Equality, Freedom, and Democracy

Europe After the Great Recession
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-19-881387-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

Freedom and equality are widely considered the two most important values in a liberal democracy. This wide-ranging study examines how both have developed across a thirty year period since 1990, and in particular the effect on them of the Great Recession of 2008. Drawing on extensive data from the six largest European democracies - France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, and the United Kingdom - the author offers a comparative analysis of how the respective pursuit of
both values has developed over the period, and seeks to explain the variations he finds. In addition, he assesses the impact of the European Union on those two fundamental democratic values, as well the nature and extent of demands for them on the part of citizens and party leaders. He concludes by
drawing out the implications of his analysis for the future of European democracy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morlino, Leonardo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Über Autor(innen)

Leonardo Morlino is Emeritus Professor of Political Science and Director of the International Research Centre on Democracies and Democratizations at LUISS, Rome.