Securing Democracy: Political Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Southern Europe

Securing Democracy: Political Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Southern Europe
ISBN-10
1317351711
ISBN-13
9781317351719
Category
Political Science
Pages
242
Language
English
Published
2016-01-29
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Geoffrey Pridham

Description

When this book first published in 1990, several ‘new’ democracies were emerging in Southern Europe. Italy, Portugal, Spain and Greece were generally seen as conforming to the western European model of liberal democracy. But the process of democratization is a gradual one, and each national democracy is moulded by its own political, social, and economic characteristics. In particular, the active role of national political parties is of prime importance. The contributors to this volume focus on party systems in the democracies of Greece, Spain and Portugal since the end of their authoritarian regimes, and on Italy in the post-war period. This title will be of interest to students of politics, European Studies, and development studies.

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