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.
Turkey and the EU: Accession and Reform
1st Edition
Edited
By Gamze Avci, Ali Çarkoğlu
April 22, 2014
Turkish accession to the European Union is an important but controversial item on the agenda of the European Union. By focusing on the various domestic sources that drive Turkish politics, this comprehensive study of both classic and new topics supported by fresh, new insights fills a void in the ...
Dealing with the Legacy of Authoritarianism: The “Politics of the Past” in Southern European Democracies
1st Edition
Edited
By Antonio Costa Pinto, Leonardo Morlino
May 31, 2013
In recent years the agenda of how to ‘deal with the past’ has become a central dimension of the quality of contemporary democracies. Many years after the process of authoritarian breakdown, consolidated democracies revisit the past either symbolically or to punish the elites associated with the ...
Euroscepticism in Southern Europe: A Diachronic Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Susannah Verney
May 31, 2013
Euroscepticism has emerged as a growing constraint on European integration, starting with the Maastricht Treaty in the early 1990s, continuing with the mid-2000s constitutional debacle and intensifying with the eurozone crisis – a crisis in which Southern Europe has played a key role. But is ...
Spain's 'Second Transition'?: The Socialist Government of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
1st Edition
Edited
By Bonnie N. Field
November 24, 2011
Few would have imagined the developments and the extent of reforms that occurred under Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero between 2004 and 2008. Under Zapatero, Spain rapidly withdrew Spanish troops from Iraq, held a very public political debate on the Spanish Civil War and the ...
When Greeks think about Turks: The View from Anthropology
1st Edition
Edited
By Dimitrios Theodossopoulos
September 29, 2009
Drawing upon anthropological studies that document culturally specific ways of perceiving ethic Others in Greece and Cyprus, this book explores the cultural boundaries of the categories ‘Greek’ and ‘Turk’, and compares views on what it means to be one of these ethnic groups or both. The ...
Spain and Portugal in the European Union: The First Fifteen Years
1st Edition
Edited
By Paul Christopher Manuel, Sebastian Royo
July 26, 2004
This publication provides an up-to-date assessment of the political and economic issues and is valuable reading for anyone wishing to understand contemporary Spain and Portugal.Following decades of relative isolation under authoritarian regimes, the success of the processes of democratic transition...
Who Governs Southern Europe?: Regime Change and Ministerial Recruitment, 1850-2000
1st Edition
Edited
By Pedro Tavares de Almeida, Nancy Bermeo, Antonio Costa Pinto
August 30, 2003
In modern politics, cabinet ministers are major actors in the arena of power as they occupy a strategic locus of command from which vital, authoritative decisions flow continuously. Who are these uppermost policy-makers? What are their background characteristics and credentials? How are they ...
Europeanization and the Southern Periphery
1st Edition
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By Kevin Featherstone, George Kazamias
September 01, 2001
Europeanization" is a term increasingly used in the social sciences to descibe the impact, convergence or response of politicians and institutions in relation to the European Union. This volume explores the concept in a variety of different settings in order to clarify its meaning....