Elites and Democratic Transitions by Regime Transformation in Southern Europe

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-04619-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 207 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Reihe: Global Political Transitions

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 perspective. The author argues that a democratic transition initiated by the regime elites is, in contrast to widely held assumptions and notwithstanding some reservations on whether democracy can be (re-)introduced by non-democrats, worth viewing as a “window of opportunity” for democratisation. It is up to the democratic counter-elites to respond to it, using the civil society and the international factor as allies to achieve their goal of acquiring more concessions from the regime.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tzortzis, Ioannis

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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?.

Über Autor(innen)

Ioannis Tzortis is Teaching Fellow in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.