Description: Montero, Autonomous University of Madrid; Giacomo Sani, University of Pavia; Paolo Segatti, University of Trieste; Gianfranco Pasquino, University of Bologna; Takis S. Pappas, College Year, Athens; Hans-Jrgen Puhle, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main; Anna Bosco, University of Trieste
Brief description: P. Nikiforos Diamandouros is professor of political science at the University of Athens.
Review Quotes: Of uniformly high quality, these essays are notable in two respects. [They] are explicitly comparative, thus ensuring intellectual coherence and the prospect of theory building and hypothesis testing. The chapters are also empirically rich, drawing on numerous surveys as well as a voluminous secondary literature . . . The series has become a become an essential source for understanding the evolution of this important region.
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