West European Politics articles from April 2003

West European Politics archives from April 2003

Comparing federal institutions: power and representation in six federations.
April 1, 2003... Devolution in the United Kingdom and ongoing debate over the allocation of competencies in the European Union make comparative federalism, and particularly structured comparison capable of generating theory about politics in multi-level...

Otto Kirchheimer and the catch-all party.
April 1, 2003... The German-American scholar Otto Kirchheimer (1905-65) is primarily known because of his frequently cited thesis concerning the development of the catch-all people's party, a term that has now become an established part of the conventional...

The Vincent Wright Memorial Prize.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Frank Cass and the Editors of West European Politics are pleased to announce the winners of the Vincent Wright Memorial Prizes for articles appearing during 2002, Volume 25. The two articles below have been judged by members of the Editorial...

Erratum.(correction to 'Europeanisation of Swiss Immigration Policy' in vol. 25, no. 4)(Correction Notice)
April 1, 2003... In the article by Alex Fischer, Sarah Nicolet and Pascal Sciarini, 'Europeanisation of Swiss Immigration Policy', that was published in Volume 25, Number 4, the following acknowledgement was inadvertently excised: This research is financed...

Never a dull moment: Pim Fortuyn and the Dutch parliamentary election of 2002.
April 1, 2003... In 1997, in an earlier article in this journal, we wrote that: the once so stable Dutch voters now rely far less on long-term divisions, social or ideological, than upon short-term circumstances in determining their votes. Until a major...

Party positions or party direction? An analysis of Party Manifesto Data.(Italy)
April 1, 2003... The purpose of the present article is to contribute to the solution of a problem that has attracted some attention among party and party system scholars, that is, why the left-right scores generated through the Party Manifesto Data (PMD) do not...

The transformation of the Greek party system since 1951.
April 1, 2003... When Seymour Martin Lipset and Stein Rokkan in 1967 advanced their well-known hypothesis about the 'freezing' of party systems, (1) what they primarily had in mind and put under empirical observation were the developed Western democracies, that...

Explaining miracles: Third Ways and work and welfare.
April 1, 2003... Since the 1980s socio-economic policy-making in most West European countries has been changing. Governments tend to pursue policies that aim at welfare state retrenchment.(1) In addition neo-liberalist ideas consider traditional policy...

The self-destruction of a right-wing populist party? The Austrian parliamentary election of 2002. (Elections in Context).(Freiheitliche Partei Osterreichs)
April 1, 2003... The catalyst for Austria's premature general election on 24 November 2002 was the spectacular implosion of Jorg Haider's right-wing populist Freiheitliche Partei Osterreichs (FPO). That in turn was in large measure a consequence of the...

The devil they know: the German Federal election of 2002.
April 1, 2003... The German Bundestag election of 1998, the fourteenth since the foundation of the Federal Republic, was the first in which electors clearly expressed a preference for a change of government. Out went a coalition of Christian Democrats (CDU) and...

'The Swedish model is dead! Long live the Swedish model!' The 2002 Riksdag election.
April 1, 2003... Having seen their counterparts in Norway and Denmark ignominiously ejected from office during the previous 12 months, Sweden's Social Democrats seemed to turn a European non-socialist tide in the September 2002 Riksdag election. In France,...

Fianna Fail still dominant in the coalition era: the Irish general election of May 2002.
April 1, 2003... One of the strongest behavioural regularities in European politics is that parties in opposition tend to gain votes at election time, whereas governing parties generally lose votes. Incumbency is rarely an electoral asset. (1) Exceptions exist,...

The Futures of European Capitalism & Welfare and Work in the Open Economy. Volume 1: From Vulnerability to Competitiveness and Welfare and Work in the Open Economy. Volume 2: Diverse Responses to Common Challenges. .(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... The Futures of European Capitalism. By VIVIEN SCHMIDT. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Pp.xiv + 357. [pounds sterling]12.99 (paper) ISBN 0-199-24092-2. Welfare and Work in the Open Economy. Volume 1: From Vulnerability to...

Trade Warriors: States, Firms, and Strategic-Trade Policy in High-Technology Competition. .(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... Trade Warriors: States, Firms, and Strategic-Trade Policy in High-Technology Competition. By MARC L. BUSCH. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Pp.x + 213, 20 figures, index, [pounds sterling]35 (cloth) ISBN 0-521-63340-0, [pounds...

Comparing Democracies 2: New Challenges in the Study of Elections and Voting. .(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... Comparing Democracies 2: New Challenges in the Study of Elections and Voting. Edited by LAWRENCE LEDUC, RICHARD G. NIEMI and PIPPA NORRIS. Thousand Oaks, CA and London: Sage Publications, 2002. Pp.269, index, biblio. [pounds sterling]70 (cloth)...

The Fall and Rise of the PDS in Eastern Germany.(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... The Fall and Rise of the PDS in Eastern Germany. By DAN ROUGH. Birmingham: Birmingham University Press, 2002. Pp.192. [pounds sterling]19.95 (paper) ISBN 1-9024-5914-8. The book presents in six chapters the results of an analysis beyond...

Analisis de politicas publicas en Espana: enfoques y casos. .(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... Analisis de politicas publicas en Espana: enfoques y casos. Edited by MIREIA GRAU and ARACELI MATEOS, Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch, 2002. Pp.519. [euro]24,95 (paper) ISBN 84-8442-662-9. This book makes a valuable contribution to the...

Il sistema politico italiano: Autorita, istituzioni, societa.(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... II sistema politico italiano: Autorita, istituzioni, societa. By GIANFRANCO PASQUINO. Bologna: Bononia University Press, 2002. Pp.236; 16 tables; 5 figs. [pounds sterling]10 (paper) ISBN 88-7395-000-0. This is a book that offers an...

States and Regions in the European Union: Institutional Adaptation in Germany and Spain. .(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... States and Regions in the European Union: Institutional Adaptation in Germany and Spain. By TANJA BORZEL. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, Pp.xiii + 269, 7 figs., 8 tables, biblio., index, [pounds sterling]45 (cloth) ISBN...

L'action collective en Europe/Collective Action in Europe. .(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... L'action collective en Europe/Collective Action in Europe. Edited by RICHARD BALME, DIDIER CHABANET and VINCENT WRIGHT. Paris: Presses de Sciences Po, 2002. Pp.542. [euro]33.54 (paper) ISBN 2-77246-0855-0. The Franco-British co-production,...

The European Commission and the Integration of Europe: Images of Governance. .(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... The European Commission and the Integration of Europe: Images of Governance. By LIESBET HOOGHE. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Pp.xi + 279, biblio, index. [pounds sterling]45 (cloth) ISBN 0-521-80667-4; [pounds sterling]15.95...

Politica de Seguridad de la Union Europea: realidades y retos para el siglo XXI. .(Book Review)
April 1, 2003... UNED Politica de Seguridad de la Union Europea: realidades y retos para el siglo XXI. Edited by GUSTAVO PALOMARES. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch, 2001. Pp.263. [euro]19 (paper) ISBN 8-4844-2463-4. This volume presents the result of a...