ISBN:
9781138673823
Language:
English
Pages:
xix, 217 Seiten
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Diagramme, Karten
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24 cm
Series Statement:
Democratization studies 33
Series Statement:
Democratization studies
DDC:
320.9
Keywords:
Democratization
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World politics 21st century
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Demokratisierung
;
Konsolidierung
;
Politischer Wandel
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Politisches System
;
Politische Beteiligung
;
Abstimmung
;
Wahl
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Ökonomische Theorie der Demokratie
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Erde
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Demokratisierung
;
Übergangszeit
Abstract:
This book examines the state of democratisation theory and practice that reopens and revives the democratic transition debate, exploring the factors that lead to the demise of autocracy, the pathways and processes of change, and the choice for an eventual consolidation of democracy. For all its insights and shortcomings, the framework of transitology – a body of literature that has comparatively and through case-study analysis, examined common patterns, sequences, crises and outcomes of transitional periods – has been largely eschewed. The essays, written by international democratisation specialists, tackle the series of questions raised by a body of literature that remains highly useful to understand contemporary political turbulence and transformation, considering numerous crucial issues. This work will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of governance, democratisation, comparative politics, international relations, political science and more broadly, history.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-204) and index
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Introduction : turbulent transitions into the 21st Century
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Reviving transitology : democratisation then and now
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Divergent and partial transitions
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Electoral transitions : stumbling out of the gate
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Democratisation in the Asia-Pacific : two steps forward?
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The transition in east central europe
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Successes and breakdowns : democratisation in sub-saharan Africa
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Thirty years past : transitology in the southern cone
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Transitology à l’Arabe : confirmation and challenge
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From transitology to consolidology
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