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_bBAL/E
100 _aBale, Tim
245 0 _aEuropean politics/
_ba comparitive introduction
_cTim Bale
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aLondon:
_bPalgrave,
_c2008.
300 _a404 p.
505 _a Introduction -- 1. Europe: a continent in the making -- 2. The end of the nation state? -- From government to governance: running the state, making policy and policing the Constitution -- Governments and parliaments: a long way from equality -- 5. Parties: how the past affects the present, and an uncertain future -- 6. Elections, voting and referendums: systems, turnout, preferences and unpredictability -- 7. The media: player and recorder -- 8. Participation and pressure politics: civil society, organised interests and social movements -- 9. Politics over markets: enduring differences between left and right -- 10. Not wanted but needed: migrants and minorities -- 11. Protecting and promoting: Europe's international politics.
650 _a European Union.
650 _aComparative government.
650 _aEurope -- Politics and government.
942 _cWB16