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1. Dealing with the Legacy of Authoritarianism

   The “Politics of the Past” in Southern European Democracies

   Edited by Antonio Costa Pinto, Leonardo Morlino

   In recent years the agenda of how to ‘deal with the past’ has become a central dimension of the quality of contemporary democracies. Many years after the process of authoritarian breakdown, consolidated democracies revisit the past either symbolically or to punish the elites associated with the...

   Published September 21st 2011 by Routledge
2. Democratization and the European Union

   Comparing Central and Eastern European Post-Communist Countries

   Edited by Leonardo Morlino, Wojciech Sadurski

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   This book examines in depth the impact of the EU on aspects of the quality of democracy in eight selected post-communist countries. Considering both the political and legal aspects of the dynamics among institutions and focussing on inter-institutional accountability, the book analyses how...

   Published April 15th 2010 by Routledge
3. International Actors, Democratization and the Rule of Law

   Anchoring Democracy?

   Edited by Amichai Magen, Leonardo Morlino

   Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies

   Do external factors facilitate or hamper domestic democratic development? Do international actors influence the development of greater civil and political freedom, democratic accountability, equality, responsiveness and the rule of law in domestic systems? How should we conceptualize, identify and...

   Published April 14th 2009 by Routledge
4. Party Change in Southern Europe

   Edited by Anna Bosco, Leonardo Morlino

   It has been argued that political parties are weakening. In Southern Europe, however, political parties have shown remarkable pragmatism. Not only have they played a crucial role in the installation and consolidation of democracy, mostly in the 1970s and 1980s, but they have also adapted to the...

   Published January 31st 2007 by Routledge