ComparativeEuropeanPolitics:DistinctDemocracies,CommonChallengesprovidesacompleteguidetoEuropeanpoliticsthroughacomparativelens.Theauthorsexplorenotonlythe27EuropeanUnionmemberstates,butalsootherEuropeansystemssuchastheUK,Switzerland,Norway,Iceland,SerbiaandBosnia-Herzegovina,tohelpreadersunderstandthepatternsthathaveshapedmodernEurope.Organisedthematically,thebookisstructuredinthreeparts,beginningwithelectionsandrepresentation,movingontoexamineinstitutionsandpracticesofgovernment,andfinallycoveringcommonchallengesandtheireffectonEuropeancountries.ComparativeEuropeanPoliticstakesstudentscarefullythroughrecentdevelopmentssuchasthemigrantcrisis,thefinancialcrisisandgrowinginstabilityinEurope.Thebookisenrichedwithhelpfullearningfeatures,suchas’overtoyou’boxes,whichincludesuggestionsforcomparisons,andencouragestudentstotestarguments,andformtheirownperspectiveonkeyissues.’Thinkingcomparatively’boxesattheendofeachchapterdescribepublishedresearchtohelpstudentsevaluatetheoriesagainstempiricalevidence.
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