Table of Contents

Contents
Chapter One: Introduction to European Integration, Party Systems
and Political Parties
Erol Külahci 1
Chapter Two: The `European Integration’ – Cleavage in the Party
System: The French Case
David S. Bell 17
Chapter Three: The Europeanisation of the German Party System
Isabelle Hertner and James Sloam 35
Chapter Four: Europeanisation and Partisan Structure in Italy
Nicolò Conti and Luca Verzichelli 55
Chapter Five: A Differential Europeanisation? The Political Parties
of the United Kingdom
David Hanley and John Loughlin 77
Chapter Six: Europeanisation and the Party System in Greece
Christoforos Vernardakis and Iosif Botetzagias 95
Chapter Seven: The Spanish Party System and European Integration
– a Consensual Europeanisation
Rafael Vázquez-García 109
Chapter Eight: The Europeanisation of Poland’s Political Parties
and Party System
Jean-Michel De Waele and Anna Pacześniak 125
Chapter Nine: The Romanian Party System’s Europeanisation:
An Open Bet
Sorina Soare 145
Chapter Ten: The Strange Case of the `European Parties’
Stefano Bartolini 157
Chapter Eleven: Conclusion: Country Comparison
Erol Külahci 171

About the Author

Erol Külahci's research focuses on comparative European politics and in particular domestic and European political parties. He specialises in European Higher Education and Research policies and programmes with developing countries and has developed initiatives with universities and research centres in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He is a member of the Centre d'étude de la vie politique (CEVIPOL) and one of the founders of the Young ECPR Network on Europeanisation. His other work includes the book La social-démocratie et le chômage (Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, 2008) and numerous articles for international journals.