South European Society and Politics
About the Book Series
The parallel regime transitions of the 1970s, when Southern Europe was the vanguard of the ‘third wave’ of democratisation, the impact of EU membership and Europeanisation and more recently, the region’s central role in the eurozone crisis have all made Southern Europe a distinctive area of interest for social science scholars. The South European Society and Politics book series promotes new empirical research into the domestic politics and society of South European states. The series, open to a broad range of social science approaches, offers comparative thematic volumes covering the region as a whole and on occasion, innovative single-country studies. Its geographical scope includes both ‘old’ and ‘new’ Southern Europe, defined as Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus, Malta and Turkey.
Crisis Elections, New Contenders and Government Formation: Breaking the Mould in Southern Europe
1st Edition
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By Anna Bosco, Susannah Verney
December 19, 2019
The parliamentary elections of 2015–16 in Greece, Spain and Portugal had extraordinary consequences, bringing repeat elections, unprecedented processes of government formation and uncharted government outcomes. Greece formed a coalition of radical left and radical right and Portugal its first ...
Reinventing Democracy: Grassroots Movements in Portugal
1st Edition
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By João Arriscado Nunes, Boaventura de Sousa Santos
February 04, 2019
The studies gathered in this volume focus on Portuguese society, from the creative social and political experimentation by citizen and popular movements during the revolution of 1974/75 to more recent episodes of alternative economic organisation, popular mobilization over the claim of local ...
Is Turkey De-Europeanising?: Encounters with Europe in a Candidate Country
1st Edition
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By Alper Kaliber, Senem Aydin-Düzgit
January 03, 2019
This comprehensive edited volume conceptually develops the notion of ‘de-Europeanisation’ as an important development in the literature on Europeanisation, and applies it specifically to the case of Turkey. ‘De-Europeanisation’ is defined as the loss or weakening of the EU/Europe as a normative/...
The 2014 European Parliament Elections in Southern Europe: Still Second Order or Critical Contests?
1st Edition
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By Hermann Schmitt, Eftichia Teperoglou
January 03, 2019
Southern Europe has been the EU region most exposed to the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis with consequences for national party systems and political stability. The 2014 European Parliament elections took place at a crucial time for Europe and Southern European societies more generally. This book ...
Southern Europe and the Financial Earthquake: Coping with the First Phase of the International Crisis
1st Edition
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By Susannah Verney, Anna Bosco, Marina Costa Lobo
September 10, 2018
Following the outbreak of the international financial crisis, Southern Europe became an epicentre of economic instability and international concern. The prospect of a sovereign debt default in the eurozone’s ‘flaky fringe’ sent shock waves through the European and global economies. Examining the ...
Elections in Hard Times: Southern Europe 2010-11
1st Edition
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By Anna Bosco, Susannah Verney
August 23, 2018
Southern Europe has been at the heart of the European sovereign debt crisis and in the vanguard of the programmes of radical economic austerity implemented to confront it. During the first two crisis years, the consequences for domestic political stability were dramatic. Across the region, 2010-11 ...
Transformations of the Radical Left in Southern Europe: Bringing Society Back In?
1st Edition
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By Myrto Tsakatika, Marco Lisi
August 23, 2018
Political parties are alleged to be turning their backs to civil society; they are said to discourage the active participation of their members and to distance themselves from the privileged relations to affiliated social organisations they once prized. Instead, parties are broadly believed to be ...
Political Representation in Times of Bailout: Evidence from Greece and Portugal
1st Edition
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By André Freire, Marco Lisi, Ioannis Andreadis, José Manuel Viegas
June 16, 2017
Since 2008 many European states have experienced significant challenges in adapting to austerity, and political actors within these states have made significant changes in their discourses and practices. This book explores the short-term impact of the sovereign debt crisis on aspects of political ...
Economic Crisis and Austerity in Southern Europe: Threat or Opportunity for a Sustainable Welfare State
1st Edition
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By Maria Petmesidou, Ana Marta Guillén
May 31, 2017
Southern Europe has been hit hard by the global economic crisis and, as such, their welfare states have come under acute strain. Unmet need has sharply increased while significant welfare reforms and deep social spending cuts have been prominent in the crisis management solutions implemented by ...
Mobilising Politics and Society?: The EU Convention's Impact on Southern Europe
1st Edition
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By Sonia Lucarelli, Claudio Radaelli
August 19, 2016
Mobilising Politics and Society offers a timely analysis of the European Union Convention's impact on the domestic political systems, and civil society in Southern Europe. It provides country chapters on Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Malta, Cyprus and Turkey. All chapters follow a common ...
The South European Right in the 21st Century: Italy, France and Spain
1st Edition
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By Jocelyn A.J. Evans
August 03, 2016
Since the European-wide domination of social democratic governments during the mid- to late-1990s, Right-wing parties have returned to power in the three largest Mediterranean democracies – Italy, France and Spain. This alternation has been symptomatic of growing majoritarianism in Southern Europe,...
Party Change in Southern Europe
1st Edition
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By Anna Bosco, Leonardo Morlino
February 29, 2016
It has been argued that political parties are weakening. In Southern Europe, however, political parties have shown remarkable pragmatism. Not only have they played a crucial role in the installation and consolidation of democracy, mostly in the 1970s and 1980s, but they have also adapted to the ...