West European Politics articles from May 2004

West European Politics archives from May 2004

The European Convention: bargaining in the shadow of rhetoric.
May 1, 2004... The European Convention on the Future of Europe was initially presented as a turning point in the history of European integration. This article argues that, although its composition was broader, its process more transparent and...

Southern European public bureaucracies in comparative perspective.
May 1, 2004... Perhaps paradoxically, the comparative study of modern bureaucracies has been less advanced in European countries associated with negative stereotypes of administrative performance. Such is the case of the countries of Southern Europe (Greece,...

Ethnoreligious politics in France: Jews and Muslims.
May 1, 2004... FRENCH IDEOLOGY AND THE PROBLEM OF ETHNORELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES A preliminary explanation of both the topic and the title is in order. The topic itself is sensitive and politically incorrect, given the Jacobin republican ideology, which is...

Non-compliance with EU directives in the member states: opposition through the backdoor?
May 1, 2004... NON-COMPLIANCE AS OPPOSITION: QUESTIONS AND RESEARCH DESIGN In recent times, scholars of European integration have increasingly focused on the effects of Europeanisation on domestic systems of governance. This perspective has produced a...

Explaining the emergence of radical right-wing populist parties: the case of Denmark.
May 1, 2004... Denmark became famous in the early 1970s as the home of the strongest right-wing populist party on the continent, the Progress Party, which emerged in the landslide election of 1973 with 15.9 per cent of the vote. Today, the Progress Party has...

Elite collusion and public defiance: Sweden's Euro referendum in 2003.
May 1, 2004... In a referendum held on Sunday. 14 September 2003, the Swedish electorate rejected membership of the third stage of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). After a campaign characterised as heated by Swedish standards, and the...

The Swiss elections of October 2003: two steps to system change?
May 1, 2004... As in 1999, the results of the Swiss elections came as something of a shock to the many observers who expected only limited changes (Church 2000). In fact the 2003 election produced two dramatic developments. On the one hand there was another...

Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work. By GEORGE TSEBELIS. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002, Pp. 320. 36.95 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN 0-6910-9988-X; 12.95 [pounds sterling] (paper) ISBN 0-6910-9989-8. Veto...

The European Parliament.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... The European Parliament. By DAVID JUDGE and DAVID EARNSHAW. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. Pp. xii + 355, 19 tables, 3 figs, 4 boxes, biblio, index. 17.99 [pounds sterling] (paper) ISBN 0-333-59874-1; 52.50 [pounds sterling] (cloth)...

Commonwealth: The Other Road to Democracy--The Swiss Model of Democratic Self-Government.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Commonwealth: The Other Road to Democracy--The Swiss Model of Democratic Self-Government. Edited by DANIEL ELAZAR. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2001. Pp. xv + 272, biblio, index. US$75 (cloth) ISBN 0-7391-0236-2. Outsiders have long looked...

Nationalisme et Populisme en Suisse: la radicalisation de la 'nouvelle' UDC.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Nationalisme et Populisme en Suisse: la radicalisation de la 'nouvelle' UDC. By OSCAR MAZZOLENI. Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes/ Le savoir Suisse 9, 2003. 10.90 [euro] (paper) ISBN 2-88074-585-3. One problem...

High Politics in the Low Countries. An Empirical Study of Coalition Agreements in Belgium and the Netherlands.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... High Politics in the Low Countries. An Empirical Study of Coalition Agreements in Belgium and the Netherlands. By A.I. TIMMERMANS. Aldershot and Burlington: Ashgate, 2003. Pp. viii + 168, 22 tables, biblio, index. 45.00 [pounds sterling]...

Elites, Language, and the Politics of Identity.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Elites, Language, and Politics of Identity. BY GREGG BUCKEN-KNAPP. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2003. Pp. 193, biblio, index. 41.00 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN 0-7914-5655-2; 14.25 [pounds sterling] (paper) ISBN 0-7914-5656-0....

The Radical Right in Germany: 1870 to the Present.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... The Radical Right in Germany: 1870 to the Present. By LEE MCGOWAN. London: Longman, Pearson Education, 2002. Pp. x + 230. 19.99 [pounds sterling] (paper) ISBN 0-582-29193-3. In The Radical Right in Germany: 1870 to the Present, Lee McGowan...

Europaisierung der osterreichischen Politik. Konsequenzen der EU-Mitgliedschaft.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Europaisierung der osterreichischen Politik. Konsequenzen der EU-Mitgliedschaft. Edited by HEINRICH NEISSER and SONJA PUNTSCHER RIEKMANN. Wien: WUV-Universitatsverlag, 2002. Pp. 428. 36 [euro] (paper) ISBN 3-8511-4680-8. Austria's...

Poles Together? The Emergence and Development of Political Parties in Postcommunist Poland.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Poles Together? The Emergence and Development of Political Parties in Postcommonist Poland. By ALEKS SZCZERBIAK. Budapest: Central European University Press, 2001. Pp. xvii + 280, 34 tables, biblio, index. 13.95 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN...

Beyond Post-Communist Studies. Political Science and the New Democracies of Europe.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Beyond Post-Communist Studies. Political Science and the New Democracies of Europe. By TERRY D. CLARK. Armonk and London: M.E. Sharpe, 2002. Pp. xii + 178, biblio, index. 16.95 [pounds sterling] (paper) ISBN 0-7656-0981-9; 44.00 [pounds...

Global Capital and National Governments.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Global Capital and National Governments. By LAYNA MOSLEY. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Pp. iii + 379, 68 figs & tables, index, biblio. 18.99 [pounds sterling] (paper) ISBN 0-521-52162-9; 50 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN...

Creating Cooperation. How States Develop Human Capital in Europe.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Creating Cooperation. How States Develop Human Capital in Europe. By PEPPER CULPEPPER. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. 2003. Pp. xiii + 239, biblio, index. 21.95 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN 0-80114-4069-6 This book is...

El reto de la participacion: Movimientos sociales y organizaciones.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... El reto de la participacion: Movimientos sociales y organizaciones. Edited by JOSE MANUEL ROBLES. Madrid: Visor/Antonio Machado 2002. Pp. 432, biblio, index. 15.27 [pounds sterling] (paper) ISBN 84-7774-759-8. This book represents an...

The British Regulatory State: High Modernism and Hyper-Innovation.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... The British Regulatory State: High Modernism and Hyper-Innovation. By MICHAEL MORAN. Oxford: University Press, 2003. Pp. x + 240, biblio, index. 40.00 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN 0-19-924757-9. Michael Moran is one of the UK's most...

The Executive Agency Revolution in Whitehall: Public Interest versus Bureau-Shaping Perspectives.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... The Executive Agency Revolution in Whitehall: Public Interest versus Bureau-Shaping Perspectives. By OLIVER JAMES. Basingstoke: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2003. Pp. 185, 17 tables, 14 figs, biblio, index, 45.00 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN...

Implementing Public Policy. Governance in Theory and Practice.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Implementing Public Policy. Governance in Theory and Practice. By MICHAEL HILL and PETER HUPE. London: Sage 2002. Pp. xix + 231, 2 figs, 13 tables, biblio, index. 19.99 [pounds sterling] (paper) ISBN 0-7619 6628 5. Implementation has...

Agricultural Policy Reform: Politics and Process in the EU and US 1990s.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Agricultural Policy Reform: Panties and Process in the EU and US 1990s. By WAYNE MOYER and TIM JOSLING. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002. Pp. 284. 41.50 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN 0-7546-3050-1. This book provides an incredibly detailed,...

Environmental Politics in Japan, Germany, and the United States.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Environmental Politics in Japan, Germany, and the United States. By MIRANDA A. SCHREURS. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Pp. xiii + 291, biblio, index. 47.50 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN 0-521-81912-1; 17.95 [pounds sterling]...

Environmental Leaders and Laggards in Europe: Why There is (Not) a 'Southern Problem'.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Environmental Leaders and Laggards in Europe: Why There is (Not) a 'Southern Problem'. By TANJA A. BORZEL. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003. Pp. x + 188, 5 figs, 8 tables, 4 charts, biblio, index. 50.00 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN 0-7546-1687-8. ...