Wolfgang C. Müller 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-Universität München (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.

Thanks to its analytical rigour and the richness of the empirical material collected, this book will surely become a reference for the increasing number of political scientists working on energy politics and policy. One may also hope that it will help foster the use of comparative politics methods in the field of energy, since they have great potential for deepening our understanding of one of the defining issues of our times: low carbon energy transitions in Europe and beyond

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

Wolfgang C. Müller 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-Universität München (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.

Thanks to its analytical rigour and the richness of the empirical material collected, this book will surely become a reference for the increasing number of political scientists working on energy politics and policy. One may also hope that it will help foster the use of comparative politics methods in the field of energy, since they have great potential for deepening our understanding of one of the defining issues of our times: low carbon energy transitions in Europe and beyond

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

Wolfgang C. Müller 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-Universität München (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.

Thanks to its analytical rigour and the richness of the empirical material collected, this book will surely become a reference for the increasing number of political scientists working on energy politics and policy. One may also hope that it will help foster the use of comparative politics methods in the field of energy, since they have great potential for deepening our understanding of one of the defining issues of our times: low carbon energy transitions in Europe and beyond

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