Research Catalog

Title

Reforming democracy : institutional engineering in western Europe / Camille Bedock.

Author

Bedock, Camille

Publication

• Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

European Consortium for Political Research.

Description

xii, 331 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

This study provides a better empirical understanding of the world of democratic reforms in consolidated democracies, thanks to a new data-set covering six dimensions of reform in 18 European countries. Secondly, the book provides evidence about the link between the lack of political support and democratic reforms, and the role of electoral shifts in fostering reforms. Thirdly, this research shows that the final outcome of a given reform depends on the type of reform at stake and on the process used during the phase of discussion of the reform, through case studies in Ireland, France, and Italy.

Series Statement

Comparative politics

Uniform Title

Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)

Subject

• Democracy > Europe, Western
• Democracy
• Demokratie
• Reform
• Europe, Western
• Westeuropa

Note

• "The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research."--Page ii.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-325) and index.

Contents

Why study bundles of reforms? The debate on democratic institutions -- To reform or not to reform? The determinants and processes of institutional change in established democracies -- The changes to core democratic rules in western Europe, 1990-2010: an overview -- Disentangling the long- and short-term determinants of the reforms of core democratic rules: a model for western Europe, 1990-2010 -- The mechanisms of institutional reforms in action: the politics of bundles of reforms -- You win some, you lose some: the various fortunes of institutional reforms in Ireland since 2011 -- An unexpected journey: the Quinquennat and the reordering of the electoral calendar in France, 2000-2001 -- Bundling the bundles: coalition dynamics and institutional reforms in Italy, 2003-2006 -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JFE 17-8338

ISBN

• 9780198779582
• 0198779585

LCCN

2016956902

OCLC

989873717

Author

Bedock, Camille, author.

Title

Reforming democracy : institutional engineering in western Europe / Camille Bedock.

Publisher

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Copyright Date

©2017

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Comparative politics

Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-325) and index.

Added Author

European Consortium for Political Research.

Research Call Number

JFE 17-8338