Overview
This text focuses on European regional integration and the effects of globalization. It emphasises the post-Cold War issues and trends in the forefront of contemporary comparative political analysis and discusses the decline of political parties and ideologies, and the emerging new forms of public-private partnerships. Racial, ethnic and regional sentiments across Europe abd issues involving lifestyle changes, women in politics and gay rights are covered.
Full Product Details
Author: Howard J. Wiarda
Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Edition: Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 19.10cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.30cm
Weight: 0.763kg
ISBN: 9780155073883
ISBN 10: 0155073885
Pages: 504
Publication Date: 26 January 2001
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
1. An Introduction to Europe and European Politics: Changing Dynamics in the Age of Independence and Globalization by Howard J. Wiarda. 2. Britain: Changing Yet Steadfast by John McCormick. 3. France at the Crossroads: An End to French Exceptionalism by Amy G. Mazur and Andrew Appleton. 4. Germany: From Bonn Republic to Berlin Republic by Gerard Braunthal. 5. Russia: Joining the West, But Slowly by Steve D. Boilard. 6. Scandinavia: Trouble in the Welfare State by David Gress. 7. Southern or Mediterranean Europe: Politics and the Political Systems of Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain by Howard J. Wiarda. 8. Whither Eastern Europe by Dale R. Herspring. 9. The European Union: Expanding and Deepening by John McCormick.
Author Information
Howard J. Wiarda is Professor of Political Science and the Leonard J. Horowitz Professor of Iberian and Latin American Politics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. A longtime associate of the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, Professor Wiarda was also editor of the political science journal Polity and director of Latin American studies centers in Amherst and Washington. Professor Wiarda has directed international affairs programs in several Washington think tanks, and was lead consultant to the National Bipartisan (Kissinger) Commission on Central America. He served by nomination of the President of the United States on several White House task forces and advisory panels, and has been a consultant to various foreign policy-making agencies of the U.S. government. Professor Wiarda is best known for his writing and edited volumes on Latin America, Europe, and comparative and foreign policy studies, including NEW DIRECTIONS IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS, AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, U.S. FOREIGN AND STRATEGIC POLICY IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA, CORPORATISM AND COMPARATIVE POLITICS, POLITICS IN IBERIA: THE POLITICAL SYSTEMS OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, LATIN AMERICA POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT, and FOREIGN POLICY WITHOUT ILLUSION: HOW FOREIGN POLICY WORKS AND DOESN'T WORK IN THE UNITED STATES.
