Introduction: The 'great transformation' of European politics : a holistic view / Jose M. Magoné
Part I: Historical and theoretical background
The legacy of Stein Rokkan for European polities: a short tribute / Daniel-Louis Seiler
The theological and secular dimensions of the modern state : historical and contemporary perspectives / John Loughlin
Contemporary European liberalism : exclusionary, enlightened or romantic? / Gina Gustavsson
A historical interpretation of the process of European integration / Antonio Varsori
The fall of the Berlin Wall and European politics : perspectives of new Europe in the early twenty-first century / Attila Ágh
'Fortress Europe' : borders and the power of information in the European Union / Juliet Lodge
The Americanisation of European legal space / Mary L. Volcansek
Part II: The political system and institutions of the European Union
Multilevel governance in Europe / Rainer Eising
The EU as a citizens' joint venture : multilevel constitutionalism and open democracy in Europe / Ingolf Pernice
The political system of the European Union / Desmond Dinan
The Council of the European Union and the European Council / Jeffrey Lewis
The European Commission after the reform / Michele Cini
The European Parliament / Tapio Raunio
The European courts / Robert Harmsen and Karen MacAuliffe
Democracy in Europe / Vivien A. Schmidt
Part III: National political systems and institutions in European politics
Governments in European politics / Gianfranco Pasquino
Heads of state in European Politics / Robert Elgie
Continuity and change in parliamentarianism in twenty-first century European politics / Philip Norton
Executive-legislative relations in Europe / Thomas Saalfeld
The Europeanization of national parliaments / Katrin Auel
Judicial politics in Europe : constitutional courts in comparative perspective / Britta Rehder
Local and regional democracy in European politics / Frank Hendriks, Anders Lidström and John Louglin
Part IV: Political elites in European politics
The development of political elites in Europe / Luca Verzichelli and Maurizio Cotta
The development of parliamentary representation in post-1990 Europe / Heinrich Best and Elena Semenova
Selection and de-selection of ministers / Patrick Dumont and Luca Verzichelli
Part V: Party systems and political parties
European political parties : changing forms, increased vulnerability / Steven B. Wolinetz
Party system change in Western Europe / Richard S. Katz
Parties and party systems in Central and Eastern Europe / Paul G. Lewis
Electoral and party systems in Europe / Pedro Riera
Party patronage : an old solution for new problems? / Carlos Jalali and Patrícia Silva
Europeanization of national politics : the centrality of political parties / Robert Ladrech
Outside their comfort zone? National parties, European Parliament groups and transnational parties / David Hanley
Part VI: Public administration and patterns of policy-making in European politics
National and European patterns of public administration and governance / César Colino and Eloísa del Pino
European welfare states in motion : from social protection to social investment / Anton Hemerijck
Political corruption in Europe / Martin J. Bull and James L. Newell
The national coordination of EU policy / Hussein Kassim
Patterns of policy-making in European politics and the EU's joint-decision trap : policies compared / Gerda Falkner
Part VII: The political economy of Europe
Integration about unequals : how the heterogeneity of European varieties of capitalism shapes the social and democratic potential of the EU / Martin Höpner and Armin Schäfer
The transformation of the Single European Market : from the Lisbon strategy to Europe 2020 / Annette Bongardt
Political economic and monetary union : EU and domestic constraints / Francisco Torres
Social pacts and changing systems of interest intermediation in Europe / Kerstin Hamann and John Kelly
Interest groups and patterns of lobbying in Brussels / Justin Greenwood
Part VIII: Civil society and social movements in European politics
Immigration policy-making in Europe / Sarah Wallace Goodman
Associations and associational involvement in Europe / Jan W. van Deth and William A. Maloney
Gender and European politics / Alison E. Woodward
Contentious politics in the EU / Donatella della Porta and Louisa Parks
Part IX: Europe and the world
Theories and myths of European foreign policy / Ian Manners
Towards a common foreign and security policy : achievements and challenges / Helen Sjursen
The world society turn in European Studies / Chris Rumford and Didem Buhari-Gulmez.