Stabilising Fragile Democracies (eBook, PDF)

New Party Systems in Southern and Eastern Europe
Redaktion: Lewis, Paul; Pridham, Geoffrey

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

"Political Parties and the Transition to Democracy" provides a systematic comparison of the democratic transitions in both Eastern and Southern Europe. Political Parties often play a crucial role in the process of democratization and the establishment of new parliamentary democracies. They often form as a result of opposition to a previous authoritarian regime and their performance during the transition to democracy can give a good indication as to the nature of, and prospects for, the new democracy.
Four main themes concerning the role of parties are examined - "coping with the past" (party identities and inheritances); the formation and performance of new democratic political elites; parties and alliances/coalitions; and their electoral behavior. These themes are discussed in comparative perspective with the aid of four case studies from both Southern and Eastern Europe. The countries covered include Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Hungary, Romania, Poland and Bulgaria.
Democratization is a very complex process because it operates on many levels; By studying political parties this book focuses on an area that links many of the levels. "Political Parties and the Transition of Democracy" makes sense of democratization and the role of parties in that process.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134815968
• Artikelnr.: 42982274

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey Pridham is Professor of European Politics and Director of the Centre for Mediterranean Studies, University of Bristol., Paul Lewis is Senior Lecturer in Government at the Open University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Geoffrey Pridham
Paul Lewis; Chapter 1 Party inheritances and party identities
Michael Waller; Chapter 2 From nomenclature to clientura
Attila Ágh; Chapter 3 Structuring the new party systems after the dictatorship
Maurizio Cotta; Chapter 4 Part Ies and electoral choices in east-central europe
Gábor Tóka; Chapter 5 Italy's postwar transition in contemporary perspective
Oreste Massari; Chapter 6 The emergence of new party systems and transitions to democracy
Paul Heywood; Chapter 7 Securing democracy in post-authoritarian Greece
Michalis Spourdalakis; Chapter 8 The revenge of history
András Bozóki
Bill Lomax; Chapter 9 The emergence of new party systems and transitions to democracy
Tom Gallagher; Chapter 10 The formation of political Part Ies in post-communist poland
Wlodzimierz Wesolowski; Chapter 11 Bulgaria's new party system
Georgi Karasimeonov;