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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812096103321

Autore

Pridham Geoffrey <1942->

Titolo

Stabilising fragile democractics : comparing new party systems in southern and eastern Europe / / edited by Geoffrey Pridham and Paul Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

1-134-81596-4

1-280-20178-9

0-203-43013-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 273 pages) : graphs

Altri autori (Persone)

LewisPaul G. <1945->

Disciplina

324.247

Soggetti

Political parties - Europe, Eastern - History

Political parties - Europe, Southern - History

Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1989-

Europe, Southern Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"In association with the Centre for Mediterranean Studies, University of Bristol, and the East-West Programme of the Economic Social Research Council.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction: Stabilising fragile democracies and party system development; Party inheritances and party identities; From nomenclatura to clientura: the emergence of new political elites in east-central Europe; Structuring the new party systems after the dictatorship: coalitions, alliances, fusions and splits during the transition and post-transition stages; Parties and electoral choices in east-central Europe; Italy's postwar transition in contemporary perspective

The emergence of new party systems and transitions to democracy: Spain in comparative perspectiveSecuring democracy in post-authoritarian Greece: the role of political parties; The revenge of history: the Portuguese, Spanish and Hungarian transitions; some comparisons; The emergence of new party systems and transitions to democracy: Romania and Portugal compared; The formation of political



parties in post-communist Poland; Bulgaria's new party system; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

The first book to provide a systematic comparison of the democratic transitions in both Eastern and Southern Europe, covering Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Hungary, Romania, Poland and Bulgaria.