ABSTRACT
This book 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 also be constructive. 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 in Eastern Europe.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |23 pages
Party Systems, Factionalism and Patterns of Democratization
Cross-National Comparisons in Southern Europe
chapter |13 pages
From Factionalism to Autocracy
PASOK's De-radicalization during the Regime Transition of the 1970s
chapter |12 pages
Party Factionalism in New Small Southern European Democracies
Some Comparative Findings from the Portuguese and Greek Experiences (1974–82)
chapter |14 pages
Factionalism in Parliamentary Parties in the Czech Republic
A Concept and Some Empirical Findings
