Beschreibung:
This is a detailed exploration of how national political parties have responded to the increasing relevance of European governance.
1. European Integration and Internal Party Dynamics 2. Structural Adjustment and Incumbent Elite Empowerment: Austrian Parties¿ Adaptation to European Integration 3. Government Change, Organizational Continuity: The Limited Europeanization of British Political Parties 4. Continuity Amidst Political System Change: Why French Party Organization Remains Immune to EU Adaptive Pressures 5. Europeanization in a Consensual Environment? German Political Parties and the European Union 6. European Integration and Spanish Parties: Elite Empowerment Amidst Limited Adaptation 7. A Long, Slow March to Europe: The Europeanization of Swedish Political Parties 8. Some Things Change, A Lot Stays the Same: Comparing the Country Studies 9. Europeanization and National Party Organization: Limited but Appropriate Adaptation?