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Author: Jørgen Møller
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 0415633508
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides an introduction to theory and research on democracy and democratization. From this foundation, it elucidates a systematic framework to conceptualize democracy for comparative study.
Author: John D Nagle
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 1999-05-26
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 0857026232
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis wide-ranging overview of the processes of democratization in post-Communist Europe, places the transitions in East-Central Europe within a broad European and global context. The authors begin with a introduction to the concept and theories of democracy and then examine the emerging politics of the new democracies to set the post-Communist transitions in longer-term comparative perspective with earlier and existing processes of democratization in Southern Europe, Latin America, and East and Southeast Asia. Finally the politics of EU accession are introduced to place the transitions within the wider context of European integration. Concluding with a summary of recent critiques of modern democracy and looking toward future theories, this text provides a comprehensive introduction to what will remain the key contemporary issue for all students of political science.
Author: Kenneth F. Greene
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007-09-03
Total Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 1139466860
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy have dominant parties persisted in power for decades in countries spread across the globe? Why did most eventually lose? Why Dominant Parties Lose develops a theory of single-party dominance, its durability, and its breakdown into fully competitive democracy. Greene shows that dominant parties turn public resources into patronage goods to bias electoral competition in their favor and virtually win elections before election day without resorting to electoral fraud or bone-crushing repression. Opposition parties fail because their resource disadvantages force them to form as niche parties with appeals that are out of step with the average voter. When the political economy of dominance erodes, the partisan playing field becomes fairer and opposition parties can expand into catchall competitors that threaten the dominant party at the polls. Greene uses this argument to show why Mexico transformed from a dominant party authoritarian regime under PRI rule to a fully competitive democracy.
Author: John T. Ishiyama
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2011-03-01
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 1444342924
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy revealing the contextual conditions which promote or hinder democratic development, Comparative Politics shows how democracy may not be the best institutional arrangement given a country's unique set of historical, economic, social, cultural and international circumstances. Addresses the contextual conditions which promote or hinder democratic development Reveals that democracy may not be the best institutional arrangement given a country's unique set of historical, economic, social, cultural and international circumstances Applies theories and principles relating to the promotion of the development of democracy to the contemporary case studies
Author: Michael Bratton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997-08-13
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780521556125
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Author: Hans Keman
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2002-05-24
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780761954774
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis essential new book brings together world class scholars to provide a completely new comparative politics text. It offers a comprehensive reivew of the complete democratic process and provides a framework for measuring and evaluating contemporary democracy and democratic performance around the world.
Author: Michael Moran
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-04-29
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 1136857451
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Adam Przeworski
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1991-07-26
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780521423359
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe quest for freedom from hunger and repression has triggered in recent years a dramatic, worldwide reform of political and economic systems. Never have so many people enjoyed, or at least experimented with democratic institutions. However, many strategies for economic development in Eastern Europe and Latin America have failed with the result that entire economic systems on both continents are being transformed. This major book analyzes recent transitions to democracy and market-oriented economic reforms in Eastern Europe and Latin America. Drawing in a quite distinctive way on models derived from political philosophy, economics, and game theory, Professor Przeworski also considers specific data on individual countries. Among the questions raised by the book are: What should we expect from these experiments in democracy and market economy? What new economic systems will emerge? Will these transitions result in new democracies or old dictatorships?
Author: Leslie E. Anderson
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2016-08-09
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 047205323X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe case of Argentina demonstrates that formal government institutions can facilitate democratization
Author: Larry Diamond
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2014-01-29
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 0804789223
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Korea and Taiwan takes a creative and comparative view of the new challenges and dynamics confronting these maturing democracies. Numerous works deal with political change in the two societies individually, but few adopt a comparative approach—and most focus mainly on the emergence of democracy or the politics of the democratization processes. This book, utilizing a broad, interdisciplinary approach, pays careful attention to post-democratization phenomena and the key issues that arise in maturing democracies. What emerges is a picture of two evolving democracies, now secure, but still imperfect and at times disappointing to their citizens—a common feature and challenge of democratic maturation. The book demonstrates that it will fall to the elected political leaders of these two countries to rise above narrow and immediate party interests to mobilize consensus and craft policies that will guide the structural adaptation and reinvigoration of the society and economy in an era that clearly presents for both countries not only steep challenges but also new opportunities.
