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Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis: Parties, Groups, and Citizens in Southern Europe(Oxford Studies in Democratization)

Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis: Parties, Groups, and Citizens in Southern Europe(Oxford Studies in Democratization)


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The second half of the twentieth century has witnessed several waves of democratization in Europe, the Americas, and in other regions of the world, such as South East Asia. Although for the most part these democratic regimes are no longer haunted by the prospect of a return to authoritarianism, severe economic and social problems have posed serious challenges, creating a situation where change is often achieved through alternating periods of consolidation and crisis. Drawing on a systematic, empirical analysis of four key Southern European countries, Portugal, Spain, Greece, and Italy, Morlino identifies several key aspects of democratic consolidation: consensus and legitimation, party system and party organization, and the ways in which organized and non-organized interests are related to parties and the institutions of state. The resulting models of consolidation are analysed and the mechanisms and patterns of their unfolding crises identified, taking care to disentangle the pragmatic reactions against the regime, often related to corruption, from more ideological ones grounded in differences in values. Finally, the author addresses the question of the `quality' of democracy, examining how this is related to the outcome of processes of consolidation and crisis. This insightful study offers the first extensive, comparative analysis of consolidation and crisis in these countries, and features a wealth of up-to-date information on party organizations, interest associations, the media, and public opinion. Although clearly focusing on Southern Europe, the author's findings are extremely relevant for understanding the politics of several other regions, including Eastern Europe, Latin America, and South East Asia.

Table of Contents:
Introduction PART 1: The Theoretical Framework 1: Actors, Institutions, and Change 2: Indicators and Measures PART 11: Dimensions of Consolidation 3: Consensus and Legitimation 4: Parties and Party Organization 5: State and Civil Society PART 111: Facets of Crisis 6: Beyond Consolidation 7: Features and Explanations of Crisis Conclusions: A Theory of Anchoring?

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`insightful analysis ... evident expertise and intellectual elegance ... The future work of scholars on these and related issues will find an invaluable intellectual foundation in the excellent book of Leonardo Molino.' South European Society & Politics, vol.5(3) `Morlino's analysis, both judicious and generous in spirit, offers readers a conceptually stimulating and empirically rich treatment of its wide-ranging theme. ... The book should be required reading for comparative students of Southern Europe and indeed for a broad audience of scholars within the fields of comparative political science and sociology. Morlino offers comparativists and country specialists an extremely useful analysis of national differences on key questions such as democracy's legitimacy for the mass public and the changing strength of parties and party systems.' South European Society & Politics, vol.5(3) `a work of enormously rich scholarship, which builds cumulatively on the foundation afforded by a wide array of studies on Southern European politics, studies which Morlino has carefully examined and reflected upon. It would be difficult to find a book that does a better or more complete job of building on the accumulated scholarly production in the field.' South European Society & Politics, vol.5(3) `Morlino speaks with all the authority of a recognized expert in the field with a distinguished track record in the analysis of how party and group politics in Southern Europe are structured ... The clear strength of this book is its impressive empirical range and the author's familiarity with a vast literature, which he synthesizes and develops with admirable ambition ... a key text for students of Southern Europe and democratic transition and consolidation alike.' Jonathan Hopkin, Democratization, Vol.8, 2001 `Leonardo Morlino's Democracy between Consolidation and Crisis: Parties, Groups and Citizens in Southern Europe provides the most explicitly theoretical treatment of the subject of democratic consolidation.' Omar G Encarnacion, Poli.Sci.71. ...a most exciting comparative study...it will become a classic in the field... Juan J. Linz


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  • ISBN-13: 9780198280828
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Weight: 719 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0198280823
  • Publisher Date: 02 Jul 1998
  • Height: 242 mm
  • No of Pages: 406
  • Series Title: Oxford Studies in Democratization
  • Sub Title: Parties, Groups, and Citizens in Southern Europe
  • Width: 164 mm


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