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Book SynopsisMontero, 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
Trade ReviewOf 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. Choice 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. -- Stefano Bartolini Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans
Table of ContentsContents: 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
