Democratization is the most comprehensive volume on this critical field of contemporary politics, with insightful coverage of all the key theories, actors, dynamics, and developments. Unrivalled in its up-to-date empirical material and range of expert contributors, this text is an invaluable resource to all students of democratization.

1: Christian Welzel, Ronald Inglehart, Patrick Bernhangen, and Christian W. Haerpfer: Introduction Part One: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives 2: Christian Welzel: Theories of Democratization 3: Richard Rose: Democratic and Undemocratic States 4: Patrick Bernhagen: Measuring Democracy and Democratization 5: Dirk Berg-Schlosser: Long Waves and Conjunctures of Democratization 6: John Markoff and Daniel Burridge: The Global Wave of Democratization Part Two: Causes and Dimensions of Democratization 7: Hakan Yilmaz: The International Context 8: Patrick Bernhagen: The Political Economy of Democracy 9: Christian Welzel and Ronald F. Inglehart: Political Culture, Mass Beliefs and Value Change 10: Pamela Paxton and Kris Velasco: Gender and Democratization 11: Natalia Letki: Social Capital and Civil Society 12: Federico M. Rossi and Donatella della Porta: Social Movements and Contention in Democratization Processes Part Three: Actors and Institutions 13: Ian McAllister and Stephen White: Conventional Citizen Participation 14: Leonardo Morlino: Political Parties 15: Matthijs Bogaards: Institutional Design in New Democracies 16: Katrin Voltmer and Gary Rawnsley: The Media 17: Larry Diamond and Zak Whittington: Social Media 18: Laura Jakli, M. Steven Fish, and Jason Wittenburg: A Decade of Democratic Decline and Stagnation Part Four: Regions of Democratization 19: Richard Gunther: Southern Europe 20: Andrea Oelsner and Mervyn Bain: Latin America 21: Christian W. Haerpfer and Kseniya Kizilova: Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe Europe 22: Christian W. Haerpfer and Kseniya Kizilova: Post-Soviet Eurasia 23: Francesco Cavatorta: The Middle East and North Africa 24: Michael Bratton: Sub-Saharan Africa 25: Doh Chull Shin and Rollin F. Tusalem: East Asia Part 5: Conclusions and Outlook 26: Christian Welzel, Ronald F. Inglehart, Patrick Bernhagen, and Christian Haerpfer: Conclusions: The Future of Democratization

This leading textbook reflects recent developments in world politics, and is the only textbook on democratization to cover developments since the Arab Spring and Eurozone crisis, as well as current trends towards autocratization. The text offers wide-ranging coverage of the theories, history, causes, dimensions, and actors in democratization, alongside extensive empirical examples from around the world. An expert line-up of leading scholars from diverse international backgrounds brings together perspectives from some of the best-known names in the field. This text is accompanied by additional online resources designed to take students' learning further.

Christian W. Haerpfer is Full Professor of Sociology at the United Arab Emirates University - UAEU, Director of the Insitute for Comparative Survey Research - Eurasia Barometer in Vienna, and President of the World Values Survey Association. Patrick Bernhagen is Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Stuttgart. Christian Welzel is Professor for Political Culture Research at Leuphana University of Lüneburg and President Emeritus of the World Values Survey Association, and is affiliated with National Research University - Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia. Ronald F. Inglehart is Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan and Founding President of the World Values Survey Association.

This leading textbook reflects recent developments in world politics, and is the only textbook on democratization to cover developments since the Arab Spring and Eurozone crisis, as well as current trends towards autocratization. The text offers wide-ranging coverage of the theories, history, causes, dimensions, and actors in democratization, alongside extensive empirical examples from around the world. An expert line-up of leading scholars from diverse international backgrounds brings together perspectives from some of the best-known names in the field. This text is accompanied by additional online resources designed to take students' learning further.