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Stabilising fragile democractics : comparing new party systems in southern and eastern Europe / edited by Geoffrey Pridham and Paul Lewis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pridham, Geoffrey, 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political parties--Europe, Eastern--History.
- Political parties.
- Political parties--Europe, Southern--History.
- Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1989-.
- Europe, Eastern.
- Europe, Southern--Politics and government.
- Europe, Southern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 273 pages) : graphs
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first book to provide a systematic comparison of the democratic transitions in both Eastern and Southern Europe, covering Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Hungary, Romania, Poland and Bulgaria.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction: Stabilising fragile democracies and party system development; Party inheritances and party identities; From nomenclatura to clientura: the emergence of new political elites in east-central Europe; Structuring the new party systems after the dictatorship: coalitions, alliances, fusions and splits during the transition and post-transition stages; Parties and electoral choices in east-central Europe; Italy's postwar transition in contemporary perspective
- The emergence of new party systems and transitions to democracy: Spain in comparative perspectiveSecuring democracy in post-authoritarian Greece: the role of political parties; The revenge of history: the Portuguese, Spanish and Hungarian transitions; some comparisons; The emergence of new party systems and transitions to democracy: Romania and Portugal compared; The formation of political parties in post-communist Poland; Bulgaria's new party system; Index;
- Notes:
- "In association with the Centre for Mediterranean Studies, University of Bristol, and the East-West Programme of the Economic Social Research Council.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-81596-4
- 1-280-20178-9
- 0-203-43013-1
- 9780203430132
- OCLC:
- 171117227
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