Western Europe, 1245 pages, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Alexis Averbuck ...

Western Europe, 1245 pages, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Alexis Averbuck, Mark Elliott, Kerry Christiani, 9781741796797, 2011, Lonely Planet, 2011 The radical right in Western Europe: A comparative analysis, winner of the American Political Science Association's 1996 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award. The rise of new political competitors on the radical right is a central feature of many contemporary European party systems. The first study of its kind based on a wide array. Health politics: interests and institutions in Western Europe, ellen Immergut vividly demonstrates the tremendous impact political institutions can have on policy in this comparative analysis of the politics of national health insurance in Sweden, France, and Switzerland-three countries where the same legislative proposals have been. Obstinate or obsolete? The fate of the nation-state and the case of Western Europe, the critical issue for every student of world order is the fate of the nation-state. In the nuclear age, the fragmentation of the world into countless units, each of which has a claim to independence, is obviously dangerous for peace and illogical for welfare. The dy namism. Flexible production systems and regional development: the rise of new industrial spaces in North America and Western Europe, in this paper, I examine some relations between forms of production organization and the dynamics of the space economy in contemporary capitalism. I seek, in particular, to elucidate the locational meaning of certain deeply rooted changes that are currently occurring. A century of demographic and cultural change in Western Europe: An exploration of underlying dimensions, recent developments in patterns of family life in Western Europe can be related to historical features pertaining to the demographic transition and cultural change. Factor analyses performed on a set of such indicators for regional aggregates show that at least a century. A financial history of Western Europe, this is the first history of finance-broadly defined to include money, banking, capital markets, public and private finance, international transfers etc.-that covers Western Europe (with an occasional glance at the western hemisphere) and half a millennium. Charles Kindleberger. New social movements in Western Europe: A comparative analysis, shows how social change affects political mobilization indirectly through the restructuring of existing power relations, comparing the impact of the ecology, gay rights, peace, and women's movements in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. Of interest. Subtle and blatant prejudice in Western Europe, this paper develops, measures, and tests two types of intergroup prejudice blatant and subtle. Blatant prejudice is the traditional, often studied form; it is hot, close and direct. Subtle prejudice is the modern form; it is cool, distant and indirect. Using data from seven. The unbound Prometheus: technological change and industrial development in Western Europe from 1750 to the present, for over thirty years David S. Landes's The Unbound Prometheus has offered an unrivalled history of industrial revolution and economic development in Europe. Now, in this updated edition, the author reframes and reasserts his original arguments in the light of debates. Spaces of neoliberalism: urban restructuring in North America and Western Europe, spaces of Neoliberalism: Urban Restructuring in North America and Western Europe. Copyright © 2002 Blackwell Publishers Ltd. Editor(s): Neil Brenner, Nik Theodore. Published Online: 22 MAY 2012 02:18AM EST. Print ISBN: 9781405101059. Online ISBN: 9781444397499. Policy, office, or votes?: how political parties in Western Europe make hard decisions, leaders of political parties often have to choose between conflicting objectives, such as influence on policy, control of the government, and support among the voters. This book examines the behavior of political parties in situations where they experience conflict. Challenge to the nation-state: Immigration in Western Europe and the United States, this volume presents the latest research by some of the world's leading figures in the fast growing area of immigration studies. Relating the study of immigration to wider processes of social change, the book focuses on two key areas in which nation-states are being. Family ties in western Europe, in the Western world it is not difficult to identify areas where families and family ties are relatively 'strong'and others where they are relatively 'weak'. There are regions where traditionally the family group has had priority over the individual, and others where. Corporate social reporting practices in Western Europe: legitimating corporate behaviour, this study identifies factors that influence all types of social disclosures. A sample of 150 annual reports from six European countries was examined using content analysis. The results indicate that company size, industrial grouping and country of domicile all influence. Coalition governments in western Europe, coalition Governments in Western Europe is the most comprehensive empirical analysis to date of coalition politics. Based on a large cross-national data collection, covering the entire post-war period from 1945 to 1999, it is the first systematic study of institutions of governance. The new regionalism in Western Europe, in the 1990s, the states of western Europe faced twin challenges, from above in the shape of globalization and European integration, and from below in the form of new regionalist movements. In this authoritative book, Michael Keating traces the historical origins. Beyond national models: Civic integration policies for immigrants in Western Europe, this article argues that, instead of diverging in terms of national models, Western European states' policies on immigrant integration are increasingly converging. One convergent trend is examined in detail, obligatory civic integration courses and tests for newcomers. While. The Marshall Plan: America, Britain and the Reconstruction of Western Europe, 1947-1952, michael Hogan shows how The Marshall Plan was more than an effort to put American aid behind the economic reconstruction of Europe. American officials hoped to refashion Western Europe into a smaller version of the integrated single-market and mixed capitalist. Socioeconomic inequalities in morbidity and mortality in western Europe, background Previous studies of variation in the magnitude of socioeconomic inequalities in health between countries have methodological drawbacks. We tried to overcome these difficulties in a large study that compared inequalities in morbidity and mortality between. The Reconstruction of Western Europe, 1945-51, firstpublished in 1984 by Methuen & Co. Ltd Routledge is an imprint ofthe Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge's collection of thousands of eBooks please.