TY - BOOK AU - Colomer, Josep M., ed. TI - Comparative European politics SN - 9780415437554 (hardback) U1 - 320.3094 PY - 2008/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Comparative government KW - Europe, Western KW - Politics and government N1 - Rev. ed. of: Political institutions in Europe, 2nd ed; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / Josep M. Colomer -- Great Britain and Ireland : variations in party government / Ian Budge -- Germany : the grand coalition state / Manfred G. Schmidt -- France : the institutionalisation of leadership / Yves Mény -- Italy : the never-ending transition of a democratic regime / Gianfranco Pasquino -- Spain and Portugal : rule by party leadership / Josep M. Colomer -- The Low Countries : confrontation and coalition in segmented societies / Hans Keman -- The Nordic countries : compromise and corporatism in the welfare state / Jan-Erik Lane and Svante Ersson -- The European Union : a federal, democratic empire? / Josep M. Colomer ER -