@article{1449908,
      recid = {1449908},
      author = {Tzortzis, Ioannis,},
      title = {Elites and democratic transitions by regime transformation  in Southern Europe /},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {This book examines three cases of democratic transitions  by self-transformation of the non-democratic regimes in  Southern Europethe Spanish reforma pactada-ruptura pactada  of 1976-77, the Greek "Markezinis experiment" of 1973, and  the Turkish democratic transition of 1983in a comparative  perspective. The author argues that a democratic transition  initiated by the regime elites is, in contrast to widely  held assumptions and notwithstanding some reservations on  whether democracy can be (re-)introduced by non-democrats,  worth viewing as a "window of opportunity" for  democratisation. It is up to the democratic counter-elites  to respond to it, using the civil society and the  international factor as allies to achieve their goal of  acquiring more concessions from the regime. Ioannis Tzortis  is Teaching Fellow in the Department of Political Science  and International Studies at the University of Birmingham,  UK.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1449908},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04620-9},
}