TY  - BOOK
AU  - Colomer,Josep M.
TI  - Comparative European politics
SN  - 9780415437561 (pbk.)
AV  - JN 94  C737 2008
U1  - 320.3094 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Comparative government
KW  - Gobierno comparativo
KW  - Europe, Western
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Europa Occidental
KW  - Política y gobierno
N1  - Rev. ed. of: Political institutions in Europe, 2nd ed; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / Josep M. Colomer -- Great Britain and Ireland : variations in party government / Ian Budge -- Germany : the grand coalition state / Manfred G. Schmidt -- France : the institutionalisation of leadership / Yves Mâeny -- Italy : the never-ending transition of a democratic regime / Gianfranco Pasquino -- Spain and Portugal : rule by party leadership / Josep M. Colomer -- The Low Countries : confrontation and coalition in segmented societies / Hans Keman -- The Nordic countries : compromise and corporatism in the welfare state / Jan-Erik Lane and Svante Ersson -- The European Union : a federal, democratic empire? / Josep M. Colomer
N2  - This is a clear, comprehensive introduction to the institutional regimes of countries in Western Europe written by an outstanding group of political scientists. Provides a complete coverage of individual countries or groups of countries, as well as to the European Union, allowing readers to draw sophisticated comparisons between countries. Written to a common template so that each chapter explores political parties, elections and electoral rules, parliaments, local, regional and state governments, and the relations between domestic institutions and the European Union
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0903/2007048585.html
ER  -