Democracy and the state in the new Southern Europe

Democracy and the state in the new Southern Europe / edited by Richard Gunther, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, and Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos.

Analysing the evolution of selected public policies and the changing roles and structure of the state in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain since the 1960s, this volume makes a major contribution to work on democratic regime transition in southern Europe.

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Other Authors: Gunther, Richard, Diamandouros, Nikiforos P., Sōtēropoulos, Dēmētrēs A., 1960-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:Oxford studies in democratization.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Democracy > Europe, Southern.
89.35 democracy.
89.40 internal relations of the state: general.
15.70 history of Europe.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Démocratisation.
Réformes de l'Etat.
Evolution politique.
Européanisation.
Changement social.
Politiques publiques.
Analyse historique.
UE/CE Etats membres.
Democracy
Politics and government
Demokratie
Politik
Democratisering.
Staat (politicologie)
Overheidsbeleid.
Politieke situatie.
Democràcia > Europa del Sud.
Europe, Southern > Politics and government > 20th century.
Europe méridionale.
Southern Europe
Südeuropa
Zuid-Europa.
Europa del Sud > Política i govern.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : democracy and the state in the new Southern Europe / P. Nikiforos Diamandouros [and others]
  • The welfare state and democracy : on the development of social security in Southern Europe, 1960-90 / Francis G. Castles
  • Social policy, democracy, and citizenship in Southern Europe / Marisol García and Neovi Karakatsanis
  • Democratic consolidation, judicial reform, and the judicialization of politics in Southern Europe / Pedro C. Magalhães, Carlo Guarnieri and Yorgos Kaminis
  • Old problems and new challenges : the enduring and changing functions of Southern European state bureaucracies / Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos
  • Multi-level governance and the transformation of regional mobilization and identity in Southern Europe, with particular attention to Catalonia and the Basque country / Iván Llamazares and Gary Marks
  • The environment, socioeconomic transformation, and political change in the new Southern Europe / Geoffrey Pridham and José Magone
  • Democratic and economic consolidation in Southern Europe / Stavros B. Thomadakis
  • Conclusion / Richard Gunther and P. Nikiforos Diamandouros.

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