Beyond the Nation State : Parties in the Era of European Integration

The Vast Literature On Globalization Integration And Supranational Bodies Such As The Eu Dwells Mainly On The Problems Which Such Processes Pose For The Nation-state. States Are Seen As Needing To Provide Responses To These New Challenges, But Parties Within Those States Are Equally Challenged. David Hanley Examines How Parties Address Those Challenges And The Manner In Which Parties Act At Supranational Level. Http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/2007039402-d.html. Introduction: Parties And Transnationalism -- Party, Nation States And Beyond: Some General Considerations -- From International To Transnational Party: A Historical Perspective -- European Social Democracy: Riding The Tide Of Globalisation -- Christian Democrats And Allies: Identity And The Logic Of Numbers -- Liberals And Democrats: In The Shadow Of The Heavyweights? -- The Communists And Allies: Still Fighting For Change -- Defending The Periphery, Protecting The Environment: The Regionalist Family And The Greens -- Sovereignists, Sceptics And Populists: As Transnational As The Rest? -- National Parties, Party Families And Their Roads To Transnationalism: A Comparative Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. David Hanley. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 217-227) And Index. Cover 1 Contents 8 List of Tables 9 Acknowledgements 10 List of Acronyms 11 Introduction: Parties and Transnationalism 12 1 Parties, Nation States and Beyond: Some General Considerations 19 2 From International to Transnational Party: A Historical Perspective 42 3 European Social Democracy: Riding the Tide of Globalisation 73 4 Christian Democrats and Allies: Identity and the Logic of Numbers 96 5 Liberals and Democrats: In the Shadow of the Heavyweights? 128 6 The Communists and Allies: Still Fighting for Change 149 7 Defending the Periphery, Protecting the Environment: The Regionalist Family and the Greens 168 8 Sovereignists, Sceptics and Populists: As Transnational as the Rest? 190 9 National Parties, Party Families and Their Roads to Transnationalism: A Comparative Conclusion 212 Bibliography 228 Index 239 A 239 B 239 C 239 D 240 E 241 F 242 G 242 H 243 I 243 J 243 K 243 L 243 M 244 N 244 O 245 P 245 Q 245 R 245 S 245 T 246 U 247 V 247 W 247 Z 247 Why do political party families, big and small, without exception, engage increasingly in transnational collaboration, in arenas like the European Parliament and beyond? What do they hope to gain from it, and what might they fear losing? Beyond the Nation State looks below the usual rhetoric of party families to trace some deep-lying historical processes and patterns. Experiences can vary within and between families, but the overall patterns are clear. Based on numerous interviews and studies of national parties, the book shows these parties to be reluctant participants in a process of party integration which they may well have to take further, despite their doubts