Government-Opposition in Southern European Countries during the Economic Crisis
Great Recession, Great Cooperation?
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Political Parties
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781317407324 | |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | December 22, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781317407324 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | December 22, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
As a result of the financial crisis, opposition parties have had to choose between the need to cooperate with the majority in order to contribute to necessary socio-economic changes, and the opportunity to stress their adversarial position vis-à-vis governments taking radical and unpopular measures.
This book examines how opposition parties address this dilemma. It relies on a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the behaviour of the opposition parties in parliament, in light of the socio-economic issues that have arisen in recent years. It focuses in particular on the impact that the economic malaise has had on the government-opposition dynamics in the four southern European democracies most acutely hit by the crisis: Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain, as well as in the European Parliament. Each chapter utilizes a combination of empirical data analysis and qualitative process-tracking to understand the opposition parties’ complicated choice between supporting and dissenting.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies.
As a result of the financial crisis, opposition parties have had to choose between the need to cooperate with the majority in order to contribute to necessary socio-economic changes, and the opportunity to stress their adversarial position vis-à-vis governments taking radical and unpopular measures.
This book examines how opposition parties address this dilemma. It relies on a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the behaviour of the opposition parties in parliament, in light of the socio-economic issues that have arisen in recent years. It focuses in particular on the impact that the economic malaise has had on the government-opposition dynamics in the four southern European democracies most acutely hit by the crisis: Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain, as well as in the European Parliament. Each chapter utilizes a combination of empirical data analysis and qualitative process-tracking to understand the opposition parties’ complicated choice between supporting and dissenting.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies.
