Stabilising Fragile Democracies MTP Drawing on interviews with more

Drawing on interviews with more than sixty political staffers

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The incentives we face

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and social legacy

Stabilising Fragile Democracies MTP Drawing on interviews with morePolitical parties play a central, if not the central, political role in parliamentary democracies. They are also likely to play a key role in the establishment of new parliamentary democracies. This volume provides a systematic comparison of the democratic transitions in both Eastern and Southern Europe from this point of view. There are four main themes concerning the role of parties that are examined: coping with the past (party identities and