TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bale, Tim
TI  - European politics: a comparitive introduction
SN  - 9780230573796
U1  - 320.940 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London
PB  - Palgrave
KW  -  European Union.
KW  - Comparative government
KW  - Europe -- Politics and government
N1  - 	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
ER  -