Party System Changes and Challenges to Democracy : Slovenia in a Comparative Perspective

• Autore: Fink-Hafner Danica
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 pages)
• Disciplina: 324.24973
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: Studying the Relationship Between Parties and Democracy -- Parties and Democracy: Not a Straightforward Relationship -- Puzzles from the Real World and from the Political Science View -- The Novelty of the Book and the Thesis -- Research Questions -- Research Approach -- Selection of Slovenia as Case Study -- Outline of the Book -- References -- 2 Political Thought on Democracy Related to Political Parties -- Theories of Democracy -- Liberal Thought and Parties -- Theoretical Adaptations to the Real-Life Phenomena of Political Parties -- Empirical Liberalism and an Operational Definition of Liberal Democracy -- Illiberal vs Liberal Democracy -- A Variety of Other Democratic Ideals in the Frame of a Nation State After the Second World War -- Transnational Democracy and the European Union as a Regional Political System -- Cosmopolitan Democracy -- References -- 3 Relations Between Democracy and Parties -- Varieties of Democracy and Varieties of Parties -- Western Lenses -- Variety of Relationships Between Political Parties and Democracy -- Parties and Other Factors of Democratic Transitions and Consolidation of Democracy -- Parties and Other Factors of Democratic Backsliding and Democracy's Failure -- Illiberal Abuse of Democracy and Autocratization -- References -- 4 Party System Characteristics and Challenges to Democracy -- Introduction -- Party System and Party Institutionalization -- Party System Institutionalization -- Individual Party Institutionalization -- Party and Party System Institutionalization in Relation to Democracy -- Party System Stabilization as a Dimension of Institutionalization -- Government Formation and Party System Closure -- Government Formation and Democracy. ; 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Party System Changes and Challenges to Democracy
• ISBN: 3-031-54949-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910845097003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II