Democratic Quality in Southern Europe

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.

• List of ContributorsList of FiguresAcknowledgments by Tiago FernandesIntroduction: Patterns of Democratic Quality in Southern Europe, 1960s–2010s by Tiago Fernandes1. Elections: Institutional Frameworks and Participation Dynamics by João Cancela2. Party Systems by Edalina Rodrigues Sanches3. Direct Democracy by José Santana Pereira and Tiago Tibúrcio4. Media and Politics by José Santana Pereira and Pedro Diniz de Sousa5. Subnational Democracy by Pedro T. Magalhães6. Women's Political Representationby Edna Costa7. Inequality and the Welfare-State by Rui BrancoConclusion: Origins of Democratic Quality in Southern Europe: Legacies from the Authoritarian Past, Civil Society, and Progressive Coalitions by Tiago Fernandes

"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"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