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Preface | |
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About the Authors | |
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Becoming Modern in Europe and America: Different History, Different Politics | |
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How Do We Know that Europe Is Different? | |
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Explaining Differences: The Impact of History, Geography, and Culture | |
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Structure of the Book | |
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Key Terms | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Notes | |
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Political Parties | |
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Political Parties-The "Children of Democracy" | |
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Functions of Political Parties | |
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Differences between Political Parties and Interest Groups | |
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Socialists | |
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Liberals | |
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Conservatives | |
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Christian Democrats | |
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New Radical Right | |
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Greens | |
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Regional Parties | |
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A Multidimensional Political Space | |
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Membership in Political Parties | |
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Stability and Change of Parties and Party Systems | |
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Key Terms | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Notes | |
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Parliaments: How They Are Elected and How They Work | |
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Winner-Take-All: Great Britain | |
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Party List Proportional Representation: The Netherlands | |
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Personalized Proportional Representation: Switzerland, Ireland, and Germany | |
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Switzerland | |
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Ireland | |
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Germany | |
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Changing the Electoral System: France and Italy | |
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France | |
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Italy | |
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Voter Turnout | |
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Legislative Behavior | |
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Key Terms | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Notes | |
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Cabinet Formation and Heads of State | |
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Single-Party Majority Cabinets | |
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Minimal-Winning Cabinets | |
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Oversized Cabinets | |
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Minority Cabinets | |
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Cabinet Instability | |
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Semipresidential Systems | |
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Parliamentary and Presidential Systems | |
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Presidentialism | |
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Parliamentarism | |
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Heads of State | |
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Monarchial Head of State | |
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Civilian Heads of State | |
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Key Terms | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Notes | |
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Courts | |
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Great Britain | |
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Switzerland | |
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Germany | |
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France | |
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Hungary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Notes | |
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Federalism and Referenda | |
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Switzerland: Prototypical Case of a Federalist Country with a Strong Referendum | |
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European Trend toward Federalism and Referenda | |
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Arguments against Federalism and Referenda | |
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Key Terms | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Notes | |
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Social Movements | |
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Environmental Movement | |
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Peace, Third-World, and Antiglobalization Movements | |
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Women's Movement | |
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The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Movement | |
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Youth Movement | |
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Key Terms | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Notes | |
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The State and Economic Interest Groups | |
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The State as a Political Actor | |
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Economic Interest Groups | |
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Pluralism and Corporatism | |
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The Theory of Corporatism | |
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The Future of Corporatism | |
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Comparing European and American Responses to the Great Meltdown of 2008 | |
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The Paternalist Role of the State | |
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Attitudes toward Risk | |
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Class Consciousness | |
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Civil Service in Europe | |
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Family, History Matters | |
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Key Terms | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Notes | |
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Policy Outcomes | |
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Explaining Variation in Poverty Rates | |
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Explaining Further Policy Outcomes | |
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Key Terms | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Notes | |
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The End of the Cold War | |
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Classical Marxism | |
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Neo-Marxism | |
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Communism in Central and Eastern Europe | |
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Poland | |
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Hungary | |
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East Germany | |
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Communism in Western Europe | |
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Key Terms | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Notes | |
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Transitions to Democracy | |
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The Federal Republic of Germany After 1945 | |
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Italy After 1945 | |
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Spain After 1975 | |
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Hungary After 1989 | |
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Poland After 1989 | |
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Ukraine in 2004 | |
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Explanations | |
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Russia | |
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Key Terms | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Notes | |
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Nationalism and Ethnicity | |
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War in Former Yugoslavia | |
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Northern Ireland | |
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Basque Country | |
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Immigration | |
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Sports Events | |
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More Benign Aspects | |
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Key Terms | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Notes | |
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Power Sharing in Deeply Divided Societies | |
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Development of the Theory of Power Sharing | |
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Critique of the Theory of Power Sharing | |
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Northern Ireland | |
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Former Czechoslovakia | |
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Former Yugoslavia | |
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Power Sharing and Deliberation | |
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Normative Evaluation of Power Sharing | |
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Key Terms | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Notes | |
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The European Union | |
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History of European Integration | |
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Council of Ministers | |
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European Council | |
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European Commission | |
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European Parliament | |
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European Court of Justice | |
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European Bureaucracy | |
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What Does the European Union Do? | |
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Agricultural Policy | |
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Regional and Development Policy | |
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Common Currency-the Euro | |
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Continued Expansion: Where Does "Europe" End? | |
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Turkey's EU Membership Prospects | |
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A Constitution for Europe? "Non" and "Nee" | |
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Key Terms | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Notes | |
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Globalization and European Democracies | |
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What Is Globalization? | |
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How Should Globalization Be Measured? | |
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The Challenges of Globalization for European Democracies | |
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The Welfare State and Globalization | |
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Immigration and Globalization | |
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Globalization and the Fragility of Community | |
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Is Globalization a Threat or an Opportunity for European Democracies? | |
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Key Terms | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Notes | |
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Index | |