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Debates on Democratization

Diamond Larry Plattner Marc F. Costopoulos Philip J.
Innbundet / 2010 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780801897764
Publisert
2010-11-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Johns Hopkins University Press
Vekt
590 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
27 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
344

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Diamond Larry
Plattner Marc F.
Costopoulos Philip J.

Om bidragsyterne

Larry Diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, where he also directs the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. Marc F. Plattner is vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy, where he directs the International Forum for Democratic Studies. They serve as coeditors of the Journal of Democracy. Philip J. Costopoulos is executive editor of the Journal of Democracy.

Debates on Democratization

Diamond Larry Plattner Marc F. Costopoulos Philip J.
Innbundet / 2010 / Engelsk
Diamond Larry Plattner Marc F. Costopoulos Philip J.
Innbundet / 2010 / Engelsk
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For more than twenty years, the Journal of Democracy has been a leading voice in the conversation between scholars and practitioners about government by consent and its place in the contemporary world. If democracy means anything, it means robust debates. Over the years, the pages of the Journal have certainly seen their share of lively and illuminating scholarly disagreements. As a service to students and teachers who wish to deepen their understanding of the questions and controversies that surround contemporary democratization, the Journal has now brought together a series of exchanges on the topic. Debates on Democratization explores the issues of democratic consolidation, the reality of the transition paradigm, the advisability of attempting to "sequence" elections and other liberal-democratic reforms, the nature and prospects of the "color revolutions" in the former Eastern Bloc, and the relative merits of presidentialism and its alternatives from the point of view of democratic governance and stability. The volume is filled with insightful, thought-provoking arguments by leading thinkers in the field. Graduate and undergraduate students alike will find it a useful guide to key issues facing emerging democracies today.
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Graduate and undergraduate students alike will find it a useful guide to key issues facing emerging democracies today.
AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Democratic ConsolidationChapter 1. Toward Consolidated DemocraciesChapter 2. Illusions About ConsolidationChapter 3. O'Donnell's "Illusions": A RejoinderChapter 4. Illusions and Conceptual FlawsChapter 5. What Is Democratic Consolidation?Part II: The Transition Paradigm Chapter 6. The End of the Transition ParadigmChapter 7. In Partial Defense of an Evanescent "Paradigm"Chapter 8. The Democratic PathChapter 9. Retaining the Human DimensionChapter 10. Tilting at Straw MenChapter 11. A Reply to My CriticsPart III: Sequencing Chapter 12. The "Sequencing" FallacyChapter 13. How Democracies EmergeChapter 14. The Sequencing "Fallacy"Chapter 15. Liberalism versus State-BuildingChapter 16. The Vain Hope for "Correct" TimingChapter 17. Misunderstanding GradualismPart IV: The Color RevolutionsChapter 18. Transitions from PostcommunismChapter 19. Favorable Conditions and Electoral RevolutionsChapter 20. The Real Causes of the Color RevolutionsChapter 21. Getting Real About "Real Causes"Chapter 22. An Interrelated WaveChapter 23. Popular AutocratsChapter 24. Necessary DistinctionsChapter 25. What Are We Trying to Explain?Chapter 26. A Reply to My CriticsPart V: PresidentialismChapter 27. The Perils of PresidentialismChapter 28. Comparing Democratic SystemsChapter 29. The Centrality of Political CultureChapter 30. The Virtues of ParliamentarismChapter 31. Variations on a ThemeIndex
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For more than twenty years, the Journal of Democracy has been a leading voice in the conversation between scholars and practitioners about government by consent and its place in the contemporary world. If democracy means anything, it means robust debates. Over the years, the pages of the Journal have certainly seen their share of lively and illuminating scholarly disagreements. As a service to students and teachers who wish to deepen their understanding of the questions and controversies that surround contemporary democratization, the Journal has now brought together a series of exchanges on the topic. Debates on Democratization explores the issues of democratic consolidation, the reality of the transition paradigm, the advisability of attempting to "sequence" elections and other liberal-democratic reforms, the nature and prospects of the "color revolutions" in the former Eastern Bloc, and the relative merits of presidentialism and its alternatives from the point of view of democratic governance and stability. The volume is filled with insightful, thought-provoking arguments by leading thinkers in the field. Graduate and undergraduate students alike will find it a useful guide to key issues facing emerging democracies today.
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Graduate and undergraduate students alike will find it a useful guide to key issues facing emerging democracies today.
AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Democratic ConsolidationChapter 1. Toward Consolidated DemocraciesChapter 2. Illusions About ConsolidationChapter 3. O'Donnell's "Illusions": A RejoinderChapter 4. Illusions and Conceptual FlawsChapter 5. What Is Democratic Consolidation?Part II: The Transition Paradigm Chapter 6. The End of the Transition ParadigmChapter 7. In Partial Defense of an Evanescent "Paradigm"Chapter 8. The Democratic PathChapter 9. Retaining the Human DimensionChapter 10. Tilting at Straw MenChapter 11. A Reply to My CriticsPart III: Sequencing Chapter 12. The "Sequencing" FallacyChapter 13. How Democracies EmergeChapter 14. The Sequencing "Fallacy"Chapter 15. Liberalism versus State-BuildingChapter 16. The Vain Hope for "Correct" TimingChapter 17. Misunderstanding GradualismPart IV: The Color RevolutionsChapter 18. Transitions from PostcommunismChapter 19. Favorable Conditions and Electoral RevolutionsChapter 20. The Real Causes of the Color RevolutionsChapter 21. Getting Real About "Real Causes"Chapter 22. An Interrelated WaveChapter 23. Popular AutocratsChapter 24. Necessary DistinctionsChapter 25. What Are We Trying to Explain?Chapter 26. A Reply to My CriticsPart V: PresidentialismChapter 27. The Perils of PresidentialismChapter 28. Comparing Democratic SystemsChapter 29. The Centrality of Political CultureChapter 30. The Virtues of ParliamentarismChapter 31. Variations on a ThemeIndex
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780801897764
Publisert
2010-11-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Johns Hopkins University Press
Vekt
590 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
27 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
344

Redaktør
Diamond Larry
Plattner Marc F.
Costopoulos Philip J.

Om bidragsyterne

Larry Diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, where he also directs the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. Marc F. Plattner is vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy, where he directs the International Forum for Democratic Studies. They serve as coeditors of the Journal of Democracy. Philip J. Costopoulos is executive editor of the Journal of Democracy.

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