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

Thomas Poguntke, Nicholas Aylott, Elisabeth Carter, Robert Ladrech, Kurt Richard Luther

1. European Integration and Internal Party Dynamics  2. Structural Adjustment and Incumbent Elite Empowerment: Austrian Parties' Adaptation to European Integration  3. Government Change, Organizational Continuity: The Limited Europeanization of British Political Parties  4. Continuity Amidst Political System Change: Why French Party Organization Remains Immune to EU Adaptive Pressures  5. Europeanization in a Consensual Environment? German Political Parties and the European Union  6. European Integration and Spanish Parties: Elite Empowerment Amidst Limited Adaptation  7. A Long, Slow March to Europe: The Europeanization of Swedish Political Parties  8. Some Things Change, A Lot Stays the Same: Comparing the Country Studies  9. Europeanization and National Party Organization: Limited but Appropriate Adaptation?