Christian Democracy, which may briefly be defined as organised political action by Catholic democrats, has been a major political force in Western Europe since

Kalyvas also lays a foundation for a theory of the Christian Democratic phenomenon which would specify the conditions under which confessional parties succeed a

Christian Democratic actors and thinkers have been at the forefront of many of the twentieth century's key political battles - from the construction of the inte

This title was first published in 2000: The Presidency has been the principal political focus of the French Fifth Republic and the new component of French democ