The politics today companion to West European Politics

Section 1Events, groups and developments --Section 2Biographies --Section 3Abbreviations --Political parties --European and cross-national organisations --Miscellaneous --Section 4Chronologies --United Kingdom --General elections and changes of government --General --France --The Fourth Republic --The transition to the Fifth Republic and the Algerian issue --The Fifth Republic: general --The Fifth Republic: elections and changes of government --Germany --Bundestag elections, changes of government and election of federal presidents --The division and reunification of Germany --General --Italy --General --Elections and changes of government --Spain --General --The transition to democracy --Elections and changes of government --Smaller democracies --Europe --Integration --General --Section 5Data relating to political systems --The countries of Western Europe --Austria --Belgium --Denmark --Finland --France --Germany --Greece --Iceland --Ireland --Italy --Luxembourg --Malta --The Netherlands --Norway --Portugal --Spain --Sweden --Switzerland --United Kingdom --International organisations in Western Europe Council of Europe --European Union (EU) --North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) --Selected references.