
P......Page 884
R......Page 887
S......Page 888
T......Page 892
V......Page 894
Y......Page 895