West European Politics articles from April 1996

West European Politics archives from April 1996

The nationalisation of electoral politics: a conceptual reconstruction and review of the literature.
April 1, 1996... Through a critical analysis of the major works, this article seeks to to evaluate the theory of the nationalisation of electoral politics. Dating back to the beginning of the 1960s, this theory belongs to the broader field of electoral geography...

The war of words defining the extreme right party family.
April 1, 1996... The rise of right-wing extremist parties comes (and goes) in waves, as authors have observed for several Western European countries.(1) According to some authors, these waves are similar in all, or at least most of the countries,(2) whereas...

Social movements and the changing structure of political opportunity in the European Union.
April 1, 1996... To an observer of the contemporary world it might seem obvious that social movements and revolutions are, first and foremost, political phenomena. In light of the momentous changes wrought by the Velvet Revolutions of 1988-89 and the myriad...

Britain's poll tax policy: an institutionalist approach.
April 1, 1996... To the armchair analyst it must seem puzzling, if not downright inexplicable, that Margaret Thatcher's reign as prime minister - the longest of any in the twentieth century - should be brought to a close by obscure issues of local government...

Advance or consolidation? The French National Front and the 1995 elections.
April 1, 1996... For Jean-Marie Le Pen, 14 July 1995 had a special significance. Invited by his close friend, the newly elected Mayor of Toulon, Jean-Marie Le Chevalier, the National Front leader was given a front-row seat on the stand overlooking the parade...

Reforming the state: the policy of administrative reform in Italy under the Ciampi government.
April 1, 1996... Over the past decade, many governments in the industrialised world have made serious - although not always successful - attempts to redefine the role of the state, due to internal and external pressures. In this context, special emphasis has...

Fishing from the same schools: parliamentary recruitment and consociationalism in the first and second Italian republics.
April 1, 1996... THE POLITICAL RECRUITMENT CONDITIONS OF CONSOCIATIONALISM The category of consociationalism is a 'Minerva's owl' of political research: the term tends to be used to describe polities especially when the phenomenon's grip on politics is...

The politics of judicial discretion: rethinking the interaction between national courts and the European Court of Justice.
April 1, 1996... It has become widely recognised that development of the Community's supranational legal order - which has transformed the treaty into a constitution, provided the foundation upon which to build an integrated European economy, and restricted the...

Politics like any other? Comparative politics, international relations and the study of the EU. (European Union)(response to Simon Hix, West European Politics, vol. 17, p. 1, January 1994)
April 1, 1996... In a recent article in this journal, Simon Hix argued that approaches drawn from comparative politics are more apposite than those rooted in the discipline of international relations for analysing policy-making in, and the policy output of, the...

Portugal votes for change and stability: the election of 1995.
April 1, 1996... The election to choose deputies to the National Assembly held on 1 October 1995 ushered in a new era in Portuguese politics. The Social Democrats (PSD), in power continuously since 1979 and with consecutive absolute majorities in the last two...

Radical Right-Wing Populism in Western Europe.
April 1, 1996... Once again, a spectre haunts Western Europe. The spectre of right-wing populism. The optimism of the 1970s and early 1980s when the western European party system was challenged by Alternative and Green movements is gone. Now, it seems, the...

Volkes Stimme? Rechtspopulismus in Europa.
April 1, 1996... Once again, a spectre haunts Western Europe. The spectre of right-wing populism. The optimism of the 1970s and early 1980s when the western European party system was challenged by Alternative and Green movements is gone. Now, it seems, the...

Wer wahlt rechts? Die Wahler und Anhanger rechts-extremistischer Parteien im vereinigten Deutschland.
April 1, 1996... Once again, a spectre haunts Western Europe. The spectre of right-wing populism. The optimism of the 1970s and early 1980s when the western European party system was challenged by Alternative and Green movements is gone. Now, it seems, the...

Rechtsextremismus in Deutschland. Voraussetzungen, Zusammenhange, Wirkung.
April 1, 1996... Once again, a spectre haunts Western Europe. The spectre of right-wing populism. The optimism of the 1970s and early 1980s when the western European party system was challenged by Alternative and Green movements is gone. Now, it seems, the...

The Dark Side of Europe. The Extreme Right Today.
April 1, 1996... Once again, a spectre haunts Western Europe. The spectre of right-wing populism. The optimism of the 1970s and early 1980s when the western European party system was challenged by Alternative and Green movements is gone. Now, it seems, the...

Rechtsextremismus: weiblich-mannlich? Eine Fallstudie zu geschlechtsspezifischen Lebensverlaufen, Handlungsspielraumen und Orientierungsweisen.
April 1, 1996... Once again, a spectre haunts Western Europe. The spectre of right-wing populism. The optimism of the 1970s and early 1980s when the western European party system was challenged by Alternative and Green movements is gone. Now, it seems, the...

Racism, Ethnicity and Politics in Contemporary Europe.
April 1, 1996... Once again, a spectre haunts Western Europe. The spectre of right-wing populism. The optimism of the 1970s and early 1980s when the western European party system was challenged by Alternative and Green movements is gone. Now, it seems, the...

Das Gewalt-Dilemma. Gesellschaftliche Reaktionen auf fremdenfrienliche Gewalt und Rechtsextremismus.
April 1, 1996... Once again, a spectre haunts Western Europe. The spectre of right-wing populism. The optimism of the 1970s and early 1980s when the western European party system was challenged by Alternative and Green movements is gone. Now, it seems, the...

Sans Foi ni Loi, Essai sur le bouleversement des valeurs.
April 1, 1996... If Rokkan's freezing hypothesis applied to values as well as to parties and party systems, then Dominique Pelassy is attempting to map out the nature and the consequences of a thaw. The territory that she describes is not unfamiliar to readers of...

State and Society in Western Europe.
April 1, 1996... There are two major sets of forces at work on the European scene, one centripetal and the other centrifugal. The centripetal side includes both the explicit endeavours to create and give permanency to European institutional integration as well as...

Representative Government in Modern Europe, 2d ed.
April 1, 1996... There are two major sets of forces at work on the European scene, one centripetal and the other centrifugal. The centripetal side includes both the explicit endeavours to create and give permanency to European institutional integration as well as...

Die EG-Staaten im Vergleich: Strukturen, Prozesse, Politikhalte, 2d ed.
April 1, 1996... There are two major sets of forces at work on the European scene, one centripetal and the other centrifugal. The centripetal side includes both the explicit endeavours to create and give permanency to European institutional integration as well as...

European Democracies, 3d ed.
April 1, 1996... There are two major sets of forces at work on the European scene, one centripetal and the other centrifugal. The centripetal side includes both the explicit endeavours to create and give permanency to European institutional integration as well as...

Women, Elections and Representation, 2d ed.
April 1, 1996... These two complementary books both provide solid contributions to our understanding of why women's representation levels are far below their proportion of the population and how they vary across countries. The Darcy, Welch and Clark (DWC) book...

Gender and Party Politics.
April 1, 1996... These two complementary books both provide solid contributions to our understanding of why women's representation levels are far below their proportion of the population and how they vary across countries. The Darcy, Welch and Clark (DWC) book...

France: Nation and Regions.
April 1, 1996... These are two edited books which vigorously take up the question of the place of the region in French society. The reader is immediately struck by a curious coincidence: the numerous contributions (28 for the first book, nine for the second) were...

The End of the French Unitary State? Ten Years of Regionalization in France (1982-1992).
April 1, 1996... These are two edited books which vigorously take up the question of the place of the region in French society. The reader is immediately struck by a curious coincidence: the numerous contributions (28 for the first book, nine for the second) were...

Le defaite des generaux: Le pouvoir politique et l'armee sous la Ve Republique.
April 1, 1996... Cohen attempts to disprove the notion that the French 'military-industrial complex' has imposed its preferences on a recalcitrant political class. Reacting to the spate of literature that has appeared attacking the former's alleged predominance...

Citizens and Subjects: An Essay on British Politics.
April 1, 1996... In 20 short chapters Tony Wright takes his readers on a tour of the UK polity and outlines his reform agenda. As an MP and ex-Reader in Political Studies at the University of Birmingham he should be a well-qualified guide. However, this is no...

Politics, Peoples and Government: Themes in British Political Thought Since the Nineteenth Century.
April 1, 1996... This study of themes in British political thought over the past 200 years is a missed opportunity. Barker has written chapters on conservatism, liberalism, socialism, feminism, markets and citizenship. The coverage is ambitious but the trouble is...

Einwanderung als gesellschaftliche Herausforderung: Inhalt und rechtliche Grundlagen einer neuen Politik.
April 1, 1996... Originally this study was commissioned by the Office for Multicultural Affairs of the city of Frankfurt as an expert opinion on how discrimination against immigrants could be fought. The study gives an overview of the provisions in Germany's...

The New Germans.
April 1, 1996... The book under review was published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and its publication was accompanied by a German Embassy promotional event. The work is a welcome addition to the catalogue of study...

Historical Dictionary of Portugal.
April 1, 1996... This is not, as might be supposed from the title, a monumental tome providing a comprehensive listing of all significant events and personalities in Portuguese history. Inclusion of the term 'brief' or 'introductory' in the title would convey a...

La nascita del sistema dei partiti nell'Italia contemporanea. La proporzionale del 1919.
April 1, 1996... This book will be of interest to both historians of Italy and political scientists interested in the impact of different electoral laws on party systems. The book is the first detailed analysis of the introduction of proportional representation...

Power Rules: The Evolution fo Nato's Conventional Force Posture.
April 1, 1996... John Duffield sets out in Power Rules to explain the evolution of NATO's conventional force posture. Duffield's book will be the standard work for some years to come on the history of the evolution of NATO conventional strategy: the theoretical...

The Future of Nato.
April 1, 1996... John Duffield sets out in Power Rules to explain the evolution of NATO's conventional force posture. Duffield's book will be the standard work for some years to come on the history of the evolution of NATO conventional strategy: the theoretical...

Military Intervention in European Conflicts.
April 1, 1996... John Duffield sets out in Power Rules to explain the evolution of NATO's conventional force posture. Duffield's book will be the standard work for some years to come on the history of the evolution of NATO conventional strategy: the theoretical...