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Parties, Politics, and Democracy in the New Southern Europe
Contributor(s): Diamandouros, P. Nikiforos (Editor), Gunther, Richard (Editor)
ISBN: 0801865182     ISBN-13: 9780801865183
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
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Published: June 2001
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Annotation: In the acclaimed Politics of Democratic Consolidation, Nikiforos Diamandouros, Richard Gunther, and their co-authors showed how democratization unfolded in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, culminating in consolidated democratic regimes. This volume continues that analysis, posing the basic question: What kind of democratic politics emerged in those countries? It presents systematic analyses of the basic institutions of government and of the dynamics of electoral competition in the four countries (set in comparative context alongside several other democracies), as well as detailed studies of the evolution of the major parties, their electorates, their ideologies, and their performances in government over the past twenty years. The authors reach two major conclusions. First, the new democracies' salient features are moderation, centripetalism, and the democratization of erstwhile antisystem parties on the Right and Left. Second, no single "Southern European model" has emerged; the systems differ from one another about as much as do the other established democracies of Europe.

Contributors: P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, University of Athens ? Richard Gunther, Ohio State University ? Thomas C. Bruneau, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey ? Arend Lijphart, University of California at San Diego ? Leonardo Morlino, University of Florence ? Risa A. Brooks, Stanford University ? Jos R. Montero, Autonomous University of Madrid ? Giacomo Sani, University of Pavia ? Paolo Segatti, University of Trieste ? Gianfranco Pasquino, University of Bologna ? Takis S. Pappas, College Year, Athens ? Hans-Jrgen Puhle, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main ? Anna Bosco, University of Trieste

Praise for ThePolitics of Democratic Consolidation:

"Without doubt the best comparative work on Southern European politics to date." -- Journal of Modern Greek Studies

"There is a wealth of information here, but the outstanding merit of this volume lies in its illuminating comparative analysis." -- Foreign Affairs

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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Process - General
- Political Science | Comparative Politics
- Political Science | Political Process - Political Parties
Dewey: 320.94
LCCN: 00008848
Series: New Southern Europe
Physical Information: 1.09" H x 6.03" W x 8.97" (1.45 lbs) 496 pages
 
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In the acclaimed Politics of Democratic Consolidation, Nikiforos Diamandouros, Richard Gunther, and their co-authors showed how democratization unfolded in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, culminating in consolidated democratic regimes. This volume continues that analysis, posing the basic question: What kind of democratic politics emerged in those countries? It presents systematic analyses of the basic institutions of government and of the dynamics of electoral competition in the four countries (set in comparative context alongside several other democracies), as well as detailed studies of the evolution of the major parties, their electorates, their ideologies, and their performances in government over the past twenty years. The authors reach two major conclusions. First, the new democracies' salient features are moderation, centripetalism, and the democratization of erstwhile antisystem parties on the Right and Left. Second, no single "Southern European model" has emerged; the systems differ from one another about as much as do the other established democracies of Europe.

Contributors: P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, University of Athens - Richard Gunther, Ohio State University - Thomas C. Bruneau, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey - Arend Lijphart, University of California at San Diego - Leonardo Morlino, University of Florence - Risa A. Brooks, Stanford University - Jos R. Montero, Autonomous University of Madrid - Giacomo Sani, University of Pavia - Paolo Segatti, University of Trieste - Gianfranco Pasquino, University of Bologna - Takis S. Pappas, College Year, Athens - Hans-Jrgen Puhle, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main - Anna Bosco, University of Trieste