Introduction: West European States Confront the Challenge of a New Millennium; P. Heywood, E.Jones & M.Rhodes - PART ONE: THE STATE AND EUROPE - Europe at the Crossroads; E.Jones - Welfare States and Europe and Europe; M.Rhodes - Reorganizing Security in Europe; H.Sjursen - PART TWO: LEGITIMACY: DO STATES COMMAND THE LOYALTY OF THEIR CITIZENS? - Nationalism and Collective Identities: Europe versus the Nation-State?; T.Risse - Participation and Voting; D.Broughton - Party Systems, Electoral Cleavages, and Government Stability; P.Webb - Extremist Movements; C.Mudde - PART THREE: GOVERNANCE AND EFFECTIVENESS: DO STATE INSTITUTIONS DELIVER ON POPULAR DEMANDS? - Executive Capacity and Legislative Limits; P.Heywood - Disintegration or Reconfiguration? Organised Interests in Western Europe; R.Eising & M.Cini - Political Corruption, Democracy, and Governance in Western Europe; P.Heywood, V.Pujas and M.Rhodes - Territorial Politics and the New Regionalism; M.Keating - PART FOUR: RESILIENCE: CAN STATES RESPOND TO NEW CHALLENGES AND DEMANDS? - Environmental Challenges; N.Carter - The Information Society; D.Levy - European Immigration Policies at the Crossroads; C.Joppke - Crime, Trafficking, Prostitution and Drugs; G.Campani
