Personalization-The Opposite to Institutionalization -- Personalization, Presidentialization and Democracy -- Party Social Rooting-An Indicator of Party Institutionalization -- Party Social Roots and Democracy -- Polarization and Populism -- Polarization, Populism and Democracy -- The Role of Actors -- Parties, Elites and Partisans -- Citizens -- References -- 5 Tracing Changes in Parties, Party Systems, Context and Democracy -- Introduction -- Research Goal and Research Questions -- Slovenia Case Study -- Tracing Changes in Democracy -- Tracing Contextual Characteristics -- Party and Party System Characteristics -- Party and Party System Institutionalization -- Social Rootedness at the Levels of Parties and the Party System -- Government Formation and Managing -- Polarization: Party and Party System Point of View -- Structure of Slovenia's Empirical Study -- References -- 6 Fluidity of Slovenia's Democracy in a Changing Context -- Political Context and Evaluation of Democracy in Slovenia Over Time -- Broader Context of Slovenia's Democracy: Economy, Social Inequalities, Institutions, Actors and External Factors -- Institutional Factors -- Actors -- External Factors -- References -- 7 Changes in the Party System (1989-2022) -- Introduction -- Transitional Party System (1988-1991) -- Consolidation of the First Party System Based on the 1991 Constitution (1992-2000 Elections) -- Destabilization of the Party System (2004-2008 Elections) -- Continuous Radical Renewal of the Party System (2011-2022 Elections) -- A Comparative Longitudinal View -- Party System Fragmentation -- Party and Party System Institutionalisation -- Polarization -- Key Findings Based on Comparing Changing Party Systems -- References -- 8 Summary of Findings and Conclusions -- Findings from the Theoretical Chapters -- Summary of Findings from the Slovenia Case Study. |
Contextual and Party Factors in the Transition to Democracy -- Contextual and Party Factors in Consolidation of Democracy (1992-2000) -- Contextual and Party Factors in the Period of Increased Challenges to Democracy (2004-2020) -- Contextual and Party Factors of the Short Radical Decline in Democracy (2020-2021) -- How and in What Circumstances Is Democratic Backsliding Produced? -- How Is Democratic Backsliding Stopped? -- What Is the Role of the Party and Party System Characteristics in These Processes? -- What Enables the Characteristics of a Party System to Coincide with a Decline in Democracy? -- Does the Institutionalization of the Party System Matter for Democracy? -- Does the Persistence of Parties with Roots in the Previous Regime Matter? -- Does the Polar Structure of the Party System Matter? -- Can Party System Characteristics per se Have an Impact on Democracy? -- Old and New Findings from the Slovenia Case Study with Some Comparative Aspects -- Conclusions -- References -- Correction to: Relations Between Democracy and Parties -- Correction to: Chapter 3 in: D. Fink-Hafner, Party System Changes and Challenges to Democracy, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54949-6_3 -- Index. |