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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
328 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 6/25/1998
List Price: $125.00 (UK Sterling Price: £86.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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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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