West European Politics articles from January 2000

West European Politics archives from January 2000

The British Labour Party and Monetary Union.
January 1, 2000... The real test of the British Labour Party's new orientation to Europe will be its policy on economic and monetary union (EMU). This article analyses Labour's political economy in relation to European integration and to the management of the...

The 'New' Rhetoric of New Labour in Comparative Perspective: A Three-Country Discourse Analysis.
January 1, 2000... Over the past two decades, social democratic-labour parties (SDLPs) have been confronted by various challenges which have had a dramatic impact upon their ideological orientation. These include, not least, emerging challenger parties, as well...

Reforming the French Welfare State: Solidarity, Social Exclusion and the Three Crises of Citizenship.
January 1, 2000... The article explores recent debates about citizenship and social provision in France. It examines the essential concepts comparable to 'social citizenship', as understood in British debates, and the role that they have played in the development...

An Alternative Route of European Integration: The Community's Railways Policy.
January 1, 2000... The process of European integration and policy-making is sometimes rather puzzling. On the one hand, it is well documented that with respect to the implementation of European legislation member states tend to do less than they are supposed to...

Isomorphism of National Policies? The 'Europeanisation' of German Competitionand Public Procurement Law.
January 1, 2000... The 'Europeanisation' of domestic public policies has been among the key themes in recent reforms in EU member states. This article employs the analytical concept of 'isomorphism' to come to a better understanding of 'Europeanisation'. Various...

Deaustrification? The Policy-Area-Specific Evolution of Austrian Social Partnership.
January 1, 2000... Recently, the functioning of Austrian Social Partnership has been increasingly called into question. The strains on the system, often traced to the internationalisation of the economy and the related shift to neoliberally inspired policies,...

Globalisation, Workers and the Northern League.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... This article seeks to explain why the Northern League's main basis of support now comes primarily from Northern workers and artisans. To explain the nature of the Leagues' support, we hypothesise that a fear of globalisation has led workers in...

The Rise of Germany's Party of Democratic Socialism: 'Regionalised Pluralism' in the Federal Republic?
January 1, 2000... This article considers if an emerging 'polarised pluralism' in the German party system explains the recent electoral fortunes of the Party of Democratic Socialism. While it finds that this approach usefully focuses attention on the dynamics of...

The June 1999 European Parliament Elections.
January 1, 2000... ALAIN GUYOMARCH [*] To understand what happened in the fifth direct elections to the European Parliament, it is necessary to explore two enigmas. The first is that, at a time when there was so much media attention paid to the European...

The Belgian Elections of 13 June 1999: Near Melt Down or Soft Landing?
January 1, 2000... JOHN FITZMAURICE [*] On Sunday 13 June 1999, Belgium held a monster, super Sunday of elections. Voters elected 25 Belgian MEPs, the 150 members of the Federal House of Representatives, the 40 directly elected Senators, the Councils...

The Finnish Election of 21 March 1999: Towards a Distinctive Model of Government?(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... DAVID ARTER [*] The Finnish general election of 21 March 1999 made history. It was contested on the eve of Finland's first period as EU president and for the first time since independence in 1917 the post-election negotiations led to the...

The Icelandic Parliamentary Election of 8 May 1999.
January 1, 2000... GUNNAR HELGI KRISTINSSON [*] Out of six parties receiving parliamentary seats in 1995, only two competed in the election of 1999. This is the most radical restructuring of electoral alternatives to occur since the Second World War. Of the...

Luxembourg: The National Elections of 13 June 1999.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Although elections in Luxembourg usually cause only the slightest ripple on the surface of European politics, those held in June 1999 were significant in leading to a major change in the composition of the government. The national...

Parties and Party Systems: A Bibliographic Guide to the Literature on Parties and Party Systems in Europe Since 1945 on CD-ROM.(Brief Article)(Review)
January 1, 2000... Parties and Party Systems: A Bibliographic Guide to the Literature on Parties and Party Systems in Europe Since 1945 on CD-ROM. Edited by STEFANO BARTOLINI, DANIELE CARAMANI and SIMON HUG. London: Sage Publications, 1998. [pounds]99 (stand...

Changing Party Systems in Western Europe.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Changing Party Systems in Western Europe. Edited by DAVID BROUGHTON and MARK DONOVAN. London: Pinter, 1998. Pp.xix+315, 2 figures, 13 tables, biblio., index. [pounds]55 (cloth); [pounds]16.99 (paper). ISBN 1-85567-327-4 and -328-48. ...

The Choice for Europe. Social Purpose and State Power from Messina to Maastricht.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Choice for Europe. Social Purpose and State Power from Messina to Maastricht. By ANDREW MORAVCSIK. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998. Pp.xii+5 14, index. [pounds]16.95 (paper). ISBN 0-8014-8509-6. States have national preferences...

People and Parliament in the European Union: Participation, Democracy, and Legitimacy.(Review)
January 1, 2000... People and Parliament in the European Union: Participation, Democracy, and Legitimacy. By JEAN BLONDEL, RICHARD SINNOTT and PALLE SVENSSON. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. Pp.xvi + 287. [pounds]40 (cloth). ISBN 0-19-829308-9. Legitimacy and...

Germany, France and the Integration of Europe: A Realist Interpretation.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Germany, France and the Integration of Europe: A Realist Interpretation. THOMAS PEDERSEN. London: Pinter, 1998. Pp. viii + 221, bibliog., index. [POUNDS]40. ISBN 1-85567-537-4. The phenomenon of states willingly ceding a measure of their...

Recreating Europe: The European Union's Policy towards Central and Eastern Europe.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Recreating Europe: The European Union's Policy towards Central and Eastern Europe. By ALAN MAYHEW. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp.xxi + 403, 2 maps, 7 figures, 37 tables, bibliog., index. [pounds]45 (cloth); [pounds]15.95...

The European People's Party: Origins and Development.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The European People's Party: Origins and Development. By THOMAS JANSEN. New York: St Martin's Press; London: Macmillan. 1998. pp.xiv + 206. 2 annexes, bibliog., index. [pounds]45. ISBN 0-312-21062-0 and 333-72057-1 The author of the new...

The Italian Guillotine. Operation Clean Hands and the Overthrow of the First Republic.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Italian Guillotine. Operation Clean Hands and the Overthrow of the First Republic. By S. H. BURNETT and L. MANTOVANI, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998. Pp.xii + 332, chronology, The Cast of Characters, index. [pounds]45 (cloth);...

The French Civil Service.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The French Civil Service. By M. LUC ROUBAN. Paris: La Documentation Francaise, 1998. Pp.118, bibliog. NP. ISBN 9-782110-038777. This book is a real asset not only for students of public administration and policymaking, but also for civil...