PIERO IGNAZI is Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of Politics, Institutions, History, at the University of Bologna. /eCOLETTE YSMAL is Director for Research at the National Foundation of Political Science in Paris. /eh have published extensively on European politics.

• Foreword by Kay Lawson Introduction by Piero Ignazi and Colette Ysmal France The Evolution of the French Party System by Colette Ysmal Conflict and Change in the Rassemblement pour la Republique by Florence Haegel The Front National: The Making of an Authoritarian Party by Gilles Ivaldi The Parti Socialiste: From a Party of Activists to a Party Government by FREderic Sawicki Italy The Italian Party System: The Effective Magnitude of an Earthquake by Luciano Bardi and Piero Ignazi The Failed Renewal: The DC from 1982 to 1994 by Gianfranco Baldini From Militant to Voters: From the PCI to the PDS by Maria Pamini MSI/AN: A Mass Party with the Temptation of the Furher-Prinzip by Piero Ignazi Greece The Political System in Post-Authoritarian Greece (1974-1996): Outline and Interpretations by P. Nikoforos Diamandouros PASOK: The Telling Story of a Unique Organizational Structure by Michalis Spourdalakis Nea Democratia: Party Development and Organizational Logics by Takis S. Pappas Spain The Spanish Political Parties from Fragmentation to Bipolar Concentration by Gabriel Colome and Lourdes Lopez-Nieto The Organizational Dynamics of AP/PP by Lourdes Lopez-Nieto The PSOE: The Establishment of a Governmental Party by Gabriel Colome Conclusion: Party Organization and Power: A Southern European Model? by Piero Ignazi and Colette Ysmal Index

PIERO IGNAZI is Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of Politics, Institutions, History, at the University of Bologna. /eCOLETTE YSMAL is Director for Research at the National Foundation of Political Science in Paris. /eh have published extensively on European politics.

• Foreword by Kay Lawson Introduction by Piero Ignazi and Colette Ysmal France The Evolution of the French Party System by Colette Ysmal Conflict and Change in the Rassemblement pour la Republique by Florence Haegel The Front National: The Making of an Authoritarian Party by Gilles Ivaldi The Parti Socialiste: From a Party of Activists to a Party Government by FREderic Sawicki Italy The Italian Party System: The Effective Magnitude of an Earthquake by Luciano Bardi and Piero Ignazi The Failed Renewal: The DC from 1982 to 1994 by Gianfranco Baldini From Militant to Voters: From the PCI to the PDS by Maria Pamini MSI/AN: A Mass Party with the Temptation of the Furher-Prinzip by Piero Ignazi Greece The Political System in Post-Authoritarian Greece (1974-1996): Outline and Interpretations by P. Nikoforos Diamandouros PASOK: The Telling Story of a Unique Organizational Structure by Michalis Spourdalakis Nea Democratia: Party Development and Organizational Logics by Takis S. Pappas Spain The Spanish Political Parties from Fragmentation to Bipolar Concentration by Gabriel Colome and Lourdes Lopez-Nieto The Organizational Dynamics of AP/PP by Lourdes Lopez-Nieto The PSOE: The Establishment of a Governmental Party by Gabriel Colome Conclusion: Party Organization and Power: A Southern European Model? by Piero Ignazi and Colette Ysmal Index

PIERO IGNAZI is Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of Politics, Institutions, History, at the University of Bologna. /eCOLETTE YSMAL is Director for Research at the National Foundation of Political Science in Paris. /eh have published extensively on European politics.

• Foreword by Kay Lawson Introduction by Piero Ignazi and Colette Ysmal France The Evolution of the French Party System by Colette Ysmal Conflict and Change in the Rassemblement pour la Republique by Florence Haegel The Front National: The Making of an Authoritarian Party by Gilles Ivaldi The Parti Socialiste: From a Party of Activists to a Party Government by FREderic Sawicki Italy The Italian Party System: The Effective Magnitude of an Earthquake by Luciano Bardi and Piero Ignazi The Failed Renewal: The DC from 1982 to 1994 by Gianfranco Baldini From Militant to Voters: From the PCI to the PDS by Maria Pamini MSI/AN: A Mass Party with the Temptation of the Furher-Prinzip by Piero Ignazi Greece The Political System in Post-Authoritarian Greece (1974-1996): Outline and Interpretations by P. Nikoforos Diamandouros PASOK: The Telling Story of a Unique Organizational Structure by Michalis Spourdalakis Nea Democratia: Party Development and Organizational Logics by Takis S. Pappas Spain The Spanish Political Parties from Fragmentation to Bipolar Concentration by Gabriel Colome and Lourdes Lopez-Nieto The Organizational Dynamics of AP/PP by Lourdes Lopez-Nieto The PSOE: The Establishment of a Governmental Party by Gabriel Colome Conclusion: Party Organization and Power: A Southern European Model? by Piero Ignazi and Colette Ysmal Index