The Europeanization of national political parties : power and organizational adaptation / edited by Thomas Poguntke ... [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

European integration and internal party dynamics / Elisabeth Carter, Kurt Richard Luther, and Thomas Poguntke -- Structural adjustment and incumbent elite empowerment : Austrian parties adaptation to European integration / Kurt Richard Luther -- Government change, organizational continuity : the limited Europeanization of British political parties / Elisabeth Carter and Robert Ladrech -- Continuity amidst political system change : why French party organization remains immune to EU adaptive pressures / Robert Ladrech -- Europeanization in a consensual environment : German political parties and the European Union / Thomas Poguntke -- European integration and Spanish parties : elite empowerment amidst limited adaptation / Luis Ramiro and Laura Morales -- A long, slow march to Europe : the Europeanization of Swedish political parties / Nicholas Aylott -- Some things change, a lot stays the same : comparing the country studies / Nicholas Aylott, Laura Morales and Luis Ramiro -- Europeanization and national party organization : limited but appropriate adaptation? / Robert Ladrech.

This text presents a detailed exploration of how national political parties have responded to the increasing relevance of European governance to national politics.