Regional and National Elections in Western Europe: Territoriality of the Vote in Thirteen Countries

List of Tables and Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Territoriality of the Vote. A Framework for Analysis; Arjan H. Schakel and Régis Dandoy 2. Austria: Regional Elections in the Shadow of National Politics; Marcelo Jenny 3. Belgium: Towards a Regionalization of National Elections?; Régis Dandoy 4. Denmark: The First Years of Regional Voting after Comprehensive Reform; Yosef Bhatti and Sune Welling Hansen 5. France: Regional Elections as 'third-order' Elections?; Fabien Escalona, Simon Labouret and Mathieu Vieira 6. Germany: The Anatomy of Multi-level Voting; Charlie Jeffery and Alia Middleton 7. Greece: Five Typical Second-order Elections Despite Significant Electoral Reform; Stavros Skrinis 8. Italy: Between Growing Incongruence and Region-specific Dynamics; Emanuele Massetti and Giulia Sandri 9. The Netherlands: Two Forms of Nationalization of Provincial Elections; Arjan H. Schakel 10. Norway: No Big Deal with Regional Elections?; Lawrence E. Rose and Tore Hansen 11. Spain: The Persistence of Territorial Cleavages and Centralism of the Popular Party; Braulio Gómez Fortes and Laura Cabeza Perez 12. Sweden: From Mid-term County Council Elections to Concurrent Elections; Linda Berg and Henrik Oscarsson 13. Switzerland: Moving Towards a Nationalized Party System; Daniel Bochsler and Fabio Wasserfallen 14. The United Kingdom: Multi-level Elections in an Asymmetrical State; Nicola McEwen 15. Conclusion: Regional Elections in Comparative Perspective; Arjan H. Schakel and Régis Dandoy Bibliography Index