TY - BOOK ID - 1761608 TI - West European politics in the age of globalization PY - 2008 SN - 9780521719902 9780521895576 0521719909 052189557X 9780511790720 0511429649 9780511430022 0511430027 9780511429644 0511790724 0511427840 9780511427848 1107201551 1281791547 9786611791544 0511428553 0511429266 9781107201552 9781281791542 661179154X 9780511428555 9780511429262 PB - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Political parties KW - Europe KW - Globalization KW - Comparative government KW - Mondialisation KW - Institutions politiques comparées KW - Political aspects KW - Aspect politique KW - Europe, Western KW - Europe de l'Ouest KW - Politics and government KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - #SBIB:324H43 KW - 329 KW - Politieke structuren: politieke partijen KW - Politieke partijen. Partijwezen. Partijrecht KW - Comparative government. KW - 329 Politieke partijen. Partijwezen. Partijrecht KW - Institutions politiques comparées KW - Global cities KW - Globalisation KW - Internationalization KW - International relations KW - Anti-globalization movement KW - Comparative political systems KW - Comparative politics KW - Government, Comparative KW - Political systems, Comparative KW - Political science KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science KW - Globalization - Political aspects - Europe, Western KW - Europe, Western - Politics and government - 1989 KW - -Globalization KW - -Comparative government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1761608 AB - Over the past three decades the effects of globalization and denationalization have created a division between 'winners' and 'losers' in Western Europe. This study examines the transformation of party political systems in six countries (Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK) using opinion surveys, as well as newly collected data on election campaigns. The authors argue that, as a result of structural transformations and the strategic repositioning of political parties, Europe has observed the emergence of a tripolar configuration of political power, comprising the left, the moderate right, and the new populist right. They suggest that, through an emphasis on cultural issues such as mass immigration and resistance to European integration, the traditional focus of political debate - the economy - has been downplayed or reinterpreted in terms of this new political cleavage. This new analysis of Western European politics will interest all students of European politics and political sociology. ER -