The Politics of Nuclear Energy in Western Europe

Wolfgang C. Muller, Professor of Democratic Governance, University of Vienna,Paul W. Thurner, Chair, Empirical Political Research and Policy Analysis, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen

Wolfgang C. Muller is Professor of Democratic Governance at the University of Vienna. Previous appointments included Chair and Director of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) at the University of Mannheim. His work focuses on political parties, political institutions, and coalition government in Western Europe. Since 2013 he is co-editor of West European Politics. He has published in journals such as European Journal of Political Research, Electoral Studies, the International Journal Press/Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Party Politics, Political Science Research and Methods, Public Choice, and West European Politics.


Paul W. Thurner is Chair of Empirical Political Research and Policy Analysis, Department of Political Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen (LMU Munich). He has published in journals such as the European Journal of Political Research, Journal of European Public Policy, Energy Policy, Political Geography, West European Politics, and Electoral Studies.

1. Nuclear Energy in Western Europe: Revival or Rejection? An Introduction, Wolfgang C. Muller and Paul W. Thurner
2. Understanding Policy Reversals and Policy Stability in Individual Countries, Wolfgang C. Muller and Paul W. Thurner
3. Comparative Policy Indicators on Nuclear Energy, Paul W. Thurner and Wolfgang C. Muller
4. The Conflict over Nuclear Energy: Public Opinion, Protest Movements, and Green Parties in Comparative Perspective, Paul W. Thurner, Sylvain Brouard, Isabel Guineaudau, Martin Dolezal, Swen Hutter, and Wolfgang C. Muller
5. Austria: Rejecting Nuclear Energy-From Party Competition Accident to State Doctrine, Wolfgang C. Muller
6. Nuclear Politics in France: High Profile Policy and Low Salient Politics, Sylvain Brouard and Isabelle Guinaudeau
7. Germany: Party System Change and Policy Reversals, Paul W. Thurner
8. Italy: Leading and Lagging: Innovation, Delays and Coalition Politics in Nuclear Energy Policy, Fabio Franchino
9. Nuclear Power and Politics in the Netherlands, Kees Aarts and Maarten Arentsen
10. The Will of the People? Swedish Nuclear Power Policy, Soren Holmberg and Per Hedberg
11. Switzerland, Hanspeter Kriesi
12. Conclusion: Explaining Nuclear Policy Reversals, Wolfgang C. Muller, Paul W. Thurner, and Christian Schulze