Overview
- Examines the alteration of executive governments
- Uses case studies from the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands
- Generates new reasoning for why political alternation does or doesn't happen
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance (PSSNG)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part II
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About this book
“In this innovative study, Dr Ruel explores why political alternation—a bedrock of democratic functioning—has been largely absent in three under-studied regions in Portugal and Spain. Focusing on Madeira, the Azores and the Canary Islands, this book explains how party competition, intra-party democracy and regional economic performance have contributed to political party stasis since the return of democracy in the mid-1970s.”
—Paul M. Heywood, Sir Francis Hill Professor of European Politics seconded 0.5 FTE to Global Integrity, Washington DC (2018-21), Faculty of Social Science, University of Nottingham, UKThis book is about political alternation. It’s about parties and politicians. It’s about power and resources employed to secure longevity in power over time at Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands. This book explores the phenomenon of political alternation through an in-depth contextual understanding of the path of regional historical legaciesat democratization and decentralization processes started in the 1970s; the institutional architectures and the scope of regional authority endowed in those regions; the specific dynamics of regional politics; and the constellation of political parties and actors and the regional elections results, as well as contextual factors that might explain why some political parties have better performances than other at regional elections. Throughout comparative lessons Ruel seeks to highlight the range of factors that affect regional electoral dynamics and outcomes and to develop a comprehensive understanding of the drivers of long-standing incumbency (Azores and Canary Islands) or the absence of political alternation (Madeira) within regional democracies.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Political Alternation in the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands
Authors: Teresa Ruel
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53840-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53839-2Published: 01 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53842-2Published: 02 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-53840-8Published: 30 September 2020
Series ISSN: 2523-8248
Series E-ISSN: 2523-8256
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 157
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Governance and Government, Public Administration, European Politics