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9780521719902

West European Politics in the Age of Globalization

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521719902

  • ISBN10:

    0521719909

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-10-27
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Over the past three decades the effects of globalization and denationalization have created a division between 'winners' and 'losers' in Western Europe. This study examines the transformation of party political systems in six countries (Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK) using opinion surveys, as well as newly collected data on election campaigns. The authors argue that, as a result of structural transformations and the strategic repositioning of political parties, Europe has observed the emergence of a tripolar configuration of political power, comprising the left, the moderate right, and the new populist right. They suggest that, through an emphasis on cultural issues such as mass immigration and resistance to European integration, the traditional focus of political debate - the economy - has been downplayed or reinterpreted in terms of this new political cleavage. This new analysis of Western European politics will interest all students of European politics and political sociology.

Table of Contents

Theory and Methods
Globalization and its impact on national spaces of competition
Contexts of party mobilization
The design of the study: the distinguishing characteristics of our approach
Country Studies
France: the model case of party system transformation
Austria: transformation driven by an established party
Switzerland: another case of transformation driven by an established party
The Netherlands: a challenge that was slow in coming
The United Kingdom: moving parties in a stable configuration
Germany: the dog that didn't bark
Comparative Analyses
Demand side: dealignment and realignment of the structural political potentials
Supply side: the positioning of the political parties in a restructuring space
The electoral consequences of the integration-demarcation cleavage
Globalizing West European politics: the change of cleavage structures, parties and party systems in comparative perspective
Technical appendix
Detailed statistical results
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