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This book is an attempt to tackle the problem of democratization in East-Central Europe from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Its contributors look at the process of change within a comparative framework, discussing the emergence of multi-party and new electoral systems, comparing democratic transition in other parts of the world with that of Eastern Europe and analysing that region's relationship with the Soviet Union.Democratization in...

This important study analyses the developoment of the CDU/CSU as a political force in West Germany from the Second World War to the late 1970s, with special reference to its role both in Government (1949-69) and Opposition (1969-76) and considers how it was instrumental in the formulation of governmental policies. The first part of the book looks at the development of the CDU/CSU. The second part focuses on its composition and structure and co...

This volume, first published in 1984, discusses the viability of applying the 'Mediterranean model' to three countries that were transitioning to democracy, - Spain, Greece and Portugal - combining both comparative and national case-study approaches. This title applies different theories of regime transition to the countries in question. This volume will be of interest to students of politics.

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This study, first published in 1981, focuses on a single region of Italy ¿ Tuscany, and examines the internal and external relationships of the parties, their evolution and their roles in the years 1975-1980. This volume has a particular importance due to the questioning of many previously held assumptions of the country¿s party system in the light of political and socio-economic change during the 1970¿s. This title will be of interest to stud...

In this book, first published in 1981, the authors trace and analyse the growth of transnational party co-operation and the factors important to it during the years before and immediately following direct elections. They recognise three major dimensions of transnational co-operation: the Euro-parliamentary groups, the new European party federations, and the national party frameworks in the member states. This title will be of interest to acade...

A systematic comparison of three cases of democratization and regime transformation in Europe since 1945, this book highlights diversities of historical context

Volume 2 of this acclaimed series of documents with commentary covers the domestic aspects of the regime between 1933 and 1939: the political system, the economy and society, propaganda and indoctrination, policies towards youth and women, the SS system of terror, antisemitism and popular attitudes towards the regime - consent, dissent and resistance.

This volume, first published in 1984, discusses the viability of applying the `Mediterranean model¿ to three countries that were transitioning to democracy, ¿ Spain, Greece and Portugal ¿ combining both comparative and national case-study approaches. This title applies different theories of regime transition to the countries in question. This volume will be of interest to students of politics.

When this book first published in 1990, several `new¿ democracies were emerging in Southern Europe. The contributors to this volume focus on party systems in the democracies of Greece, Spain and Portugal since the end of their authoritarian regimes, and on Italy in the post-war period. This title will be of interest to students of politics, European Studies, and development studies.

This study, first published in 1981, focuses on a single region of Italy ¿ Tuscany, and examines the internal and external relationships of the parties, their evolution and their roles in the years 1975-1980. This volume has a particular importance due to the questioning of many previously held assumptions of the country¿s party system in the light of political and socio-economic change during the 1970¿s. This title will be of interest to stud...

In this book, first published in 1981, the authors trace and analyse the growth of transnational party co-operation and the factors important to it during the years before and immediately following direct elections. They recognise three major dimensions of transnational co-operation: the Euro-parliamentary groups, the new European party federations, and the national party frameworks in the member states. This title will be of interest to acade...

This book is an attempt to tackle the problem of democratization in East-Central Europe from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Its contributors look at the process of change within a comparative framework, discussing the emergence of multi-party and new electoral systems, comparing democratic transition in other parts of the world with that of Eastern Europe and analysing that region's relationship with the Soviet Union. Democratization i...

Coalitional behaviour is central to the Italian system of government but has been largely neglected by research. As a result, coalitions in post-war Italy have been viewed as simply unstable, short-lived and incohesive. In this book, the author corrects this one-sidedness by analysing Italian coalition politics as a continuous and dynamic process. His comprehensive, interpretative approach takes account of other new developments in coalition s...

This book takes a fresh look at coalition theory in the light of the European coalition experience.