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Full Description
With its coherent analytical framework and accessible style, Foundations of European Politics: A Comparative Approach introduces students to important tools of social science and comparative analysis.
Key Features
- Adopts a social scientific approach, introducing students to the important theoretical and empirical tools necessary to compare and analyse democratic politics in Europe.
- Provides comprehensive coverage of political institutions, political behaviour and voters, and selected important policy outcomes.
- Breakout boxes are included in each chapter to go deeper into aspects of European politics, and how to study it. Boxes includes debates about methods and measurement of important concepts, case studies, and academic controversies and debates.
New to this Edition
- Three new chapters cover topics around how to study European politics using the scientific method, how people receive and process political information and the role social media and political elites play in informing citizens about politics, and how organizations and social movements influence policy-making in Europe.
- New and updated, full colour, graphs and figures help to clarify complex data and theoretical topics.
- Existing chapters have been restructured and expanded to provide deeper insights and more comprehensive coverage of European politics.
Digital Formats and Resources
Foundations of European Politics is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and it is supported by online resources. Additional data set exercises can be found at www.foundationsofeuropeanpolitics.com.
Contents
Part I: Theoretical and Empirical Foundations
1: Introduction
2: European Politics Through the Eyes of Political Scientists
3: Democratic Politics
4: Multilevel Politics in Europe
Part II: Citizens and Voters
5: Ideology and Issues
6: Voting Decisions
Part III: Elections and Parties
7: Electoral Systems
8: Representation
9: Political Parties
10: Party Competition
11: Political Communication and Information
Part IV: Governments and Policy
12: Government Formation
13: Law-Making in Governments and Parliaments
14: Interest Groups and Lobbying
15: Policy Outcomes in Europe
Part V: Rule of Law, Democracy, and Backsliding
16: Rule of Law and Judicial Politics
17: European Politics into the Future
