IntroductionPART I: THE NEW EUROPEAN ORDER1. Security and peace2. European Union and the European Union3. The European state4. States, territories and ethnonationalism: Variations on one, or two themes?PART II: MEDIATING INTERNAL CONFLICTS5. Support for democracy6. Television, radio and press7. Institutionalising interests8. Environment and peace: a new politics of social movements?9. The old politics of political partiesPART III: STEERING STATES10. Building the institutional framework: electoral systems, party systems and presidents 11. Parties, parliaments and governments 12. Parties, governments and bureaucracies13. Regions and localities: power-sharing with the periphery14. Judges and courts: interpreting rules or making policyPART IV: POLITICAL ECONOMY15. Reshaping the welfate state 16. Managing the economy PART V: THE FUTURE OF THE NEW EUROPE17. Minorities and migrants: European dilemmas18. Strategic choices for Europe Author index Subject Index