This annual compilation "documents election results, national referenda, changes in government, and institutional reforms in all of the EU member states, plus Australia, Canada, Iceland, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, and the United States," with additional commentary. An interactive site is also available.
Collection of respected sources which provide country-by-country data and analysis. Some offer broad overviews of conditions and issues, while others focus on narrower issues -- human rights, business, press freedom, energy, etc.
2015 volume with over 30 essays on European Parliament elections, including chapters on individual countries' political history, public opinion, voting, etc. You may preview the contents.
Annual review of "issues on armaments and arms control, conflicts and resolutions, security arrangements and disarmament, as well as longer-term trends in international security." W&L has online access to 2018, 2017, and 2015, as well as earlier years in printed form.
2017 "detailed overview of the main EU institutions," with explanations of EU legislation, lobbying, public relations, diplomacy, and journalism. You may preview the contents.
Subtitled Social Transformations in the 21st Century, this 2010 volume offers signed, comparative essays on "major topics of social concern and sociological relevance" concerning modern European countries. [ Preview ]
The 30+ signed essays in this 2009 volume offer multidisciplinary, balanced coverage of political, social, economic, cultural and institutional dimensions of modern Europe. [ Preview ]