Elections in Western Europe since 1815 Electoral Results by Constitu
The Societies of Europe is an 8-title series of historical data handbooks and accompanying CD-ROM sets on the development of Europe from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. The series is a product of the Mannheim Centre for Social research, a body de
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A series of historical data handbooks on the development of Europe from the nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century
Series Editors Peter Flora, Franz Kraus, and Franz Rothenbacher
Elections in Western Europe since 1815
THESOClliTffiSOFEUROPE A series ofpublications by the
Mannheim Centre for European Social Research Trade Unions in Western Europe since 1945 The European Population, 1850-1945 The European Population since 1945 The European Labour Force, 1870-1940 The European Labour Force since 1950 European Social Security Systems, 1885-1945 European Social Security Systems since 1945
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Elections in Western Europe since 1815 Electoral Results by Constituencies
DANIELE CARAMANI
© Daniele Caramani, 2000.
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Editorial Introduction The Unity and Diversity of Europe by Peter Flora This handbook on European elections is the first in a whole series of volumes. With this series we hope to improve the empirical basis for a comparative-historical analysis of the Societies of Europe which is also the title chosen for the series. Unity and diversity
Anyone who is interested in Europe, as a citizen or scientist, faces the basic question of the unity and diversity of the European societies. The question itself is characteristic of Europe; for any other region
