Svante Ersson & Jan-Erik Lane 
Politics and Society in Western Europe [PDF ebook] 

Politics and Society in Western Europe is a comprehensive introduction for students of West European politics and of comparative politics. This new edition has been extensively revised and updated to meet with the new needs of undergraduate students as they come to terms with a changing social and political landscape in Europe.

This textbook provides a full analysis of the political systems of 18 Western European countries, their political parties, elections, and party systems, as well as the structures of government at local, regional, national and European Union levels.

Throughout the book, key theoretical ideas are accessibly introduced and examined against the very latest empirical data on civil society and the state.

Tabla de materias

Introduction

A Neo-Tocquevillian Approach

PART ONE: CIVIL SOCIETY

The Market Economy

Cleavages

Political Parties

Parties and Voters

Party Systems

PART TWO: GOVERNMENT

Decision-Making Institutions

Autonomy

Decision-Making Systems

Influence

European Integration

Issues

PART THREE: OUTCOMES

Political Stability

Public Sector Growth and the Welfare State

Conclusion

Sobre el autor

Jan-Erik Lane is Professor of Political Science at the University of Geneva.