This major new text brings together specially-commissioned chapters by leading authorities on European politics - East and West - to provide a systematic assessment of developments in political institutions and processes, politics and society, and policy set in the context of globalization, EU enlargement and Europe's changing role on the world stage. Carefully planned and edited by an international team of editors, it will, like its predecessor volumes on Developments in West European Politics, be essential reading for students and scholars.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Developments in European Politics; P.M.Heywood, E.Jones, M.Rhodes & U.Sedelmeier PART 1: THE EUROPEAN STATE - INTEGRATION & THE WORLD Europe and the Global Challenge; E.Jones & M.Rhodes International Politics & European States; F.Bicchi, K.E.Smith & R.Whitman The EU Dimension in European Politics; T.A.Boerzel & U.Sedelmeier PART 2: GOVERNMENT AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS Power at the Centre: The Organization of Democratic Systems; K.Goetz Political Parties; I.van Biezen & P.Mair Elections and Representation; G.Toka Territorial Politics in Europe; M.Keating PART 3: POLITICS AND SOCIETY Political Scandals and Corruption; P.M.Heywood & I.Krastev Anti-System Politics; C.Mudde Organized Economic Interests: Diversity and Change in an Enlarged Europe; S.Avdagic & C.Crouch The Judicialization of European Politics; Z.Kuhn The State and Religion; J.S.Madeley PART 4: CHALLENGES TO THE POLICY PROCESS European Welfare States: Diversity, Challenges and Reforms; A.Hemerijck, M.Keune & M.Rhodes Immigration and Asylum; V.Guiraudon & E.Jileva Organised Crime and Anti-Crime Politics; L.Paoli & C.Fijnaut Beyond Territoriality: European Security after the Cold War; R.A.Epstein & A.Gheciu

Author Biography

PAUL M. HEYWOOD is Dean of the Graduate School and Sir Francis Hill Professor of European Politics, University of Nottingham, UK. ERIK JONES is Professor of European Studies, SAIS Bologna Centre, The Johns Hopkins University, Italy. MARTIN RHODES is Professor of Comparative Political Economy, University of Denver, Colorado, USA. He was previously Professor of Public Policy at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy. ULRICH SEDELMEIER is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. He was previously Asso