Mechanisms of Dominance: Understanding 30 Years in Power of Montenegro’s Democratic Party of Socialists

Laštro Claudia (), Bieber Florian () and Marović Jovana ()
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Laštro Claudia: Centre for Southeast European Studies, Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Bieber Florian: Centre for Southeast European Studies, Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Marović Jovana: Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG), Podgorica, Montenegro

Comparative Southeast European Studies, 2023, vol. 71, issue 2, 210-236

Abstract: This article analyses the mechanisms that contributed to the 30-year predominance of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) in Montenegro. The authors pay particular attention to the DPS’ programmatic flexibility, use of co-optation, repression and control, as well as clientelism, examining their role in shaping state–society relations and party competition over time. In doing so, the article also seeks to explain the DPS’ setback in the 2020 elections and the ongoing transition from a dominant party system towards a more competitive multiparty system.

Keywords: Montenegro; democracy; authoritarianism; Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1515/soeu-2022-0039

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