02425cam a2200373 a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020002500069020002200094035001300116035002100129035002400150040001800174041000800192043001200200050002200212082001700234245006500251250001200316260004400328300002500372500005900397504005100456505065700507520057901164650002801743650002501771651004601796651004501842700004601887730003701933856008101970BJBSDDR20230410121124.0ta071126s2008    enk      b    001 0 eng    a9780415437561 (pbk.)  a0415437563 (pbk.)  a15093496  a(OCoLC)182716576  a(OCoLC)ocn182716576  aDLCcDLCbspa  aeng  aew-----14aJN 94 bC737 200800a320.309422200aComparative European politics /cedited by Josep M. Colomer.  a3rd ed.  aLondon ;aNew York :bRoutledge,c2008.  aix, 310 p. ;c25 cm.  aRev. ed. of: Political institutions in Europe, 2nd ed.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction / 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.  aThis 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. 0aComparative government. 4aGobierno comparativo 0aEurope, WesternxPolitics and government. 4aEuropa OccidentalxPolítica y gobierno1 aColomer, Josep M. eeditorq(Josep Maria)  aPolitical institutions in Europe413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0903/2007048585.html