The New Mediterranean Democracies
Regime Transition in Spain, Greece and Portugal
1st Edition
Published on 1. September 2015
Book
Hardback
194 pages
978-1-138-96008-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume, first published in 1984, discusses the viability of applying the 'Mediterranean model' to three countries that were transitioning to democracy, - Spain, Greece and Portugal - combining both comparative and national case-study approaches. In particular, Spain, Greece and Portugal offer comparable examples of the problems of establishing new democratic systems within relatively unstable and economically less developed environments.
This title applies different theories of regime transition to the countries in question. This volume will be of interest to students of politics.
This title applies different theories of regime transition to the countries in question. This volume will be of interest to students of politics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
390 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-96008-4 (9781138960084)
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Person
Geoffrey Pridham is Reader in European Politics at Bristol University. His works include Christian Democracy in Western Germany (1977), Transnational Party Cooperation and European Integration (1981) and The Nature of the Italian Party System: a regional case-study (1981). He is currently doing comparative work on coalitional behaviour in western Europe, and is writing a book on Political Parties and Coalitional Behaviour in Italy: an interpretative study.
Content
Notes on the Contributors; Comparative Perspectives on the New Mediterranean Democracies: A Model of Regime Transition?; Part 1: The Process of Regime Transition: Three Parallel Roads to Democracy; 1. Spain's Evolutionary Pathway from Dictatorship to Democracy 2. Transition to, and Consolidation of, Democratic Politics in Greece, 1974-83: A Tentative Assessment 3. Continuity and Change in Portuguese Politics: Ten Years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974; Part 2: Party Systems and Party Development: Their Role in Democratic Transition; 4. Spain: Parties and the Party System in Transition 5. Political Parties in Post-Junta Greece: A Case of 'Bureaucratic Clientelism'? 6. Social Cleavages and Electoral Performance: The Social Basis of Portuguese Political Parties, 1976-83; Part 3: Comparative Themes of Regime Transition in Mediterranean Europe; 7. Southern European Socialism in Transition 8. The International Context of Democratic Transition 9. Government Performance: An Issue and Three Cases in Search of Theory; Abstracts; Index