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European Politics in Transition, Fourth Edition
Mark Kesselman, Columbia University
Joel Krieger, Wellesley College
Christopher S. Allen, University of Georgia
Stephen M. Hellman, York University
David Ost, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
George Ross, Harvard University
Chapter Outlines

  I. Introduction
What Makes Europe...Europe?
The Approach: Four Themes
European Politics in Transition: Critical Junctures
Conclusion

  II. The European Union and the Future of European Politics

  1. The Making of the European Union
Critical Junctures
Europolitics and European Politics in Transition

  2. Politics and Economics
"Europe" Is Born
Integrating the Europe of Postwar Settlements
Dark Clouds of Crisis
Globalization and the Liberal Renewal of Europe
After Maastricht: Years of New Dangers?

  3. European Institutions
The "Triangle" Plus One
European Commission
Council of Ministers
European Parliament: 626 Characters in Search of an Author?
European Court of Justice
New Institutions with Open Futures

  4. The EU and Its Policies
The Single Market
The EU Budget
The Common Agricultural Policy and the Structural Funds
Competition and Industrial Policy
Social Policy
Environment, Transportation, and External Trade

  5. Europolitics in Transition: Four Challenges
The Largest Challenges Confronting Europe
Economic and Monetary Union as a Beginning Rather Than an End?
Will "Western" Europe Become All of Europe? Enlarging the Union
A Big Switzerland? The EU as Regional Power or Global Presence?
Truly Important Matters: Institutions, Democracy, and Legitimacy
Institutional Plumbing and the 2000 Intergovernmental Conference
Toward a Great Debate?
The Democratic Dilemma

  III. Britain
  6. The Making of the Modern British State
British Politics in Action
Geographic Setting
Critical Junctures
Themes and Implications

  7. Political Economy and Development
The Postwar Settlement and Beyond
State and Economy
Society and Economy
The Dilemmas of European Integration
Britain and the International Political Economy

  8. Governance and Policymaking
Organization of the State
The Executive
Public and Semipublic Institutions
Other State Institutions
The European Dimension
The Policymaking Process

  9. Representation and Participation
The Legislature
Political Parties and the Party System
Elections
Collective Identities

  10. British Politics in Transition
Continuities, Transitions, and Changing Agendas
Constitutional Reform
Identities in Flux
The Challenges of European Integration
British Politics in Comparative Perspective

  IV. France
  11. The Making of the Modern French State
French Politics in Action
Geographic Setting
Critical Junctures
Themes and Implications

  12. Political Economy and Development
The Postwar Settlement and Beyond
State and Economy
Society and Economy
The Dilemmas of European Integration
France and the International Political Economy

  13. Governance and Policymaking
Organization of the State
The Executive
Public and Semipublic Agencies
Other State Institutions
The European Dimension
The Policymaking Process

  14. Representation and Participation
The Legislature
Political Parties and the Party System
Elections
Collective Identities
Protest and Social Movements

  15. French Politics in Transition
Continuities, Transitions, and Changing Agendas
The Challenges of European Integration
French Politics in Comparative Perspective

  V. Germany
  16. The Making of the Modern German State
German Politics in Action
Geographic Setting
Critical Junctures
Themes and Implications
Historical Junctures and Political Themes

  17. Political Economy and Development
The Postwar Settlement and Beyond
State and Economy
Society and Economy
The Dilemmas of European Integration
Germany and the International Political Economy

  18. Governance and Policymaking
Organization of the State
The Executive
Public and Semipublic Institutions
Other State Institutions
The European Dimension
The Policymaking Process

  19. Representation and Participation
The Legislature
The Party System and Elections
Collective Identities
Protest and Social Movements

  20. German Politics in Transition
Continuities, Transitions, and Changing Agendas
The Challenges of European Integration
Germany in Comparative Perspective

  VI. Italy
  21. The Emergence of the Modern Italian State
Italian Politics in Action
Geographic Setting
Critical Junctures in Italian History
Historical Junctures and Political Themes
Implications for Contemporary Italian Politics

  22. Political Economy and Development
The Postwar Settlement and Beyond
Economic Interventionism Within Postwar Polarization: From Reconstruction to Miracle
Crisis: The Late 1970s and Afterward
State and Economy
Society and Economy
From a Country of Emigrants to One of Immigrants: Ethnic Tensions
The Dilemmas of European Integration: Italy and the International Political Economy

  23. Governance and Policymaking
Constitutional Principles and the Organization of the State
The Executive
Public Administration and Para-State Agencies
Other State Institutions
The European Dimension
Policy Processes: Continuity and Transition

  24. Representation and Participation
The Legislature
Representative Principles and the Electoral System
Political Parties and the Evolution of the Party System
Elections
Collective Identities
Interest Groups, Social Movements, and Protest

  25. Italian Politics in Transition
Continuities, Transitions, and Changing Agendas
The Challenges of European Integration: Changes in the Economy and Industrial Relations
Italy in Comparative Perspective

  VII. East-Central Europe in Transition
  26. The Making of Modern East-Central Europe
East-Central European Politics in Action
Geographic Setting
Critical Junctures
World War I
Independence: 1918-1939
The Beginnings of Communism: 1945-1949
The Rebirth of Democracy: 1956-1989
The Collapse of Communism
The Road to European Integration
Central Europe in the Euro Era
Themes and Implications

  27. Political Economy and Development
The Peculiar Settlement and Beyond
State and Economy
Society and Economy
The Dilemmas of European Integration
East-Central Europe and the International Political Economy
Consequences of Globalization

  28. Governance and Policymaking
Organization of the State
The Executive
Public and Semipublic Institutions
Other State Institutions
The European Dimension
The Policymaking Process

  29. Representation and Participation
The Legislature
Political Parties, the Party System, and Elections
Collective Identities
Protest and Social Movements

  30. East-Central European Politics in Transition
Continuities, Transitions, and Changing Agendas
The Challenges of European Integration
East-Central European Politics in Comparative Perspective



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