A sophisticated theoretical framework and up-to-date analysis of the Europeanisation of domestic party systems and political parties' policy stances. This book covers a range of contemporary topics: party systems, policy stances of political parties, opposition/co-operation over European integration, cleavage theory of party response to European integration, domestic depoliticisation and EU representation. It presents a sophisticated political analysis of Europe, and an exceptional amount of factual information about European countries and parties.
This is a careful and very considered analysis of the impact of European integration on domestic parties and their party systems in a variety of different European countries. The questions addressed by the authors are familiar, but they seek new answers by adopting a strong, systematic and theoretically sophisticated approach to the analysis of national patterns. Focussing on politicisation and depoliticisation, as well as on the conjuncture between change at the level of parties and of party systems, Erol Külahci and his co-authors offer a substantial contribution to the literature on European integration and party politics. -- Peter Mair, European University Institute
The focus of Erol Külahci's volume is on the impact of European integration on the party systems and political parties: it includes a pertinent introduction, eight deep domestic case studies, one acute chapter on European parties and a stimulating comparative conclusion. With the relevance of the argument, the high quality of empirical data and the rigour of the comparative method, this book is not only important for the analysis of political parties: it's also a real contribution on the issue of democracy and European Union. -- Marc Lazar, Sciences Po Paris
Europeanisation and Party Politics is a deeply informed analysis that will take its place among the very finest resources for those interested in the politics of Europe. It synthesizes a vast amount of information on national and European parties and party systems, and it makes a serious contribution to our understanding of whether and how these have been affected by the debate over Europe. -- Gary Marks, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Surprisingly enough, the impact of European integration on national parties and party systems has been almost neglected by political analysis until recently. This book represents an important contribution to the debate on the Europeanisation of national party systems which has gained momentum as the impact of European integration and European policy making on the conflicts within national party systems is becoming ever more visible. -- Thomas Poguntke, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Erol Külahci's research focuses on comparative European politics and in particular domestic and European political parties. He specialises in European Higher Education and Research policies and programmes with developing countries and has developed initiatives with universities and research centres in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He is a member of the Centre d'étude de la vie politique (CEVIPOL) and one of the founders of the Young ECPR Network on Europeanisation. His other work includes the book La social-démocratie et le chômage (Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, 2008) and numerous articles for international journals.
Stefano Bartolini was born in 1952 and graduated in political science from the University of Florence. From 2006 to 2013 he was Director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute.
Previous to his directorship he was assistant professor at the University of Bologna (1976) and at the European University Institute (1979), associate professor at the University of Florence (1985), full professor at the University of Trieste (1990), the University of Geneva (1991), the European University Institute (1994) and the University of Bologna (2004).
He is a member of the editorial board of the Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, and a member of the scientific board of West European Politics, Swiss Review of Political Science, Acta Politica, Electoral Studies, Journal of Theoretical Politics, and Comparative Political Studies.
He has been awarded the best book prize of the European Politics section at APSA (2002), the Gregory Luebbert APSA Prize in Comparative Politics (2001), and the UNESCO Stein Rokkan Prize for the Social Sciences (1990).
Professor Bartolini's present academic interests are the relationships between the process of European integration and the key features of the European nation-state experience.
His research interests have focused on Western Europe political development, comparative methodology, political institutions and European integration.
David S Bell is Professor of French Government and Politics and teaches at the University of Leeds in Politics and International Studies. His research is on political parties in Western Europe and on political leadership in the Western world. His publications include articles on the recent elections in France and on the parties of the extreme left in Europe.
Iosif Botetzagias is Assistant Professor at the Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, Greece. His academic interests include Environmental Politics and Policies, Environment Sociology and New Social Movements.
Nicolò Conti is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University Unitelma Sapienza of Rome. He has recently edited 'Which Europe do Parties Want? A View from France, Italy, Portugal and Spain' (special issue of Perspectives on European Politics and Society vol. 1 (2), 2010).
Jean-Michel De Waele is Professor of Political Science at the Université libre de Bruxelles. He is also the Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Science. His research centres on political parties and interest groups, Central and Eastern Europe, and comparative European politics. His publications include recent books on Central and Eastern Europe.
David Hanley is Emeritus Professor of European Studies and former Head of the School of European Studies at Cardiff University. His research centres on comparative European politics, especially political parties and transnationalism. He is currently Visiting Professor at the Centre for International Studies Research, University of Portsmouth, where he is continuing his work on European political parties.
Isabelle Hertner is a PhD candidate and research assistant at the Department of Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London. Her PhD focuses on the Europeanisation of social democratic party organisation. Her wider research interests include British, German and French EU policies and policy making.
John Loughlin is Fellow of Edmund’s College, Cambridge and Affiliated Lecturer in Politics in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge. He was Professor of European Politics at Cardiff University and Visiting Professor at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Aix-en-Provence. He has published extensively on issues of territorial governance in Europe and elsewhere, and has acted as an adviser on these issues to the UK Government, the Council of Europe, the European Union and the United Nations. He founded and edited for eleven years Regional and Federal Studies (Routledge) and created the ECPR Standing Group on Regionalism.
Anna Paczesniak holds a PhD and she is currently at the Department of European Studies, Institute of Political Science of Wroclaw University. Her research is on European integration, political parties and patriotism. Her publications include articles on issues related to the integration of Poland to the European Union from the angle of party politics.
James Sloam is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London, where he is also co-director of the Centre for European Politics. His research interests include German party politics, European social democracy, youth participation in democracy, and citizenship education. His most recent publication is Germany’s Gathering Crisis: the 2005 Federal Election and the Grand Coalition (Palgrave, 2008).
Sorina Soare holds a PhD from the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). She is member of the CEVIPOL, ULB. She also teaches a course in Political Science at the University of Palermo (Italy). She has published numerous works in the field of the democratisation process and post-communist political parties. Her current work analyses the post-communist patterns of party organisation and the communist legacies.
Rafael Vázquez-García is Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at University of Granada (Spain). He has focused on the study of civil society and political leadership and elites. He was awarded the Spanish National Prize of Political Science and Administration (2001).
Christoforos Vernardakis is Assistant Professor at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Political Science. His academic interests are: the study of political parties, electoral sociology and the methodology of political research. He has recently published (2011) Political Parties, Elections and Party Systems; the transformation of political representation 1990–2010 (Editions Sakoulas).
Luca Verzichelli is Professor of Political Science at the Centre for the Study of Political Change (CIRCaP, University of Siena). His academic interests cover the field of comparative political institutions, political elite and budgetary politics.
