{"product_id":"the-new-mediterranean-democracies-9781138960091","title":"The New Mediterranean Democracies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume, first published in 1984, discusses the viability of applying the âMediterranean modelâ to three countries that were transitioning to democracy, â Spain, Greece and Portugal â combining both comparative and national case-study approaches. In particular, Spain, Greece and Portugal offer comparable examples of the problems of establishing new democratic systems within relatively unstable and economically less developed environments. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis title applies different theories of regime transition to the countries in question. This volume will be of interest to students of politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on the Contributors; Comparative Perspectives on the New Mediterranean Democracies: A Model of Regime Transition?; \u003cb\u003ePart 1: The Process of Regime Transition: Three Parallel Roads to Democracy\u003c\/b\u003e; 1. Spain’s Evolutionary Pathway from Dictatorship to Democracy 2. Transition to, and Consolidation of, Democratic Politics in Greece, 1974-83: A Tentative Assessment 3. Continuity and Change in Portuguese Politics: Ten Years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974; \u003cb\u003ePart 2: Party Systems and Party Development: Their Role in Democratic Transition\u003c\/b\u003e; 4. Spain: Parties and the Party System in Transition 5. Political Parties in Post-Junta Greece: A Case of ‘Bureaucratic Clientelism’? 6. Social Cleavages and Electoral Performance: The Social Basis of Portuguese Political Parties, 1976-83; \u003cb\u003ePart 3: Comparative Themes of Regime Transition in Mediterranean Europe\u003c\/b\u003e; 7. Southern European Socialism in Transition 8. The International Context of Democratic Transition 9. Government Performance: An Issue and Three Cases in Search of Theory; Abstracts; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769076318551,"sku":"9781138960091","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138960091.jpg?v=1758719545","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-new-mediterranean-democracies-9781138960091","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}