Beyond the Nation State Parties in the Era of Integration

by Hanley, David

• ISBN13: 9781403907950
• ISBN10: 1403907951
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-12-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The vast literature on globalization integration and supranational bodies such as the EU dwells mainly on the problems which such processes pose for the nation-state. States are seen as needing to provide responses to these new challenges, but parties within those states are equally challenged. David Hanley examines how parties address those challenges and the manner in which parties act at supranational level.

Author Biography

DAVID HANLEY was educated at Oxford and Warwick universities and has taught in Ireland, France and the UK. He has published widely on French and European topics, particularly party politics, socialism and Christian democracy. He is currently Professor of European Studies at Cardiff University, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
List of Acronyms	p. x
Introduction: Parties and Transnationalism	p. 1
Parties, Nation States and Beyond: Some General Considerations	p. 8
From International to Transnational Party: A Historical Perspective	p. 31
European Social Democracy: Riding the Tide of Globalisation	p. 62
Christian Democrats and Allies: Identity and the Logic of Numbers	p. 85
Liberals and Democrats: In the Shadow of the Heavyweights?	p. 117
The Communists and Allies: Still Fighting for Change	p. 138
Defending the Periphery, Protecting the Environment: The Regionalist Family and the Greens	p. 157
Sovereignists, Sceptics and Populists: As Transnational as the Rest?	p. 179
National Parties, Party Families and Their Roads to Transnationalism: A Comparative Conclusion	p. 201
Bibliography	p. 217
Index	p. 228
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