Mechanisms of Dominance: Understanding 30 Years in Power of Montenegro’s Democratic Party of Socialists-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Mechanisms of Dominance: Understanding 30 Years in Power of Montenegro’s Democratic Party of Socialists

Published:2023-06-01 Issue:2 Volume:71 Page:210-236
ISSN:2701-8199
Container-title:Comparative Southeast European Studies
language:en
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Author:

Laštro Claudia¹,Bieber Florian¹,Marović Jovana²

Affiliation:

1. Centre for Southeast European Studies , Karl-Franzens-University of Graz , Graz , Austria

2. Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) , Podgorica , Montenegro

Abstract

Abstract This article analyses the mechanisms that contributed to the 30-year predominance of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) in Montenegro. The authors pay particular attention to the DPS’ programmatic flexibility, use of co-optation, repression and control, as well as clientelism, examining their role in shaping state–society relations and party competition over time. In doing so, the article also seeks to explain the DPS’ setback in the 2020 elections and the ongoing transition from a dominant party system towards a more competitive multiparty system.

Funder

European Commission

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/soeu-2022-0039/pdf

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