Political Institutions in Europe Author:Josep Colomer (Editor) This is a clear, lucid introduction to the institutional regimes of fifteen countries in Western Europe written by an outstanding group of European political scientists. — Great Britain and Ireland : variations of party government / Ian Budge -- — Germany : the grand coalition state / Manfred G. Schmidt -- — France : the institutionalization of lea... more »dership / Yves Meny --
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« less