Elites and Democratic Transitions by Regime Transformation in Southern Europe

This book examines three cases of democratic transitions by self-transformation of the non-democratic regimes in Southern Europe—the Spanish reforma pactada-ruptura pactada of 1976-77, the Greek “Markezinis experiment” of 1973, and the Turkish democratic transition of 1983—in a comparative perspecti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tzortzis, Ioannis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Global Political Transitions
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Democratisation Theory and Comparative Politics
  • 2. From 'Organic Democracy' to 'Democracy without Adjectives': Spain 1976-77
  • 3. From Dictatorship to Dictatorship: Greece 1973
  • 4. From Dictatorship to 'Difficult Democracy': Turkey 1983
  • 5. Is 'Democracy Out of Tyranny' Feasible and Viable?