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Zusatztext 'A good and interesting collection of chapters ... a very good empirical starting point for a better understanding of factionalism.' - South European Society and Politics Informationen zum Autor Richard Gillespie Klappentext Factional Politics and Democratization addresses the nature of factionalism in parties that are created or rebuilt after a period of dictatorship. It maintains that, while party leaders often view factions in negative terms as divisive, factional behaviour can be constructive and can contribute to the building of political parties as viable electoral organizations. Factionalism as a process involves fusion as well as fission. The volume brings together detailed case studies from post-authoritarian Spain, Greece and Portugal, from Turkey (where factionalism has hampered democratization) and from the post-communist states of Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic. Several chapters provide comparative analysis which goes beyond a particular party or national experience. Together with introductory and concluding chapters, this combination of case studies and comparative analysis provides pointers to what is generalizable and what is specific to particular cases. Equally, the book offers a framework within which further studies of party factionalism in the context of democratization may be undertaken. Zusammenfassung This book addresses the nature of factionalism in parties that are created or rebuilt after a period of dictatorship. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, Michael Waller, Richard Gillespie; Chapter 1 Party Systems, Factionalism and Patterns of Democratization, Geoffrey Pridham; Chapter 2 The Centre-Right in Spain, 1976–82, Lourdes López Nieto; Chapter 3 Factionalism, the Left and the Transition to Democracy in Spain, Richard Gillespie; Chapter 4 Party Factionalism and Democratization in Portugal, David Corkill; Chapter 5 From Factionalism to Autocracy, Konstantinos Ifantis; Chapter 6 Party Factionalism in New Small Southern European Democracies, José M. Magone; Chapter 7 Poland and Eastern Europe, Paul G. Lewis; Chapter 8 Factions and Factionalism in Hungary’s New Party System, Bill Lomax; Chapter 9 Factionalism in Parliamentary Parties in the Czech Republic, Petr Kopecký; Chapter 10 Making and Breaking, Michael Waller; Chapter 11 Pernicious Party Factionalism as a Constant of Transitions to Democracy in Turkey, Huri Türsan; conclusions Conclusions;...
