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Politics In Europe: An Introduction To the Politics Of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Poland, and The European Union, 4th Edition

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An excellent resource for Professors looking to assign a core textbook for their undergraduate classes on European Politics or as a supplemental text for Comparative Politics.

The book's great strength rests not ony in its broad scope of countries covered (including a refreshing look at the dynamic region of Central and Eastern Europe), but in its treatment of the most pertinent policy issues in an easily accessible manner for students.

Most importantly, the book offers a solid foundation for engaging students in classroom discussion and debates, which makes the job of the lecturer that much easier and satisfying.

While this book offers a huge amount of information on each of the countries it covers, it leaves something to be desired: an organized, consistent format. While all of the information I wanted was in the book, I really had to dig around for it- I found the the sections on each country were very dissimilar, so if I found a statistic or fact on one country, I could not simply flip to the same section of another country, I had to read the whole chapter about that country.
All in all, a worthwhile read, but I would suggest taking detailed notes so you remember where each fact came from- an index would have been tremendously helpful here.