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Compound Democracies: Why the United States and Europe Are Becoming Similar
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In this article, the authors compare the US and the EU compound democracies in terms of the role of parties in the political process and different structures of partisan politics in America and Europe.Abstract:
Introduction 1. Democratic transformations in Europe and America PART I: TRANSATLANTIC DEMOCRACIES: THE ERA OF INSTITUTIONAL DIVERGENCE 2. Differentiation in authority structures: state, nation and democracy in Europe and America 3. Institutionalization of different governmental patterns: separation and fusion of powers in America and Europe 4. Alternative paths to a modern social order: territoriality, market and welfare in America and Europe 5. Different structuring of partisan politics in America and Europe: the role of parties in the political process PART II: TRANSATLANTIC DEMOCRACIES: THE ERA OF INSTITUTIONAL CONVERGENCE 6. American compound democracy and its challenges: the domestic implications of global power 7. Structural transformation of European politics: the growth of supranational European Union 8. Compound democracy in America and Europe: comparing the US and the EU 9. The constitutionalization of the US and the EU compound democracies 10. The puzzle of compound democracy: a comparative perspective Bibliographyread more
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