Europeanisation and party politics : how the EU affects domestic actors, patterns and systems

A sophisticated theoretical framework and up-to-date analysis of the Europeanisation of domestic party systems and political parties' policy stances.

This book covers a range of contemporary topics: party systems, policy stances of political parties, opposition/co-operation over European integration, cleavage theory of party response to European integration, domestic depoliticisation and EU representation.

It presents a sophisticated political analysis of Europe, and an exceptional amount of factual information about European countries and parties.