West European Politics, Volume 31, Issue 5 (2008)

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Notes on Contributors

Notes on Contributors
Pages: v-vii
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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Original Articles

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Do Critical Citizens Foster Better Governance? A Comparative Study
Brigitte Geissel
Pages: 855-873
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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New Modes of Governance and the Participatory Myth
Stijn Smismans
Pages: 874-895
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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Developing Multilateral Surveillance Tools in the EU
Rik de Ruiter
Pages: 896-914
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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How Political Stability Shapes Administrative Performance: The Italian Case
Simona Milio
Pages: 915-936
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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The Paradox of the Politically-Sophisticated Partisan: The French Case
Sally Marthaler
Pages: 937-959
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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Why is there no Radical Right Party in Ireland?
Eoin O'Malley
Pages: 960-977
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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Individualised Constituency Campaigns in Mixed-Member Electoral Systems: Candidates in the 2005 German Elections
Thomas Zittel & Thomas Gschwend
Pages: 978-1003
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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Elections in Context

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The 2006 Austrian Parliamentary Election: From Bipolarism to Forced Marriage
Kurt Richard Luther
Pages: 1004-1015
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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Belgian Federalism Put to the Test: The 2007 Belgian Federal Elections and their Aftermath
Dave Sinardet
Pages: 1016-1032
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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The 2008 Presidential Election in Cyprus
Hayriye Kahveci
Pages: 1033-1039
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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The 2007 Danish General Election: Generating a Fragile Majority
Karina Kosiara-Pedersen
Pages: 1040-1048
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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The 2008 Maltese General Election: The Tortoise and the Hare
Dominic Fenech
Pages: 1049-1054
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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The 2007 Polish Parliamentary Election: Some Structuring, Still a Lot of Chaos
Radoslaw Markowski
Pages: 1055-1068
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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The 2008 Spanish Election: A Balancing Game
Raj Chari
Pages: 1069-1077
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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Review Article

Review Article
Chalk, Cheese and European Security
Anand Menon
Pages: 1078-1085
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Fragmented France: Two Centuries of Disputed Identity
Jean-Claude Thoenig
Pages: 1086-1087
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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From Integration to Integrity: Administrative Ethics and Reform in the European Commission
Michael Barzelay
Pages: 1087-1088
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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The Powers of the Union: Delegation in the EU
Frank Häge
Pages: 1089-1090
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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The Europeans: Political Identity in an Emerging Polity
Michael Bruter
Pages: 1091-1092
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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Democratic Dilemmas of Multilevel Governance: Legitimacy, Representation and Accountability in the European Union
Philip Catney
Pages: 1092-1093
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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Democracy, Intermediation, and Voting on Four Continents
Kai-Uwe Schnapp
Pages: 1094-1095
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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Book Review
Democracy and Interest Groups
Geoffrey Dudley
Pages: 1095-1096
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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Book Review
The Logics and Politics of Post-WWII Migration to Western Europe
Claire Sunderland
Pages: 1096-1097
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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Book Review
University Dynamics and European Integration
Anne Corbett
Pages: 1097-1098
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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Book Review
Radical Welfare State Retrenchment: A Comparative Analysis
Stefan Svallfors
Pages: 1098-1099
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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Book Review
Non-state Actors in International Relations: The Case of Germany
Juliet Kaarbo
Pages: 1099-1100
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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Book Review
Governing Europe's Neighbourhood Partners or Periphery?
Umut Korkut
Page: 1100
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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Germany and the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union: Between Europeanisation and National Adaptation
Catherine Gegout
Pages: 1101-1102
Published online: 26 Aug 2008
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