Reviews
Of uniformly high quality, these essays are notable in two respects. [They] are explicitly comparative, thus ensuring intellectual coherence and the prospect of theory building and hypothesis testing. The chapters are also empirically rich, drawing on numerous surveys as well as a voluminous secondary literature... The series has become a become an essential source for understanding the evolution of this important region.
Beyond its specific substantive merits, this volume represents a further important contribution to the fulfilment of the goals that the Committee on Southern Europe—and thei nformal network of arious scholars built around it—had set for themselves in the late 1970s: this is to foster research on the political peculiarities of these countries and to integrate local scholarship and competence into the broader international theoretical dbate. This volume is a further achievement in setting Southern Europe on the map of comparative politics.
Without doubt the best comparative work on Southern European politics to date.
There is a wealth of information here, but the outstanding merit of this volume lies in its illuminating comparative analysis.
Book Details
List of Tables and Figures
Preface and Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Democracy, Southern European Style
Chapter 3. The Anchors of Partnership: A
List of Tables and Figures
Preface and Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Democracy, Southern European Style
Chapter 3. The Anchors of Partnership: A Comparative Analysis of Voting Behavior in Four Southern European Democracies
Chapter 4. Antiparty Politics and the Restructuring of the Italian Party System
Chapter 5. The New Campaign Politics in Southern Europe
Chapter 6. In Search of the Center: Conservative Parties, Electoral Competition, and Political Legitimacy in Southern Europe's New Democracies
Chapter 7. Mobilizers and Late Modernizers: Socialist Parties in the New Southern Europe
Chapter 8. Four Actors in Search of a Role
Chapter 9. Conclusion
Appendix. Percentages of Popular Votes, Number of Parliamentary Seats, and Percentages of Parliamentary Seats of Major Parties in National Elections in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain
Notes
References
Contributors
Index