The fourth edition of Representative Government in Modern Europe continues the tradition of previous editions by uniting the theoretical analysis of representative government and its application to the real world of politics.

This volume is the definite statement on the current state of political science as a discipline in Western Europe. Detailfour chapters portray European developments.

'Private Desires, Political Action' is a masterly & exceptionally clear survey of the fast expanding and notoriously difficult field of rational choice theory.

This book is an invaluable reference for all political scientists, particularly those interested in party policy and comparative politics.

Laver and Sergenti present a new methodology for the study of a quite central and traditional problem in political science. This is to my knowledge the first book-length treatise on the evolutionary modeling of party competition.

The book reveals how formal and informal gift exchange also created a smooth working relationship between the Dutch and the Japanese bureaucracy, allowing the politically charged issue of foreign trade to proceed relatively uninterrupted ...

With its multilateral perspective of a world in flux, this volume offers fresh, wide-ranging narratives of the “rise of the West” or “the Great Divergence.” European mariners, who have often been considered catalysts of ...

The seminal text for understanding European coalition politics

Anyone can have fun with the games,and by playing politics get a feel for the fascinating complexity of the real thing.