Books in the European University Institute - Series C series

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction / Castles, Francis G. / Lehner, Franz / Schmidt, Manfred G. -- The Politics of Labour Market Policy Structural and Political Determinants of Rates of Unemployment in Industrial Nations / Schmidt, Manfred G. -- The Political Economy of Distributive Conflict / Lehner, Franz -- Welfare and Warfare Critical Options and Conscious Choice in Public Policy / Keman, Hans -- Analysis of Decision Cases / Steiner, Jürg / Dorff, Robert H. -- Politics and Economic Regulation / Schubert, Klaus -- Comparative Public Policy Analysis : Problems, Progress and Prospects / Castles, Francis G. -- Subject Index

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- 1. Party Government and Its Alternatives / Katz, Richard S. -- 2. Party Government in the Fifth French Republic / Reif, Karlheinz -- 3. The Party Government of the Federal Republic of Germany: Form and Experience / Wildenmann, Rudolf -- 4. Party Government in Britain - Recent Conspicuous Constraints / Döring, Herbert -- 5. The Role of Political Parties in Denmark and Sweden, 1970-1984 / Sjöblom, Gunnar -- 6. Party Government in Italy: Achievements and Prospects / Pasquino, Gianfranco -- 7. Consociational Decision-Making and Party Government in Switzerland / Lehner, Franz / Homann, Benno -- 8. Party Government in the United States Diagnosis and Prognosis / Fiorina, Morris P. -- Name Index -- Subject Index

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Politics and History / Moulakis, Athanasios -- Modernity and History I: What is Modernity? / Schabert, Tilo -- Modernity and History II: On the Edge of Modernity? / Schabert, Tilo -- From Feudalism to Capitalism: History and Politics in the Scottish Enlightenment / Bellamy, Richard -- Political Eschatology and Soteriological Nationalism in Nineteenth Century Germany / Gebhardt, Jürgen -- Liberalism and Historicism: Benedetto Croce and the Political Role of Idealism in Modern Italy 1890-1952 / Bellamy, Richard -- Political Reality and History in the Work of Eric Voegelin / Moulakis, Athanasios -- History, Politics and the Sense of Sin: The Case of Reinhold Niebuhr / Kennealy, Peter -- The Future and Catastrophe: The Concept of History in Italian Futurism / Hinz, Manfred -- Biographical Sketches of the Authors

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Sweden -- Norway -- Finland -- Denmark -- Germany -- United Kingdom -- Ireland -- Italy -- Austria -- Switzerland -- Netherlands -- Belgium -- Backmatter

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Sweden -- Norway -- Finland -- Denmark -- Authors' biographical sketches

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Chapter I The Problematic of Party Government -- Chapter II Party Government: A Rationalistic Conception -- Chapter III Problems and Problem Solutions in Politics Some Conceptualisations and Conjectures -- Chapter IV The Impact of Institutions on Party Government: Tentative Hypotheses -- Chapter V Bureaucratic Rationalities and the Prospect for Party Government -- Chapter VI Party Government and Democratic Reproducibility: The Dilemma of New Democracies -- Chapter VII The Futures of Party Government: A Framework for Analysis -- Name Index -- Subject Index