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_bCOL/C
245 0 0 _aComparative European politics/
_cedited by Josep M. Colomer.
250 _a3rd ed.
260 _aLondon ;
_aNew York :
_bRoutledge,
_c2008.
300 _aix, 310 p. ;
_c25 cm.
500 _aRev. ed. of: Political institutions in Europe, 2nd ed.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction / 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.
650 0 _aComparative government.
651 0 _aEurope, Western
_xPolitics and government.
700 _aColomer, Josep M., ed.
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