Comparative European Politics: Distinctive Democracies, Common Challenges

This essential guide to comparative European politics provides the broadest range of coverage on Europe, illustrated via the widest range of examples, applied to contemporary events.

In Comparative European Politics the team of expert authors explore the politics of a range of European countries, providing insight into everything you need to know on the subject, from the fundamentals of democratic politics, institutions, and practices of government, to key contemporary challenges.

Key Features
- A broad introduction to contemporary European politics, providing an accessible introduction to the fundamental elements of European democracies, institutions, and practices of government
- A unique emphasis on contemporary political issues sees a whole part dedicated to common challenges, which explores issues such as immigration, European integration, the financial crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic
- Includes up-to-date examples such as growing instability in Europe, Brexit, recent migration policies, the threat of international terrorism, and the rise of anti-establishment parties, to help students understand the real-world context of European politics
- Developed with engaging learning features such as end of chapter discussion questions, ’thinking comparatively’ sections, and ’over to you’ boxes, to help students understand ’why’ and ’how’ to compare European countries and their political systems
- Provides comprehensive coverage of the 27 member states of the European Union, additionally drawing on examples from the UK, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Serbia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Written by leading scholars in the field who provide clear analysis on complex subjects, intricate relationships, and controversial issues
- Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support

New to this Edition
- Three new chapters cover topics around climate politics and policy, national governments in the European Union’s political system, and populism and its challenges to democracy.
- A reorganized table of contents adds clarity.
- Updated tables and figures and the addition of photos offer an engaging learning experience.

Digital formats and resources
Comparative European Politics is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.

The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with self-test multiple choice questions, functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks https: //global.oup.com/ukhe/ebooks

The digital version, available on Politics Trove, is also accompanied by online resources.
These include:

For students:
- Over thirty European country profiles, from Austria to the UK, with useful data for comparison including population size, gender equality, political parties, and electoral systems.
- Helpful links to relevant online tools with instructions for use, including voting advice applications from European countries

For lecturers:
- Save time preparing for seminars with activities created to help engage students
- PowerPoint slides with a deck for each chapter to help build lecture materials

Rory Costello, Associate Professor of Politics, University of Limerick, Neil Robinson, Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Limerick

Rory Costello is Associate Professor of Politics in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Limerick, where he teaches courses on comparative European politics, the European Union, and research methods. His research focuses on democratic politics in European countries and the EU, and he has published extensively on topics such as political representation, government performance and legislative decision-making.

Neil Robinson is Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Limerick, where he teaches courses on comparative and post-communist politics. Neil specializes in in post-communist politics, particularly the post-communist politics of the former USSR. Before coming to the University of Limerick in 2001, he worked at the universities of York and Essex.