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Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis - Parties, Groups, and Citizens in Southern Europe (Hardcover, New)
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Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis - Parties, Groups, and Citizens in Southern Europe (Hardcover, New)
Series: Oxford Studies in Democratization
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The second half of the twentieth century has witnessed several
waves of democratization in Europe, the Americas, and in other
regions of the world, such as South East Asia. Although for the
most part these democratic regimes are no longer haunted by the
prospect of a return to authoritarianism, severe economic and
social problems have posed serious challenges, creating a situation
where change is often achieved through alternating periods of
consolidation and crisis. Drawing on a systematic, empirical
analysis of four key Southern European countries, Portugal, Spain,
Greece, and Italy, Morlino identifies several key aspects of
democratic consolidation: consensus and legitimation, party system
and party organization, and the ways in which organized and
non-organized interests are related to parties and the institutions
of state. The resulting models of consolidation are analysed and
the mechanisms and patterns of their unfolding crises identified,
taking care to disentangle the pragmatic reactions against the
regime, often related to corruption, from more ideological ones
grounded in differences in values. Finally, the author addresses
the question of the `quality' of democracy, examining how this is
related to the outcome of processes of consolidation and crisis.
This insightful study offers the first extensive, comparative
analysis of consolidation and crisis in these countries, and
features a wealth of up-to-date information on party organizations,
interest associations, the media, and public opinion. Although
clearly focusing on Southern Europe, the author's findings are
extremely relevant for understanding the politics of several other
regions, including Eastern Europe, Latin America, and South East
Asia.
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