Europe, a Political Profile : An American Companion to European Politics [2 Volumes].

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 Identity -- 5 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 Spectrum -- Conservatism -- 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: Parliament -- Head 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 Styles -- Welfare 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 -- A Divided Continent in Search of Unity -- Even Good Neighbors Have Their Quarrels -- The EU's Foreign Policy -- 15 European Nations by Region -- The British Isles -- The Big Three of Continental Western Europe -- The Other Germanic and Latin Nations -- Central Europe -- The Balkan Peninsula -- Eastern Europe -- Southeastern Europe -- The Other Countries -- 16 Europe and the United States: Social Class and Race-Convergence or Divergence? -- Sources Quoted in Volume 1 -- Appendix A: 1992 EU Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty), Preamble, Titles I and II.

Appendix B: The 1999 Blair/Schröder Manifesto: Europe: The Third Way/Die Neue Mitte -- Appendix C: List of European Nations and the United States -- VOLUME 2 -- Contents -- Introduction to Volume 2 -- 1 British Isles: Ireland, Great Britain -- 2 The Big Three of Continental Western Europe: Germany, France, Italy -- 3 Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland -- 4 The Low Countries: The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg -- 5 The Alpine Nations: Switzerland, Austria -- 6 Iberian Peninsula: Portugal, Spain -- 7 The Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania -- 8 Mid-Central Europe: Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary -- 9 Balkan Peninsula: The Former Yugoslavia-Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia -- 10 The Other Balkan Countries: Albania, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece -- 11 Eastern Europe: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine -- 12 Southeastern Europe: Turkey, Caucasian Countries (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan) -- 13 The Other Countries: Iceland, Malta, Cyprus -- 14 The Ministates: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City State -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Sources and Further Reading -- Appendix A: List of European Nations and the United States -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

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