The Organization of Political Parties in Southern Europe

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Piero Ignazi, Colette Ysmal

ISBN: 0-275-95612-1

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-95612-7

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328 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 6/25/1998

List Price: $125.00 (UK Sterling Price: £86.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Political Parties in Context

Description: This is the most up-to-date and comprehensive anaysis of the organization of the major political parties of France, Spain, Italy, and Greece. Conceived and framed with a common theoretical approach, four national teams of researchers followed a structural approach to the study of party organization, and they have underlined the various characteristics of the parties. The party analyses are not limited, however, to the usual measures of party organization—number of members, local branches, elected officials—or to their formal rules. Rather, the chapters highlight the power relationships among the various actors, leaders, and factions. This major work will be invaluable to all researchers and scholars dealing with contemporary European politics and party systems.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Kay Lawson
Introduction by Piero Ignazi and Colette Ysmal
France
The Evolution of the French Party System by Colette Ysmal
Conflict and Change in the Rassemblement pour la Republique by Florence Haegel
The Front National: The Making of an Authoritarian Party by Gilles Ivaldi
The Parti Socialiste: From a Party of Activists to a Party Government by Frédéric Sawicki
Italy
The Italian Party System: The Effective Magnitude of an Earthquake by Luciano Bardi and Piero Ignazi
The Failed Renewal: The DC from 1982 to 1994 by Gianfranco Baldini
From Militant to Voters: From the PCI to the PDS by Maria Pamini
MSI/AN: A Mass Party with the Temptation of the Furher-Prinzip by Piero Ignazi
Greece
The Political System in Post-Authoritarian Greece (1974-1996): Outline and Interpretations by P. Nikoforos Diamandouros
PASOK: The Telling Story of a Unique Organizational Structure by Michalis Spourdalakis
Nea Democratia: Party Development and Organizational Logics by Takis S. Pappas
Spain
The Spanish Political Parties from Fragmentation to Bipolar Concentration by Gabriel Colomé and Lourdes López-Nieto
The Organizational Dynamics of AP/PP by Lourdes López-Nieto
The PSOE: The Establishment of a Governmental Party by Gabriel Colomé
Conclusion: Party Organization and Power: A Southern European Model? by Piero Ignazi and Colette Ysmal
Index

About the Author: PIERO IGNAZI is Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of Politics, Institutions, History, at the University of Bologna. /e

COLETTE YSMAL is Director for Research at the National Foundation of Political Science in Paris. /e

h have published extensively on European politics.

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