Grand Designs, Narrow Choices: Conservatives and Democracy in Southern Europe

T-S Pappas

Working Papers from European Institute - Political and Social Sciences

Abstract: With the exception of Portugal, a paradox of the Southern European democracies is that they were founded and made workable by ambiguous democrats. In Italy and Greece, it was the lineal descendants of pre-fascist conservatism who came back to power, while, in Spain, former francoist functionaries simply retained theirs. Everywhere, those "new" conservatives found themselves burdened with spoiled political legacies and tainted images.

Keywords: EUROPE; DEMOCRACY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 4956 pages
Date: 1996
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