Comparative Government - Europe -- Politics - Europe -- Europe - Politics and Government

Indeks : p. 376 - 388 ; This book looks inside the political thought and behavior of key European nation-states today, and considers their evolution as Europe progresses away from the nation-state system altogether and toward the goal of "ever closer union." A series of fascinating case studies examines the political culture and social constructs of different European countries, and offers exceptional insights into the challenges that project of integration poses for the various regions of Europe. This book has two main purposes, to examine contemporary politics within key European nation-states and to look at Europe's progress toward a goal that is ultimately incompatible with the nation-state system. The first purpose necessarily focuses on the habits of thought and behavior, as well as governmental institutions and processes, long associated with sovereign states; the second underscores the degree to which sovereignty and nationalism have been superseded without being formally relinquished.