State and Society in Western Europe by Percy Allum

State and Society in Western Europe by Percy Allum

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This is a major textbook in European politics. Comparative in approach, it examines the problems of West European democracies in the era of the Single European Act and the Treaty of Maastricht. Allum discusses the politics of the four major Western European countries -- Britain, France, Germany and Italy.

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State and Society in Western Europe by Percy Allum

This is a major textbook in European politics. Comparative in approach, it examines the problems of West European democracies in the era of the Single European Act and the Treaty of Maastricht. Allum discusses the politics of the four major Western European countries -- Britain, France, Germany and Italy.
"It is highly readable and a book I shall recommend to students" Jack Hayward, Centre for European Politics, University of Oxford

"This book has much to commend it, not least its highly convincing attempt to fuse a 'conventional' political science approach with a public policy framework to offer a deeper understanding of western Europe's political systems ... the rather unorthodox comparative framework is one [students of German politics] may find stimulating." German Politics

"Very impressive." West European Politics

"This enormously ambitious work adopts a conventional thematic approach based on case studies of Britain, France, (West) Germany and Italy, but sets different priorities to those of other available textbooks. Explicitly analytical, it examines the relationship between the democratic constitutional state and capitalist society in Western Europe ... Its depth and comprehensiveness would recommend it as a 'review' text." Political Studies

"State and Society in Western Europe will prove to be a major textbook on European institutions and developments. It is a highly readable contemporary and comparative presentation of four European democracies and their institutions." Times Higher Education Supplement

Percy Allum is the author of State and Society in Western Europe, published by Wiley.

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ISBN 13 9780745604107
ISBN 10 0745604102
Title State and Society in Western Europe
Author Percy Allum
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published 1995-02-25
Number of pages 656
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