Political institutions in Europe

Introduction (Josep M. Colomer); Great Britain and Ireland: variations of party government (Ian Budge); Germany: The great coalition state (manfred G. Schmidt); France: The institutionalization of leadership (Yves Mény); Italy: A democratic regime in transition (Gianfranco Pasquino); Spain and Portugal: rule by party leadership (Josep M. Colomer); The low countries: confrontation and co-operation in segmented societies (Hans Keman); The Nordic countries: contention, compromise and corporatism (Jan-Erik Lane and Svante Ersson); The European Union: federalism in the making (Josep M. Colomer):