The Politics of Democratic Consolidation: Southern Europe in Comparative Perspective

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

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. P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, Richard Gunther, Hans-Jürgen Puhle, Edward Malefakis, Juan J. Linz, Alfred Stepan, Felipe Agüero, Geoffrey Pridham, Sidney Tarrow, Leonardo Morlino, José R. Montero, Gianfranco Pasquino, and Philippe C. Schmitter.

576 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1995