TY - BOOK TI - West European politics in the age of globalization SN - 9780521719902 U1 - 320.3094 21E PY - 2008/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Europe, Western KW - Politics and government KW - 1989- KW - Globalization KW - Political aspects KW - Comparative government N1 - Index; Bibliogr. p. 388-423; Theory and Methods. Globalization and its impact on national spaces of competition ; Context structures ; The design of the study: the distinguishing characteristics of our approach -- Country Studies. France, the model case of party system transformation ; Austria, transformation driven by an established party ; Switzerland, another case of transformation driven by an established party ; The Netherlands, a challenge that was slow in coming ; The United Kingdom, moving parties in a stable configuration ; Germany, the dog that didn't bark -- Comparative Analyses. Demand-side: dealignment and realignment of the structural political potentials ; Supply-side: the positioning of the political parties in a restructuring space ; The electoral consequences of the integration vs. demarcation cleavage ; Globalizing politics: the change of cleavage structures, parties and party systems in comparative perspective -- Appendix A. Technical appendix -- Appendix B. Detailed statistical results ER -