Democratic Quality in Southern Europe

Democratic Quality in Southern Europe

  • France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain

  • by Tiago Fernandes

  • 370 pages, 6.00 x 9.00 , 49 b&w illustrations, 10 tables

  • Hardcover | 9780268207755 | May 2024

  • eBook (EPUB) | 9780268207786 | May 2024

  • eBook (Web PDF) | 9780268207748 | May 2024

  • Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development

Description

Fueled by new data from the Varieties of Democracy project, Democratic Quality in Southern Europe takes a close look at the democratic trajectories of France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain over the past fifty years.

Despite similar beginnings, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain have experienced significant variations in the way their democracies have evolved. Covering ground from the protest movements of the late ’60s and early ’70s to the challenges that resulted from the financial crisis of the Great Recession, editor Tiago Fernandes expertly draws together a collection of essays that look beyond the impact of socioeconomic development in these five countries, exploring innovative and nuanced explanations for their diverging paths.

Democratic Quality in Southern Europe combines new data with classical methodologies to create fresh, convincing hypotheses on the development, quality, and depth of democracy in this critical region.