Social Democracy and European Integration

The politics of preference formation
Herausgeber: Dimitrakopoulos, Dionyssis G

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Produktbeschreibung

Why do social democratic political parties respond differently to the crucial question of the future of the European Union? This book examines the preferences of social democratic parties in Germany, France, the UK, Sweden and Greece towards European integration, in comparative perspective.

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This book examines why social democratic political parties respond differently to the crucial question of the future of the European Union, exploring the preferences of Germany, France, the UK, Sweden and Greece, in comparative perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780415559850
• ISBN-10: 0415559855
• Artikelnr.: 28521936

Autorenporträt

Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Birkbeck University of London, UK. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He teaches European integration and comparative public policy in Europe at postgraduate and undergraduate levels. He is the founding director of the MSc/MRes European Public Policy and is responsible for the MSc/MRes Politics of Europe & the European Union. His research interests include: * The politics of European integration * Social democracy and the process of integration in Europe * Preference formation * The EU and the member states * Institutional reform * The implementation of EU public policy * Ideational explanations of political phenomena * Institutionalist accounts of politics * Contemporary Greek politics

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Social Democracy, European Integration and Preference
Formation Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos 2. The SPD's Preferences on European
Integration: Always One Step Behind? Christoph Egle 3. The French Socialist
Party and European Integration: Faltering Europeanism? Philippe Marlière 4.
The Labour Party and European Integration: An Awkward Relationship Hussein
Kassim 5. The Panhellenic Socialist Movement and European Integration: The
Primacy of the Leader Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos and Argyris G. Passas
6. Swedish Social Democracy and European Integration: Enduring Divisions
Karl-Magnus Johansson and Göran von Sydow 7. Conclusion Dionyssis G.
Dimitrakopoulos