Authoritarian Legacies, Politics of Past, and Quality of Democracy in Southern Europe: Open Conclusions

In these concluding remarks on authoritarian legacies and the related politics in South Europe, first, the definitions and dimensions of authoritarian legacies and politics of the past conclusions are recalled; legacies and politics of past are related to democratic quality and the influence of the formers on the latter is assessed; the contextual dimensions that influence and condition the authoritarian legacies and the politics of the past in each country are also analysed; finally, the attitudes towards the past are additionally reconsidered; and finally how the problem of the fading away of legacies is still largely open is pointed out by showing some ironic aspects of the phenomena.