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Reforming democracy : institutional engineering in western Europe

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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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
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