Part I. Theory and Methods: 1. The transformative power of globalization and the structure of political conflict in Western Europe Edgar Grande and Hanspeter Kriesi; 2. Exploring the new cleavage across arenas and public debates: design and methods Martin Dolezal, Swen Hutter and Bruno Wüest; Part II. The Development of the 'Integration-Demarcation' Cleavage: 3. Participation and party choice: comparing the demand-side of the new cleavage across arenas Martin Dolezal and Swen Hutter; 4. Restructuring the national political space: the supply side of national electoral politics Hanspeter Kriesi; 5. Restructuring the European political space: the supply side of European electoral politics Martin Dolezal; 6. Restructuring protest politics: the terrain of cultural winners Swen Hutter; 7. Congruence, counterweight, or different logics? Comparing electoral and protest politics Swen Hutter; Part III. Public Debates: The Articulation of the New Cleavage in Detail: 8. The impact of arenas in public debates over globalization Marc Helbling, Dominic Höglinger and Bruno Wüest; 9. Culture versus economy: the framing of public debates over issues related to globalization Dominic Höglinger, Bruno Wüest and Marc Helbling; 10. Actor configurations in the public debates on globalization Bruno Wüest, Marc Helbling and Dominic Höglinger; Part IV. Conclusion: 11. Conclusion: how much change can we observe and what does it mean? Edgar Grande.

'Political Conflict in Western Europe is a major new book about the ongoing transformation of political conflict in Europe at both the national and regional levels. The authors first describe and then explain how the axes of conflict are undergoing important changes and the role played by globalization in this process. They describe how these conflicts emerge in the context of globalization, how they are articulated in national and European political spaces, and how political parties mobilize these conflicts via electoral strategies. In contrast to their previous work, this book focuses on the supply side of the story of political conflict, in particular the role of the electoral arena and electoral strategy in shaping conflict and protest at both European and national levels. This is a must-read for students of globalization, electoral politics, political mobilization, and public protest.' James A. Caporaso, University of Washington