Party Change in Southern Europe

ISBN-13: 9780415373555 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 272 str.

Anna Bosco;Leonardo Morlino;Anna Bosco

Opis

This new volume addresses a basic question: how and why have political parties in Southern Europe weakened between 1995-2005? To answer these questions, the authors analyze the transformations undergone by the two main parties in Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Turkey, Cyprus (North and South) and Malta, focusing on key dimensions of change. For each political group, systematic analysis is delivered on: party rules and power relationships since the mid-1990s; party membership and leadership; the professionalization of communications; competitive strategies; and, party values and programmes. This is a comprehensive analysis of the argument that political parties are weakening.

It has been argued that political parties are weakening. In Southern Europe, however, political parties have shown remarkable pragmatism. Not only have they played a crucial role in the installation and consolidation of democracy, mostly in the 1970s and 1980s, but they have also adapted to the aftermaths of severe political crises during the 1990s.

Party Change in Southern Europe addresses a basic issue: Have parties in Southern Europe weakened over the decade 1995-2005? Or have they rather changed? And if so, how have they changed? To answer these questions the authors analyze the transformations undergone by the two main parties in Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Turkey and Cyprus (North and South) focusing on several dimensions of change. For each political group, systematic analysis is offered on:

• party organization
• electoral politics
• competitive strategies
• party values and programmes.

This book was previously published as a special issue of South European Society and Politics.

Spis treści

Introduction Anna Bosco and Leonardo Morlino  Portugal  The Partido Social Democrata Carlos Jalali.  The Partido Socialista Marco Lisi  Spain  The Partido Popular Javier Astudillo and  Elena García-Guereta.  The Partido Socialista Obrero Español Mónica Méndez Lago  Italy  Forza Italia Francesco Raniolo.  The Democratici di Sinistra Daniela Giannetti and Rosa Mulé  Greece  Nea Democratia Takis S. Pappas and Elias Dinas.  PASOK Mikalis Spourdalakis and Chrisanthos Tassis  Cyprus and Northern Cyprus  AKEL, DISY, CTP and UBP Christophoros Christophorou  Turkey The AKP Ergun Özbudun.  The CHP Ilter Turan

O autorze

Anna Bosco is Associate Professor of Political Parties and Interest Groups at the University of Trieste She is Assistant Editor of South European Society & Politics. Leonardo Morlino is Professor of Political Science at the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane (Florence) and Director of the Research Centre on Southern Europe (Florence).