European politics

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction: What is Europe? -- Chapter 2 Political and economic development in Western and Eastern Europe -- Chapter 3 The development of the European Union -- Chapter 4 Institutions and policies of the European Union -- Chapter 5 Parliaments and electoral systems -- Chapter 6 Executive authority in Europe -- Chapter 7 Legal structures and judicial systems -- Chapter 8 Political parties and elections -- Chapter 9 Political culture and political behavior -- Chapter 10 Economic issues in Europe -- Chapter 11 Immigration and multi-culturalism in contemporary Europe -- Chapter 12 European security and foreign policy -- Final questions and possible trajectories -- Index