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Centre Parties: Polarization and Competition in European Parliamentary Democracies. By Reuven Y. Hazan. London and Washington: Pinter, 1997. Pp.xii + 179, 40 figs, 31 tables, bibliog. and index. £45 (cloth). ISBN 1–85567–431–9.
Parties, Conflicts and Coalitions in Western Eruope: Organisational Determinants of Coalition Bargaining. By Moshe Maor. London: Routledge, 1997. Pp.xx + 194, 1 figure, 10 tables, bibliog., index. £45. ISBN 0–415–11602–3.
The European Perspective: Transnational Party Groups in the 1989–1994 European Parliament. By T. Raunio. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1997. Pp.xiii + 212, 4 figures, 29 tables, bibliog., index. £40. ISBN 1–855–21988–3.
Contemporary Italy: Economy, Society and Politics since 1945, 2nd edition. By Donald Sassoon. Harlow: Addison Wesley Longman, 1997. Pp.xviii + 318, 38 tables, bibliog., index. £15.99 (paper). ISBN 0–582–21428–9.