The Politics of Democratic Consolidation: Southern Europe in Comparative Perspective

by Hans-Jürgen Puhle, Nikiforos P. Diamandouros, Richard Gunther, et al.

Book Overview

With democracy on the rise worldwide, questions about transition are rapidly being replaced by questions about consolidation. How can leaders provide for a stable democracy once a nation has made its initial commitment to the rule of law and to popularly edledted government? In The Politics of Democratic Consolidation, a distinguished group of internationally recognized scholars focus on four nations of Southern Europe--Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece--which have successfully consolidated their democratic regimes.

Contributors: P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, Richard Gunther, Hans-J?rgen Puhle, Edward Malefakis, Juan J. Linz, Alfred Stepan, Felipe Ag?ero, Geoffrey Pridham, Sidney Tarrow, Leonardo Morlino, Jos? R. Montero, Gianfranco Pasquino, and Philippe C. Schmitter.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801849829
• ISBN13: 9780801849824
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"