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• I. Introduction What Makes Europe...Europe?The Approach: Four ThemesEuropean Politics in Transition: Critical JuncturesConclusion • II. The European Union and the Future of European Politics • 1. The Making of the European Union Critical JuncturesEuropolitics and European Politics in Transition • 2. Politics and Economics "Europe" Is BornIntegrating the Europe of Postwar SettlementsDark Clouds of CrisisGlobalization and the Liberal Renewal of EuropeAfter Maastricht: Years of New Dangers? • 3. European Institutions The "Triangle" Plus OneEuropean CommissionCouncil of MinistersEuropean Parliament: 626 Characters in Search of an Author?European Court of JusticeNew Institutions with Open Futures • 4. The EU and Its Policies The Single MarketThe EU BudgetThe Common Agricultural Policy and the Structural FundsCompetition and Industrial PolicySocial PolicyEnvironment, Transportation, and External Trade • 5. Europolitics in Transition: Four Challenges The Largest Challenges Confronting EuropeEconomic and Monetary Union as a Beginning Rather Than an End?Will "Western" Europe Become All of Europe? Enlarging the UnionA Big Switzerland? The EU as Regional Power or Global Presence?Truly Important Matters: Institutions, Democracy, and LegitimacyInstitutional Plumbing and the 2000 Intergovernmental ConferenceToward a Great Debate?The Democratic Dilemma • III. Britain • 6. The Making of the Modern British State British Politics in ActionGeographic SettingCritical JuncturesThemes and Implications • 7. Political Economy and Development The Postwar Settlement and BeyondState and EconomySociety and EconomyThe Dilemmas of European IntegrationBritain and the International Political Economy • 8. Governance and Policymaking Organization of the StateThe ExecutivePublic and Semipublic InstitutionsOther State InstitutionsThe European DimensionThe Policymaking Process • 9. Representation and Participation The LegislaturePolitical Parties and the Party SystemElectionsCollective Identities • 10. British Politics in Transition Continuities, Transitions, and Changing Agendas Constitutional Reform Identities in FluxThe Challenges of European IntegrationBritish Politics in Comparative Perspective • IV. France • 11. The Making of the Modern French State French Politics in ActionGeographic SettingCritical JuncturesThemes and Implications • 12. Political Economy and Development The Postwar Settlement and BeyondState and EconomySociety and EconomyThe Dilemmas of European IntegrationFrance and the International Political Economy • 13. Governance and Policymaking Organization of the StateThe ExecutivePublic and Semipublic AgenciesOther State InstitutionsThe European DimensionThe Policymaking Process • 14. Representation and Participation The LegislaturePolitical Parties and the Party SystemElectionsCollective IdentitiesProtest and Social Movements • 15. French Politics in Transition Continuities, Transitions, and Changing AgendasThe Challenges of European IntegrationFrench Politics in Comparative Perspective • V. Germany • 16. The Making of the Modern German State German Politics in ActionGeographic SettingCritical JuncturesThemes and ImplicationsHistorical Junctures and Political Themes • 17. Political Economy and Development The Postwar Settlement and BeyondState and EconomySociety and EconomyThe Dilemmas of European IntegrationGermany and the International Political Economy • 18. Governance and Policymaking Organization of the StateThe ExecutivePublic and Semipublic InstitutionsOther State InstitutionsThe European DimensionThe Policymaking Process • 19. Representation and Participation The LegislatureThe Party System and ElectionsCollective IdentitiesProtest and Social Movements • 20. German Politics in Transition Continuities, Transitions, and Changing AgendasThe Challenges of European IntegrationGermany in Comparative Perspective • VI. Italy • 21. The Emergence of the Modern Italian State Italian Politics in ActionGeographic SettingCritical Junctures in Italian HistoryHistorical Junctures and Political ThemesImplications for Contemporary Italian Politics • 22. Political Economy and Development The Postwar Settlement and BeyondEconomic Interventionism Within Postwar Polarization: From Reconstruction to MiracleCrisis: The Late 1970s and AfterwardState and EconomySociety and EconomyFrom a Country of Emigrants to One of Immigrants: Ethnic TensionsThe Dilemmas of European Integration: Italy and the International Political Economy • 23. Governance and Policymaking Constitutional Principles and the Organization of the StateThe ExecutivePublic Administration and Para-State AgenciesOther State InstitutionsThe European DimensionPolicy Processes: Continuity and Transition • 24. Representation and Participation The LegislatureRepresentative Principles and the Electoral System Political Parties and the Evolution of the Party SystemElectionsCollective IdentitiesInterest Groups, Social Movements, and Protest • 25. Italian Politics in Transition Continuities, Transitions, and Changing AgendasThe Challenges of European Integration: Changes in the Economy and Industrial RelationsItaly in Comparative Perspective • VII. East-Central Europe in Transition • 26. The Making of Modern East-Central Europe East-Central European Politics in ActionGeographic SettingCritical JuncturesWorld War IIndependence: 1918-1939The Beginnings of Communism: 1945-1949The Rebirth of Democracy: 1956-1989The Collapse of CommunismThe Road to European IntegrationCentral Europe in the Euro EraThemes and Implications • 27. Political Economy and Development The Peculiar Settlement and BeyondState and EconomySociety and EconomyThe Dilemmas of European IntegrationEast-Central Europe and the International Political EconomyConsequences of Globalization • 28. Governance and Policymaking Organization of the StateThe ExecutivePublic and Semipublic InstitutionsOther State InstitutionsThe European DimensionThe Policymaking Process • 29. Representation and Participation The LegislaturePolitical Parties, the Party System, and ElectionsCollective IdentitiesProtest and Social Movements • 30. East-Central European Politics in Transition Continuities, Transitions, and Changing AgendasThe Challenges of European IntegrationEast-Central European Politics in Comparative Perspective
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