Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis (Parties, Groups, and Citizens in Southern Europe)

by Leonardo Morlino

Drawing on a systematic, empirical analysis of four key Southern European countries, Portugal, Spain, Greece, and Italy, this insightful study identifies several key aspects of democratic consolidation: consensus and legitimization, party system and party organization, and the ways in which organized and non-organized interests are related to parties and the institutions of state. This book offers the first extensive, comparative analysis of consolidation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198280823
• ISBN13: 9780198280828
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"