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

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  • Laštro Claudia
  • Bieber Florian

    (Centre for Southeast European Studies, Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, Graz, Austria)

  • Marović Jovana

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

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.

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  • Laštro Claudia & Bieber Florian & Marović Jovana, 2023. "Mechanisms of Dominance: Understanding 30 Years in Power of Montenegro’s Democratic Party of Socialists," Comparative Southeast European Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 71(2), pages 210-236, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:soeuro:v:71:y:2023:i:2:p:210-236:n:5
    DOI: 10.1515/soeu-2022-0039
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