"At a time when so many cracks have emerged within the imagined community of 'the West', this important new book, by one of the leading social scientists in Europe, examines the intellectual history of comparing Europe and the United States. Claus Offe considers the perspectives…
"This book represents the first comprehensive study of the evolution of parties and party systems in all nine democratic European states with less than one million inhabitants. As small political units have for long been considered to be most conducive to stable democracy, this …
"This book represents the first comprehensive study of the evolution of parties and party systems in all nine democratic European states with less than one million inhabitants. As small political units have for long been considered to be most conducive to stable democracy, this …
Constructing the EU's political identity
This book examines the construction of the EU's political identity (or identities), variations in its strength, and the nature of its content. Drawing on studies both on European nation-state formation and on the EU's identity, the chapters take a top-down approach and analyse h…
Constructing the EU's political identity
This book examines the construction of the EU's political identity (or identities), variations in its strength, and the nature of its content. Drawing on studies both on European nation-state formation and on the EU's identity, the chapters take a top-down approach and analyse h…
"This comparative book examines what kinds of societal forces shape an individuals' relationship towards democratic political life in contemporary Europe."
This text explores the important connections between medicine and political culture that often have been overlooked. In response to the French Revolution and British radicalism, political propagandists adopted a scientific vocabulary and medical images for their own purposes. Ne…
"This edited volume affords conceptual and analytical convergence in the study of political incivility by bringing together theoretical and empirical work of scholars from various (sub)disciplines studying political incivility within European countries and the USA. It addresses …
"This edited volume affords conceptual and analytical convergence in the study of political incivility by bringing together theoretical and empirical work of scholars from various (sub)disciplines studying political incivility within European countries and the USA. It addresses …
Die Europäische Union ist ein neuartiger supranationaler Herrschaftsverband. Außerhalb dieses Rechts- und Institutionenraumes gibt es keine europäische Gesellschaft. So die Grundannahme dieses Bandes. Wie Europa als politische Einheit zu denken sei, in welcher Verfassungsgestalt…
Right-wing extremism is an omnipresent subject in academia and the public sphere. However, what characterises right-wing extremism exactly? How does it come to the fore? How can its emergence be explained? How can it be successfully combatted? This volume provides an overview of…
