Mechanisms of Dominance: Understanding 30 Years in Power of Montenegro’s Democratic Party of Socialists
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...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5ddb3ac8ab2c4d1bb3d547a5a617a1f42023-07-03T10:20:33ZengDe GruyterComparative Southeast European Studies2701-81992701-82022023-06-0171221023610.1515/soeu-2022-0039Mechanisms of Dominance: Understanding 30 Years in Power of Montenegro’s Democratic Party of SocialistsLaštro Claudia0Bieber Florian1Marović Jovana2Centre for Southeast European Studies, Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, Graz, AustriaCentre for Southeast European Studies, Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, Graz, AustriaBalkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG), Podgorica, MontenegroThis 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.https://doi.org/10.1515/soeu-2022-0039montenegrodemocracyauthoritarianismdemocratic party of socialists (dps) |
| spellingShingle | Laštro Claudia Bieber Florian Marović Jovana Mechanisms of Dominance: Understanding 30 Years in Power of Montenegro’s Democratic Party of Socialists Comparative Southeast European Studies montenegro democracy authoritarianism democratic party of socialists (dps) |
| title | Mechanisms of Dominance: Understanding 30 Years in Power of Montenegro’s Democratic Party of Socialists |
| title_full | Mechanisms of Dominance: Understanding 30 Years in Power of Montenegro’s Democratic Party of Socialists |
| title_fullStr | Mechanisms of Dominance: Understanding 30 Years in Power of Montenegro’s Democratic Party of Socialists |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mechanisms of Dominance: Understanding 30 Years in Power of Montenegro’s Democratic Party of Socialists |
| title_short | Mechanisms of Dominance: Understanding 30 Years in Power of Montenegro’s Democratic Party of Socialists |
| title_sort | mechanisms of dominance understanding 30 years in power of montenegro s democratic party of socialists |
| topic | montenegro democracy authoritarianism democratic party of socialists (dps) |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/soeu-2022-0039 |
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