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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458367503321

Titolo

Democracy and the state in the new Southern Europe [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Richard Gunther, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, and Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-920282-6

1-280-75379-X

0-19-151396-2

1-4294-5998-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (454 p.)

Collana

Oxford studies in democratization

Altri autori (Persone)

GuntherRichard

DiamandourosNikiforos P

SōtēropoulosDēmētrēs A. <1960->

Disciplina

320.94

Soggetti

Democracy - Europe, Southern

Electronic books.

Europe, Southern Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-393) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Contributors""; ""1. Introduction: Democracy and the State in the New Southern Europe""; ""2. The Welfare State and Democracy: On the Development of Social Security in Southern Europe, 1960-90""; ""3. Social Policy, Democracy, and Citizenship in Southern Europe""; ""4. Democratic Consolidation, Judicial Reform, and the Judicialization of Politics in Southern Europe""; ""5. Old Problems and New Challenges: The Enduring and Changing Functions of Southern European State Bureaucracies""

""6. Multilevel Governance and the Transformation of Regional Mobilization and Identity in Southern Europe, with Particular Attention to Catalonia and the Basque Country""""7. The Environment, Socioeconomic Transformation, and Political Change in the New Southern Europe""; ""8. Democratic and Economic Consolidation in Southern Europe""; ""9. Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Index"".



Sommario/riassunto

Analysing the evolution of selected public policies and the changing roles and structure of the state in Greece, Italy Portugal, and Spain since the 1960's, this volume makes a major contribution to work on democratic regime transition in southern Europe.