P. Nikiforos Diamandouros is a professor of political science at the University of Athens. Richard Gunther is a professor of political science at Ohio State University.

Of uniformly high quality, these essays are notable in two respects. [They] are explicitly comparative, thus ensuring intellectual coherence and the prospect of theory building and hypothesis testing. The chapters are also empirically rich, drawing on numerous surveys as well as a voluminous secondary literature... The series has become a become an essential source for understanding the evolution of this important region. Choice Beyond its specific substantive merits, this volume represents a further important contribution to the fulfilment of the goals that the Committee on Southern Europe-and thei nformal network of arious scholars built around it-had set for themselves in the late 1970s: this is to foster research on the political peculiarities of these countries and to integrate local scholarship and competence into the broader international theoretical dbate. This volume is a further achievement in setting Southern Europe on the map of comparative politics. -- Stefano Bartolini Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans

• Contents: List of Tables and Figures Preface and Acknowledgments List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Democracy, Southern European Style Chapter 3: The Anchors of Partnership: A Comparative Analysis of Voting Behavior in Four Southern European Democracies Chapter 4: Antiparty Politics and the Restructuring of the Italian Party System Chapter 5: The New Campaign Politics in Southern Europe Chapter 6: In Search of the Center: Conservative Parties, Electoral Competition, and Political Legitimacy in Southern Europe's New Democracies Chapter 7: Mobilizers and Late Modernizers: Socialist Parties in the New Southern Europe Chapter 8: Four Actors in Search of a Role Chapter 9: Conclusion Appendix: Percentages of Popular Votes, Number of Parliamentary Seats, and Percentages of Parliamentary Seats of Major Parties in National Elections in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain Notes References Contributors Index

P. Nikiforos Diamandouros is a professor of political science at the University of Athens. Richard Gunther is a professor of political science at Ohio State University.

Of uniformly high quality, these essays are notable in two respects. [They] are explicitly comparative, thus ensuring intellectual coherence and the prospect of theory building and hypothesis testing. The chapters are also empirically rich, drawing on numerous surveys as well as a voluminous secondary literature... The series has become a become an essential source for understanding the evolution of this important region. Choice Beyond its specific substantive merits, this volume represents a further important contribution to the fulfilment of the goals that the Committee on Southern Europe-and thei nformal network of arious scholars built around it-had set for themselves in the late 1970s: this is to foster research on the political peculiarities of these countries and to integrate local scholarship and competence into the broader international theoretical dbate. This volume is a further achievement in setting Southern Europe on the map of comparative politics. -- Stefano Bartolini Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans

• Contents: List of Tables and Figures Preface and Acknowledgments List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Democracy, Southern European Style Chapter 3: The Anchors of Partnership: A Comparative Analysis of Voting Behavior in Four Southern European Democracies Chapter 4: Antiparty Politics and the Restructuring of the Italian Party System Chapter 5: The New Campaign Politics in Southern Europe Chapter 6: In Search of the Center: Conservative Parties, Electoral Competition, and Political Legitimacy in Southern Europe's New Democracies Chapter 7: Mobilizers and Late Modernizers: Socialist Parties in the New Southern Europe Chapter 8: Four Actors in Search of a Role Chapter 9: Conclusion Appendix: Percentages of Popular Votes, Number of Parliamentary Seats, and Percentages of Parliamentary Seats of Major Parties in National Elections in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain Notes References Contributors Index

P. Nikiforos Diamandouros is a professor of political science at the University of Athens. Richard Gunther is a professor of political science at Ohio State University.

Of uniformly high quality, these essays are notable in two respects. [They] are explicitly comparative, thus ensuring intellectual coherence and the prospect of theory building and hypothesis testing. The chapters are also empirically rich, drawing on numerous surveys as well as a voluminous secondary literature... The series has become a become an essential source for understanding the evolution of this important region. Choice Beyond its specific substantive merits, this volume represents a further important contribution to the fulfilment of the goals that the Committee on Southern Europe-and thei nformal network of arious scholars built around it-had set for themselves in the late 1970s: this is to foster research on the political peculiarities of these countries and to integrate local scholarship and competence into the broader international theoretical dbate. This volume is a further achievement in setting Southern Europe on the map of comparative politics. -- Stefano Bartolini Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans

• Contents: List of Tables and Figures Preface and Acknowledgments List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Democracy, Southern European Style Chapter 3: The Anchors of Partnership: A Comparative Analysis of Voting Behavior in Four Southern European Democracies Chapter 4: Antiparty Politics and the Restructuring of the Italian Party System Chapter 5: The New Campaign Politics in Southern Europe Chapter 6: In Search of the Center: Conservative Parties, Electoral Competition, and Political Legitimacy in Southern Europe's New Democracies Chapter 7: Mobilizers and Late Modernizers: Socialist Parties in the New Southern Europe Chapter 8: Four Actors in Search of a Role Chapter 9: Conclusion Appendix: Percentages of Popular Votes, Number of Parliamentary Seats, and Percentages of Parliamentary Seats of Major Parties in National Elections in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain Notes References Contributors Index