West European Politics articles from April 2002

West European Politics archives from April 2002

Introduction: diversity and adaptation in the enlarged European Union.
April 1, 2002... It is now taken as given that the European Union will be a much more diversified entity following its planned eastward enlargement. The applicant states from Eastern Europe are much poorer than the current West European member states. Their...

Eastward enlargement of the European Union and the identity of Europe.
April 1, 2002... Until the Maastricht Treaties (1991), the European Community was primarily an economic community legitimated by economic efficiency criteria. (1) Maastricht, however, initiated the transformation of the Community into a European Union (EU),...

Culture and national identity: 'the East' and European integration.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... As political and economic forces are driving the former communist states of Eastern Europe into the web of the European Union, several questions arise as to the cultural challenges that might ensue. Do East and West have different cultural...

Discomforts of victory: democracy, liberal values and nationalism in post-communist Europe.
April 1, 2002... The purpose of this analysis is to identify the main threats to post-communist liberal democracies, especially those perils related to the weakness of pluralist traditions, institutions and values, and the rise of movements and ideologies...

Making institutions in Central and Eastern Europe, and the impact of Europe.
April 1, 2002... The end of communism in Central and Eastern Europe offered a unique opportunity for institutional redesign. At the heart of much of the initial institutional change in the region was a desire to build modern democratic states, invariably,...

Making markets and Eastern enlargement: diverging convergence?(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... MARKET MAKING AND EUROPEANISATION The 1990s was the decade of market making in both parts of Europe. This was the decade of the radical extension of the internal market and the creation of the conditions for the European Monetary Union in...

Health not wealth: enlarging the EMU.(European Monetary Fund)
April 1, 2002... The aim of this brief contribution is to provide a basis for a focused discussion about the economic perspectives of the candidate countries and how they would fit into the EU (and EMU). At present the starting point for most discussions about...

The welfare state in transition economies and accession to the EU.(European Union)
April 1, 2002... Eastern enlargement of the European Union will create a new, southeastern, periphery of the Union, a periphery which is partly situated close to the economic core. It has been shown that distance from the core, be it Brussels or Dusseldorf, is...

Approaching the EU and reaching the US? Rival narratives on transforming welfare regimes in East-Central Europe.
April 1, 2002... A SOCIAL BORDER? According to a recent journalistic truism, the lion Curtain that was dismantled in 1989 as a political and ideological frontier has since re-emerged as an economic and social border. Schengenland protects itself from its...

The emperor's new clothes: the Danish general election 20 November 2001.
April 1, 2002... THE CAMPAIGN It has occasionally been argued that campaigns get dirtier the closer the contestants are ideologically. (1) Parties that distinguish themselves politically do not have to resort to mudslinging to get their message across....

Outside the whale: Norway's storting election of 10 September 2001.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... Having turned down EU membership in the 1972 and 1994 referendums, Norway remains 'outside the whale', to turn Orwell's striking phrase inside out. Through the European Economic Area agreement of 1992 it remains comprehensively tied to the EU...

Differential Europe: The European Union Impact on National Policymaking & The Europeanisation of National Administrations: Patterns of Institutional Adjustment and Persistence. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... Differential Europe: The European Union Impact on National Policymaking. By ADRIENNE HERITIER, DIETER KERWER, CHRISTOPH KNILL, DIRK LEHMKUHL, MICHAEL TEUTSCH and ANNE-CECILE DOUILLET. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001. Pp.xiv + 342....

Markets and Moral Regulation: Cultural Change in the European Union. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... Markets and Moral Regulation: Cultural Change in the European Union. By PAULETTE KURZER. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001 Pp.xii + 210, 5 Tables, biblio, index. [pounds sterling]37.50 (cloth) ISBN 0-521-80289-X; [pounds...

Mixed-Member Electoral Systems. The Best of Both Worlds? (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... Mixed-Member Electoral Systems. The Best of Both Worlds? Edited by MATTHEW S. SHUGART and MARTIN P. WATTENBERG. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, Pp.xix + 656, biblio, index. [pounds sterling]50 (cloth) ISBN 0-19-924079-5. Matthew...

Estimating the Policy Position of Political Actors. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... Estimating the Policy Position of Political Actors. Edited by MICHAEL LAVER. London: Taylor & Francis, 2001. Pp.xx + 244,23 figures, 52 tables, index. [pounds sterling]55 (cloth) ISBN 0-415-24442-0. Politicians may say one thing and do the...

Political Parties and Interest Groups: Shaping Democratic Governance. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... Political Parties and Interest Groups: Shaping Democratic Governance. Edited by CLIVE S. THOMAS. Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001. Pp.xi + 353, biblio, index, [pounds sterling]47.95 (cloth) ISBN 1-55587-978-0. This is an...

Politics on the Fringe: The People, Politics and Organization of the French National Front & The Politics of Racism in France. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... Politics on the Fringe: The People, Politics and Organization of the French National Front. By EDWARD G. DECLAIR. Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 1999. Pp.280 + xiv, biblio, index. [pounds sterling]11.95 (paper) ISBN...

Contentious Europeans: Protest and Politics in an Emerging Polity. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... Contentious Europeans: Protest and Politics in an Emerging Polity. Edited by DOUG IMIG and SIDNEY TARROW. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2001. Pp.410. [pound sterling]20.95 ISBN 0-7425-0084-5. Scholars of collective action, contentious...

The Rise of Neoliberalism and Institutional Analysis. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... The Rise of Neoliberalism and Institutional Analysis. Edited by JOHN L. CAMPBELL and OVE K. PEDERSEN. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. Pp.xv + 288, index. [pounds sterling]45 (cloth) ISBN 0-691-07086-5; [pounds sterling]13.95...

The Modalities of European Governance: New Institutionalist Explanations of Agri-Enviromnental Policy. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... The Modalities of European Governance: New Institutionalist Explanations of Agri-Enviromnental Policy. By A. JONES and J. CLARK. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Pp.xii + 233, 4 figures, glossary, bibllo, index. [pounds sterling]45...

The Gender Division of Welfare: The Impact of the British and German Welfare States. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... The Gender Division of Welfare: The Impact of the British and German Welfare States. By MARY DALY. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp.x + 273. [pounds sterling]35 (cloth) ISBN 0-521-62331-6; [pounds sterling]14.95 (paper) ISBN...

The Federalization of Spain. (Book Reviews).
April 1, 2002... The Federalization of Spain. By LUIS MORENO. London and Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 2001. Pp.xiv + 182, 11 tables, 4 figures, 2 diagrams, 1 map, biblio., index. [pounds sterling]45 (cloth) ISBN 0-714-6513-89; [pounds sterling]17.50 (paper) ISBN...