Beyond the Nation State Parties in the Era of European Integration [Hardcover]

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.Introduction: Parties and Transnationalism Party, Nation-State and Beyond: Some General Considerations From the Internationals to the Transnational Party: A Historical Perspective Social Democracy: Riding the Tide of Globalization Christian Democracy and its 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

Hanley's new book is a welcome addition to the literature on the transnational parties in the EU. In nine empirically rich chapters, Hanley provides extensive examination of the creation of - and participation in - supranational party structures by nationally based parties of similar ideological persuasion. - CHOICE

DAVID HANLEY was educated at Oxford and Warwick universities and has taught in Ireland, France and the UK. He has published widely on French and European topics, particularly party politics, socialism and Christian democracy. He is currently Professor of European Studies at Cardiff University, UK.