A new political system

Nomination: Trichotomy or dichotomy? by Arend Lijphart, p.125
Nomination: Semi–presidentialism: A political model at work by Gianfranco Pasquino, p.128
Reflections: The political system of the European Unionby Maurice Duverger, p.137     

Second–order elections

Nomination: Second-order elections revisited by Pippa Norris, p.109
Reflections: European elections as member state second-order elections revisited by Karlheinz Reif, p.115     

Social policy in rich and poor countries

Nomination: Does politics matter? A perennial question! by Hans Keman, p.159
Reflections: Politics does indeed matter! by Manfred G. Schmidt, p.164     

The periphery–dominated center

Nomination: The periphery–dominated centre by Peter Mair, p.63
Reflections: The periphery–dominated centre by Tom Garvin, p.66     

Left–right political scales

Nomination: 'Some expert judgments ' live on by Mogens N. Pedersen, p.147
Reflections: Revisiting expert judgements by Peter Mair & Francis G. Castles, p.150     

The cumulation problem

Nomination: A note on the cumulation problem by Dag Anckar, p.73
Reflections: The cumulation problem revisited by Gunnar Sjöblom, p.78     

Party as linkage

Nomination: Costs and benefits of party membership reconsidered by Wolfgang C. Müller, p.169
Reflections: Party as linkage by Richard S. Katz, p171     

Political competition

Nomination: In search of the 'big:rsquo; model of political competition by Michael Laver, p.179
Reflections: Coalition politics and representative democracy by Norman Schofield, p.183     

Dimensions of democracies

Nomination: Arguments in favour of 'Democracies_—' by Manfred G. Schmidt, p.193
Reflections: Dimensions of democracy by Arend Lijphart, p.195     

Does politics matter?

Nomination: Comparative politics matters by Geoffrey K. Roberts, p.99
Reflections: Does politics matter? Increasing complexity and renewed challenges by Frank Castles & Robert D. McKinlay, p.102     

Shorter note

US Senate Hearings before the Select Committee on Intelligence, 102nd Congress, First Session on the Nomination of Robert M. Gates to be Director of Central Intelligence: Vol. 1, September 16, 17, 19, 20 1991; Vol.2, September 24, October 1, 2 1991; Vol.3, October 3, 4, 18 1991 (Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1992).     

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Party, Parliament and Personality , edited by Peter Jones. Routledge.
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The Throw that Failed: Britain's 1961 Application to Join the Common Market , by Lionel Bell.
Mandarin: The Diaries of an Ambassdor, 1969–1982 , by Sir Nicholas Henderson.
The Failure and Future of British Democracy , by Andrew Marr.
World Orders, Old and New , by Noam Chomsky.
Economic Democracy: The Politics of Feasible Socialism , by Robin Archer.
Socialism after Communism: The New Market Socialism , by Christopher Pierson.
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Why the Allies Won , by Richard Overy.
The Lost Victory: British Dreams, British Realities, 1945–1950 , by Correlli Barnett.
England Arise! The Labour Party and Popular Politics in 1940s Britain , by Steven Fielding, Peter Thompson and Nick Tiratsoo. Manchester University Press, vii + 244pp.
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