Democratic Quality in Southern Europe: France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain
Fueled by new data from the Varieties of Democracy project, Democratic Quality in Southern Europe takes a close look at the democratic trajectories of France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain over the past fifty years.
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Tiago Fernandes is associate professor of political science at the University Institute of Lisbon. He is head of the Varieties of Democracy Regional Center for Southern Europe and was a visiting fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies between 2009 and 2011. He most recently co-authored Legacies and Memories in Movements: Justice and Democracy in Southern Europe.
"Fernandes and his collaborators provide a sophisticated but accessible blend of argument and evidence explaining political similarities and differences across five polities. Blending historical perspective with mountains of empirical evidence, this collection is a 'must-read' for anyone who seeks to understand the varieties of democracy in Southern Europe." --Nancy Bermeo, coeditor of Mass Politics in Tough Times
"Democratic Quality in Southern Europe makes a valuable and original contribution to scholarly thinking about the processes of democratization within the region, expertly drawing upon original data from the Varieties of Democracy project." --Anthony M. Messina, co-author of Immigration, Security, and the Liberal State
