Stabilising fragile democracies : comparing new party systems in southern and eastern Europe / edited by Geoffrey Pridham and Paul G. Lewis.

"In association with the Centre for Mediterranean Studies, University of Bristol, and the East-West Programme of the Economic Social Research Council."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Stabilising fragile democracies and party system development / Geoffrey Pridham and Paul Lewis -- 1. Party inheritances and party identities / Michael Waller -- 2. From nomenclatura to clientura: the emergence of new political elites in east-central Europe / Attila Agh -- 3. Structuring the new party systems after the dictatorship: coalitions, alliances, fusions and splits during the transition and post-transition stages / Maurizio Cotta -- 4. Parties and electoral choices in east-central Europe / Gabor Toka -- 5. Italy's postwar transition in contemporary perspective / Oreste Massari -- 6. The emergence of new party systems and transitions to democracy: Spain in comparative perspective / Paul Heywood -- 7. Securing democracy in post-authoritarian Greece: the role of political parties / Michalis Spourdalakis -- 8. The revenge of history: the Portuguese, Spanish and Hungarian transitions - some comparisons / Andras Bozoki and Bill Lomax --

9. The emergence of new party systems and transitions to democracy: Romania and Portugal compared / Tom Gallagher -- 10. The formation of political parties in post-communist Poland / Wlodzimierz Wesolowski -- 11. Bulgaria's new party system / Georgi Karasimeonov.