In the acclaimed Politics of Democratic Consolidation, Nikiforos Diamandouros, Richard Gunther, and their co-authors showed how democratization unfolded in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, culminating in consolidated democratic regimes. This volume continues that analysis, posing the basic question: What kind of democratic politics emerged in those countries? It presents systematic analyses of the basic institutions of government and of the dynamics of electoral competition in the four countries (set in comparative context alongside several other democracies), as well as detailed studies of the evolution of the major parties, their electorates, their ideologies, and their performances in government over the past twenty years. The authors reach two major conclusions. First, the new democracies' salient features are moderation, centripetalism, and the democratization of erstwhile antisystem parties on the Right and Left. Second, no single ''Southern European model'' has emerged; the systems differ from one another about as much as do the other established democracies of Europe. Contributors: P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, University of Athens Richard Gunther, Ohio State University Thomas C. Bruneau, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey Arend Lijphart, University of California at San Diego Leonardo Morlino, University of Florence Risa A. Brooks, Stanford University José R. Montero, Autonomous University of Madrid Giacomo Sani, University of Pavia Paolo Segatti, University of Trieste Gianfranco Pasquino, University of Bologna Takis S. Pappas, College Year, Athens Hans-Jrgen Puhle, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main Anna Bosco, University of Trieste Praise for The Politics of Democratic Consolidation: ''Without doubt the best comparative work on Southern European politics to date.''Journal of Modern Greek Studies ''There is a wealth of information here, but the outstanding merit of this volume lies in its illuminating comparative analysis.''Foreign Affairs
Contents:
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
""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.""
