What is Europe?

 Europe in the mid-1990s is one continent with national governments differing in their histories; some are established democracies and others have more experience under dictatorships. This work uses political science concepts to show how European governments differ from each other. It covers all the member states of the European Union and the new democracies of central Eastern Europe.

Review: 'An outstanding work. It stimulates many thoughts.' Vernon Bogdanor, Oxford University 

Europe: the Changing Idea of a Continent.

I. A CENTURY OF CHANGE.

1. Undemocratic and Undivided: Europe up to 1945.

2. Europe Twice Transformed since 1945.

II. DEMOCRATIZATION.

3. Dynamics of Democratization in Europe.

4. The Constitution of Established Democracies.

5. Post-Communist Europe: The Need to Tame the State.

III. THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION.

6. Mobilizing Popular Support.

7. Mobilizing Demobilized Voters in Post-Communist Societies.

8. From Representation to Government.

9. Leadership and Accountability.

IV. MAKING PUBLIC POLICIES.

10. Giving Direction to Public Policy.

11. Public Policy and Welfare.

12. Getting By in Post-Communist Societies.

V. INCREASING INTERDEPENDENCE.

13. Organizing Europe: From Interdependence to Union.

14. Europe in the World.