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Europe, a political profile : an American companion to European politics /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. :
ABC-CLIO,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; VOLUME 1; Contents; List of Maps, Figures, and Tables; Preface; Introduction to Volume 1; 1 Politics: Basic Concepts; Politics in and among Nations; Power; 2 Democracy; From Greece to the Labor Movement; Civil Society; Representative Democracy Challenged; 3 Europe; Europe: A Quick Geographical Note; One Europe or Many Europes?; A Quick Note on the European Economies; A Brief Note on Social and Political Life; 4 The European Experience: A Historical Note; From Ancient Times to the 20th Century; The 20th Century; Comparison of US and European Historical Developments.
- The European Identity5 The Nature of European Nations; Kosovo; Language and Nationhood; Religion; The Center and the Periphery; Social Class; Coping with Division: Integration versus Exclusion; The Decline of the Traditional Sources of Division; Immigrants: A New Divide?; 6 The Design of European Democracy; Division versus Diversity; Parliamentarism versus Presidentialism; Continental Democracy versus Westminster Democracy; Germanic Democracy and Latin Democracy; Unitarism versus Federalism; New Developments; 7 European Liberals Are Not American Liberals: The European Ideologies.
- The European Political SpectrumConservatism; Liberalism; Labor Ideologies: Anarchism, Social Democracy, and Communism; Christian Democracy; Fascism and Nazism; New Ideologies; Social Characteristics and Ideologies; Regional Variations in Coping with Ideological Division; Americanization of European Politics?; 8 From Elections to Governments: The Long Way; Where the Votes Are: Elections; Where the Power Is: Political Parties; Coalition Governments and Party Systems; Regional Variations in Elections, Parties, and Government; 9 Government and Parliament; The Real Legislator: Government.
- The Final Say: ParliamentHead of State: President or Monarch; The Constitution and the Judiciary; The Bureaucracy; Regional Variations in Parliamentary and Governmental Power; The Semi-presidential System; Challenging Representative Democracy; 10 Civil Society; Civil Society European Style; One of Europe's Favorites: Business/Labor/Government Tripartism; From Doctors to Students: Other Interest Associations and Movements; Regional Variation in Civil Society; The Commercial Revolution: The Mass Media; 11 Local and Regional Government; Local and Regional Politics; Federalism; 12 Public Policy.
- Policy StylesWelfare Is Not Welfare: The European Welfare State; Education; Immigration and Citizenship Policies; Left and Right: Does It Make a Difference?; Life and Death; 13 Supranational Politics: The European Union; The Euro; Toward European Integration; Two Founding Fathers and One Active Leader; EU Policies; The EU Structure; Intergovernmental Decision Making; The Supranational Structures; Eurosclerosis?; Comparison with the United States; 14 International Politics; Marking Territories in Multipolar Europe; The Bipolar World during the Cold War; Europe in the New Unipolar World.