Title:Party Governments: European and American experiences
Author(s):KATZ, Richard S.Date:1987Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This is the second volume from the project on "The Future of Party Government." For a general introduction to the project, the reader should consult the introduction to the first volume. Volume II of the series, "European ...
Title:Party Patronage and Party Government in European Democracies
Author(s):KOPECKÝ, Petr; MAIR, Peter; SPIROVA, MariaDate:2012Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This book brings together insights from the worlds of party politics and public administration in order to analyze the role of political parties in public appointments across contemporary Europe. Based on an extensive new ...
Title:Pension Politics: Consensus and social conflict in ageing societies
Author(s):MARIER, PatrikDate:2008Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This book explains why certain countries have been able to radically transform their pension system while others have simply altered parameters. To answer this question an extensive comparative analysis, including more ...
Title:Pension Reform in Europe: Politics, Policies and Outcomes
Author(s):ARZA, Camila; KOHLI, MartinDate:2008Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Contents
1. Introduction: The political economy of pension reform
by Camila Arza and Martin Kohli
Part I. The politics of pension reform
2. The "new politics" of pension reforms in Continental Europe
by David Natali ...
Title:Philosophies of Integration: Immigration and the idea of citizenship in France and Britain
Author(s):FAVELL, AdrianDate:1998Type of Publication:BookAbstract:A comprehensive comparative study of the distinct ideas and political arguments that have shaped French and British policies towards their ethnic minorities, and the effects of these intellectual frameworks at local, ...
Title:A Philosophy of Political Myth
Author(s):BOTTICI, ChiaraDate:2007Type of Publication:BookAbstract:In this book Chiara Bottici argues for a philosophical understanding of political myth. Bottici demonstrates that myth is a process, one of continuous work on a basic narrative pattern that responds to a need for significance. ...
Title:The Plurality of the Truth: A critique of research on the state and European integration
Author(s):OJANEN, HannaDate:1998Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This study examines the question of how the state and European integration relate to each other. It covers: troubling concepts and theories; approaches to the relationship between state and integration; Nordic cooperation ...
Title:Politica in Italia: i fatti dell'anno e le interpretazioni. Edizione 2012
Author(s):BOSCO, Anna; MCDONNELL, DuncanDate:2012Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This volume examines and analyzes events in Italy during 2011: a year which saw the fall of the Berlusconi government amidst a severe financial crisis and its replacement by a cabinet of unelected technocratic ministers, ...
Title:Political Allegiance after European Integration
Author(s):WHITE, JonathanDate:2011Type of Publication:BookAbstract:How should political community be seen in the context of European integration? This book combines a theoretical treatment of political allegiance with a study of ordinary citizens, examining how taxi-drivers in Britain, ...