West European Politics articles from January 2003

West European Politics archives from January 2003

European liberal democracy and the principle of state religious neutrality.
January 1, 2003... Far from being a subject of interest only to antiquarians or canon lawyers, the field of church-state relations in Europe represents an interconnected series of issues, institutional arrangements and processes, which collectively present...

A framework for the comparative analysis of church-state relations in Europe.
January 1, 2003... Even a cursory overview of church-state relations in contemporary Europe reveals what Grace Davie calls 'a bewildering variety'. (1) And if closer attention is paid to the details of different local patterns in respect of the legal status of...

Church-state separation Swedish-style.
January 1, 2003... At the turn of the millennium, a change took place in relations between the Church of Sweden and the state. Thus, an issue that had been on the political agenda for almost 50 years had reached its solution. For a long time there had been talk...

The illusion of state neutrality in a secularising Ireland.
January 1, 2003... On 6 March 2002 the Irish public went to the polls for the third time in 20 years to vote on a constitutional amendment which would limit the circumstances under which Irish women could avail themselves of an abortion. Not only would the threat...

The Italian state: no longer Catholic, no longer Christian.
January 1, 2003... The church-state relationship has been a central theme of Italian historiography. Two themes in particular can be highlighted: the role played by the Catholic Church in the failure of successive political regimes to consolidate themselves, and...

Orthodoxy and nationalism in the Greek case.
January 1, 2003... RELIGION AND NATIONALISM How does a particular religion become literally identified with a particular nationality? How does the odd notion arise that one cannot be, for example, truly Irish or Polish without being also (even nominally) a...

Catholicism and democratic consolidation in Spain and Poland.
January 1, 2003... The processes of democratisation evident in many parts of the globe since the mid-1970s have thrown up major challenges for religious institutions in general and the Roman Catholic Church in particular. For several centuries the latter...

The contested politics of positive neutrality in Hungary.
January 1, 2003... On one view the relevance and urgency of debates concerning the freedom and equality of churches in Europe seem to have faded over the past century. The tensions that existed among churches and between religious movements and 'humanist' circles...

The Catholic Church and civil society: democratic options in the post-Communist Czech Republic.
January 1, 2003... The presence or absence of civil society is increasingly regarded as an indicator of the strength of democracy in the post-Communist regimes of Eastern Europe. As the space denoting the realm of engaged autonomous citizenry, civil society is a...

The policy impact of church--state relations: family policy and abortion in Britain, France, and Germany.
January 1, 2003... The ongoing process of European integration has led to an historically unprecedented degree of harmonisation of political, legal, and economic matters across the EU member countries. The peak of this development for the time being has been the...

Conclusion: emerging issues in the study of church-state relations.
January 1, 2003... The contributors to this volume have analysed recent developments in church and state relations in various European countries. They investigated particular dimensions of these relations, and pointed at new research directions in the field. On...

Global Capital, Political Institutions, and Policy Change in Developed Welfare States. .(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Global Capital, Political Institutions, and Policy Change in Developed Welfare States. By DUANE SWANK. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Pp.xv + 333, biblio, index. o45 (cloth) ISBN 0-521-80668-2; o15.95 (paper) ISBN 0-521-00144-7....

Policy Concertation and Social Partnership in Western Europe. Lessons for the 21st Century. .(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Policy Concertation and Social Partnership in Western Europe. Lessons for the 21st Century. Edited by STEFAN BERGER and HUGH COMPSTON. Oxford: Berghahn Books 2002. Pp.xviii + 382, 39 tables, 1 figure, 2 appendices, index. [pounds sterling]47...

Theorizing Feminist Public Policy.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Theorizing Feminist Public Policy. By AMY MAZUR. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Pp. viii + 269, 21 tables, biblio, index. [pounds sterling]45 ISBN 0-19-9246726; [pounds sterling]16.99 (paper) ISBN 0-19-829393-3. This book is a well...

Parteiorganisation im Wandel. Gesellschaftliche Verankerung und organisatorische Anpassung im europaischen Vergleich. .(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Parteiorganisation im Wandel. Gesellschaftliche Verankerung und organisatorische Anpassung im europaischen Vergleich. By THOMAS POGUNTKE. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag 2000. Pp.310, bibljo. [euro]29.90 (paper) ISBN 3-531 - 13522-8. Most...

Social Democracy and Monetary Union.(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Social Democracy and Monetary Union. Edited by TON NOTERMANS. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books 2001. Pp.vii + 296, 13 figures, 20 tables, biblio, index. [pounds sterling]47 (cloth) ISBN 1-57181-806-5. European Social Democracy has been...

From Farmyard to City Square? The Electoral Adaptation of the Nordic Agrarian Parties. .(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... From Farmyard to City Square? The Electoral Adaptation of the Nordic Agrarian Parties. Edited by DAVID ARTER. Aldershot: Ashgate 2001. Pp.xvi + 183, [pounds sterling]45 (cloth) ISBN 0-7546-2084-0. David Arter's edited volume rescues the...

Environmental Policy Making in Britain, Germany and the European Union. The Europeanisation of Air and Water Pollution Control. .(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Environmental Policy Making in Britain, Germany and the European Union. The Europeanisation of Air and Water Pollution Control. By RUDIGER WURZEL. Manchester: Manchester University Press 2002. Pp.xviii + 318, 34 tables, S figs, biblio.,...

The Art of Persuasion: Political Communication in Italy. .(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... The Art of Persuasion: Political Communication in Italy. Edited by LUCIANO CHELES and LUCIO SPONZA. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2001. Pp.xvi + 384, 98 illus., biblio., index. [pounds sterling]49.99 (cloth) ISBN 0-7190-4169-4;...

Explaining Irish Democracy. .(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Explaining Irish Democracy. By BILL KISSANE. Dublin: University College Dublin Press 2002. Pp.304, biblio., index. [pounds]39.95 (cloth) ISBN 1-9006-2169-X; [pounds sterling]16.95 (paper) ISBN 1-9006-2170-3. In his study of the genesis and...

Germany, Civilian Power and the New Europe: Enlarging NATO and the European Union. .(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Germany, Civilian Power and the New Europe: Enlarging NATO and the European Union. By HENNING TEWES. Houndmills: Palgrave 2002. Pp.251, biblio., index. [pounds sterling]50 (cloth) ISBN 0-333-96508-6. Henning Tewes seeks to analyse Germany's...

European Union Foreign Policy. .(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... European Union Foreign Policy. By HAZEL SMITH. London: Pluto Press, 2002. Pp.xiv + 275, biblio., index. [pounds sterling]50 (cloth) ISBN 0-7453-1870-3; [pounds sterling]15.95 (paper) ISBN 0-7453-1869-X. The main task that Smith sets herself...

Local Governance in Western Europe. .(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Local Governance in Western Europe. By PETER JOHN. London: Sage 2001. Pp.xii + 202, biblio., index. [pounds sterling]50 (cloth) ISBN 0-7619-5636-0; [pounds sterling]16.99 (paper) ISBN 0-7619-5637-9. One local authority chief executive...

The Europeanisation of Refugee Politics. Between Human Rights and Internal Security. .(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... The Europeanisation of Refugee Politics. Between Human Rights and Internal Security. By SANDRA LAVENEX. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001. Pp.246. [pounds sterling]42.50 (cloth) ISBN 0-7546-I 803-X. Following more than a decade of intergovernmental...