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    <title>European politics</title>
    <subTitle>a comparative introduction</subTitle>
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    <place>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Palgrave MacMillan</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2013</dateIssued>
    <edition>3rd Edition.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xvi, 461 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Introduction -- 1. Europe: a continent in the making -- 2. The end of the nation state? -- From government to governance: running the state, making policy and policing the Constitution -- Governments and parliaments: a long way from equality -- 5. Parties: how the past affects the present, and an uncertain future -- 6. Elections, voting and referendums: systems, turnout, preferences and unpredictability -- 7. The media: player and recorder -- 8. Participation and pressure politics: civil society, organised interests and social movements -- 9. Politics over markets: enduring differences between left and right -- 10. Not wanted but needed: migrants and minorities -- 11. Protecting and promoting: Europe's international politics.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Tim Bale.</note>
  <note>Previous edition: 2008.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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    <geographic>Europe</geographic>
    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Comparative government</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
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  <subject>
    <topic>20151100</topic>
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  <subject>
    <geographic>Europa</geographic>
    <topic>Política y gobierno</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">JN 8 B183e 2013</classification>
  <classification authority="ddc">320.3094</classification>
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