West European Politics articles from October 2001

West European Politics archives from October 2001

The radical right in public office: Agenda-setting and policy effects.
October 1, 2001... Michael Minkenberg is Professor of Political Science at the European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. His reasearch interests are comparative right-wing radicalism and the relationship between religion and democracy. He is author...

The politics of opposition and European integration in Scandinavia: Is euro-scepticism a government--opposition dynamic?
October 1, 2001... Nick Sitter is Associate Professor in the Department of Public Governance at the Norwegian School of Management BI, where he teaches and researches European Union politics and public policy. Before moving to Norway he taught at the Central...

Parliamentary government in different shapes.
October 1, 2001... Guy-Erik Isaksson is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Abo Akademi University in Finland. His research focuses on parliamentary rule, especially on government formation. His publications include 'Party Behaviour in the Finnish...

Neither decline nor sclerosis: The organisational structure of the German environmental movement.
October 1, 2001... Dieter Ruclit is Professor of Sociology at the Social Science Research Centre Berlin. His research interests include social change, social movements and political protest. Currently he is engaged in a study of protest in Germany and a study of...

Immigration, asylum and citizenship in Germany: The impact of unification and the Berlin republic.
October 1, 2001... Simon Green is Lecturer in German Politics at the Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham. His research interests lie in immigration, asylum and citizenship policy, both in Germany and within the EU. He is currently writing a...

When industrial policy shapes public sector reform: Total quality management in Britain and France.
October 1, 2001... Denis Saint-Martin is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Montreal, where he teaches public policy and administration. He has published in various journals such as Governance, Administration &...

Bringing together or driving apart the union? Towards a theory of differentiated integration.(European Union)
October 1, 2001... Alkuin Kolliker is a Doctoral Candidate in Political Science at the European University Institute in Florence and works as a Research Fellow for the Max-Planck Project Group for the Study of Common Goods in Bonn. Recent publications include How...

The new institutionalism and the study of the European union: The case of the social dialogue.
October 1, 2001... Michael J. Gorges is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. His research focuses on the new institutionalism, interest intermediation in the European Union, and changing conceptions of French...

Delegation and constraints in the national execution of the EC policies: A longitudinal and qualitative analysis.(European Commission)
October 1, 2001... Fabio Franchino is a Lecturer in European Union Politics and Policies at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He studies the delegation of powers in the EU and has published in the Journal of Theoretical Politics, Journal of...

Election report: A new republic in Italy? The May 2001 election.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Silvio Berlusconi's electoral triumph of 13 May 2001 was such as to make history, perhaps ushering in the long-awaited 'Second Republic'. Never, in Italy's democratic history, had a prospective government been given such a large parliamentary...

Election report: After the ball was over ... the british general election of 2001.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... 'Can Labour win again in the foreseeable future?' asked 'Labour's Last Chance?' an appraisal of the 1992 election. 'On the face of it there seems little reason for optimism. Each of the four defeats it has suffered since 1979 has been worse...

The study of scottish politics post-devolution: New evidence, new analysis and new methods? (REVIEW ARTICLE).(Review)
October 1, 2001... All the First Minister's Men: The Truth Behind Holyrood. By D. BLACK. Edinburgh: Birlinn 2001. Pp.237, [pounds sterling]7.99. ISBN 1841581674. New Scotland, New Politics. By A. BROWN, J. CURTICE and L. PATERSON. Edinburgh: Edinburgh...

Par le peuple, pour le peuple: le populisme et les democraties and I confini dell'odio: il nazionalismo etnico e la nuova destra europea. & II dottor H.: Haider e la nuova destra europea. (BOOK REVIEWS).
October 1, 2001... Par le Peuple, Pour le Peuple: le populisme et les democraties. By YVES MENY and YVES SUREL. Paris: Editions Fayard 2000. Pp.312 + biblio. FF140 (paper) ISBN 2-213-60077-5. I Confini dell'Odio: il nazionalismo etnico e la nuova destra...

A virtuous circle. political communications in postindustrial societies. (BOOK REVIEWS).
October 1, 2001... A Virtuous Circle. Political Communications in Postindustrial Societies. By PIPPA NORRIS. New York: Cambridge University Press 2000. Pp.xvii + 398, 54 tables, 38 figures, biblio, index. [pounds sterling]40 (cloth) ISBN 0-521-79015-8; [pounds...

Democracy and the media: A comparative perspective. (BOOK REVIEWS).
October 1, 2001... Democracy and the Media: A Comparative Perspective. Edited by R. GUNTHER and A. MUGHAN. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2000. Pp.496. [pounds sterling]55 (cloth) ISBN 0-521-77180-3; [pounds sterling]19.95 (paper) ISBN 0-521-77743-7. ...

Coalition governments in Western Europe. (BOOK REVIEWS).
October 1, 2001... Coalition Governments in Western Europe. Edited by WOLFGANG C. MULLER and KAARE STR0M. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2000. Pp.xvi + 602, biblio, index. [pounds sterling]55 (cloth) ISBN 0-19-829760-2. Political science suffers from a major...

The political mobilization of the European left, 1860-1980: The class cleavage. (BOOK REVIEWS).
October 1, 2001... The Political Mobilization of the European Left, 1860-1980: The Class Cleavage. By STEFANO BARTOLINI. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2000. Pp.xxiv + 637, 100 tables, 41 figures, biblia, index. [pounds sterling]45 (cloth) ISBN...

Social democracy and the challenge of European union. (BOOK REVIEW).
October 1, 2001... Social Democracy and the Challenge of European Union. By ROBERT LADRECH. London: Lynne Rienner 2000. Pp.xiv + 165, biblio, index. [pounds sterling]37.50 (cloth) ISBN 1-55587-902-0. In this extended essay, Robert Ladrech attempts to assess...

Europe in change -- committee governance in the European union. (Book Reviews).
October 1, 2001... Europe in Change -- Committee Governance in the European Union. Edited by THOMAS CHRISTIANSEN and EMIL KIRCHNER. Manchester: Manchester University Press 2000. Pp.199. [pounds sterling]40 (cloth) ISBN 0-7190-5552-0. In the process of...

Rethinking European order: West European responses, 1989-97. (Book Reviews).
October 1, 2001... Rethinking European Order: West European Responses, 1989-97. Edited by ROBIN NIBLETT and WILLIAM WALLACE. Basingstoke: Palgrave 2001. Pp.xiv + 298, 2 maps, index. [pounds sterling]50 (cloth) ISBN 0-333-91571-2. The book analyses and...

Franco-German relations. (Book Reviews).
October 1, 2001... Franco-German Relations. By ALISTAIR COLE. Edinburgh: Pearson 2001. Pp.178, biblio, index. [pounds sterling]14.99 (paper) ISBN 0-582-31997-8. Recent international and European Union (EU) negotiations have highlighted crucial divergences...

Environmental transitions: Transformation and ecological defence in central and eastern europe. (Book Reviews).
October 1, 2001... Environmental Transitions: Transformation and Ecological Defence in Central and Eastern Europe. Edited by P. PAVLINEK and J. PICKLES. London: Routledge 2000. Pp.xxii + 362, 22 plates, 39 figures, 19 maps, 56 tables, biblio, index. [pounds...

Ethnicity and globalization. (Book Reviews).
October 1, 2001... Ethnicity and Globalization. By STEPHEN CASTLES. London: Sage 2000. Pp.xii + 228, biblio, index. [pounds sterling]47.50 (cloth) ISBN 0-7619-5611-5; [pounds sterling]16.99 (paper) ISBN 0-7619-5612-3. These essays on ethnicity and...

A not-so-dismal science: A aroader view of economies and societies. (Book Reviews).
October 1, 2001... A Not-So-Dismal Science: A Broader View of Economies and Societies. Edited by M. OLSON and S. KAKHONEN. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2000. Pp.x + 274, biblio, index. [pounds sterling]14.99 (paper) ISBN 0-19-829490-5. This collection of...