1. Introduction Josep M. Colomer 2. Great Britain and Ireland: Variations in party government Ian Budge 3. Germany: The grand coalition state Manfred G. Schmidt 4. France: The institutionalization of leadership Yves Mény 5. Italy: The never ending transition of a democratic regime Gianfranco Pasquino 6. Spain and Portugal: Rule by party leadership Josep M. Colomer 7. The Low Countries: Confrontation and coalition in segmented societies Hans Keman 8. The Nordic Countries: Compromise and corporatism in the welfare state Jan-Erik Lane and Svante Ersson 9. The European Union: A federal, democratic empire? Josep M. Colomer
Biography
Josep M. Colomer is Professor of Political Science and Chair of Comparative European Politics at the University of Bristol. He is the author, among other books, of Great Empires, Small Nations (2007), Political Institutions (2001) and editor of the Handbook of Electoral System Choice (2004).
