'This... [new edition] is exemplary: it is very extensively updated and revised and the authors have not tried to cut corners by keeping outdated references or bits of text... [A]n excellent textbook for undergraduate students both for its comprehensive overview of the literature and as a basis for discussion.' - Anna Khakee, Democratization Review of 1st edition: '... [A] very good and comprehensive text, clearly written and presented.' - Peter Mair, University of Leiden Review of 1st edition: 'This is a clear and thorough text especially good on the relationship of democracy to democratization.' - Ricardo Blaug, University of Leeds

The second edition of this popular and authoritative text provides a truly global assessment of democratization in theory and practice in the contemporary world. It has been systematically revised and updated throughout to cover recent developments, from the impact of 9/11 and EU enlargement to the war in Iraq.
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The second edition of this popular and authoritative text provides a truly global assessment of democratization in theory and practice in the contemporary world. It has been systematically revised and updated throughout to cover recent developments, from the impact of 9/11 and EU enlargement to the war in Iraq.
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Introduction
1. Democracy
2. Democratization in Historical Perspective
3. Explaining Democratization
4. Democratization and the State
5. Democratization and Civil Society
6. The Global Politics of Democratization
7. Democratization in Europe
8. Democratization in Latin America
9. Democratization in Africa
10. Democratization in the Middle East
11. Democratization in Asia
Conclusion.

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This... [new edition] is exemplary: it is very extensively updated and revised and the authors have not tried to cut corners by keeping outdated references or bits of text... [A]n excellent textbook for undergraduate students both for its comprehensive overview of the literature and as a basis for discussion.' - Anna Khakee, Democratization Review of 1st edition: '... [A] very good and comprehensive text, clearly written and presented.' - Peter Mair, University of Leiden Review of 1st edition: 'This is a clear and thorough text especially good on the relationship of democracy to democratization.' - Ricardo Blaug, University of Leeds
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Comprehensive textbook introduction to democratization in the contemporary world
The Political Analysis series is intended to provide a showcase for political science in all its variety and a channel for political scientists in different specialisms and different parts of the world to talk to each other and to new generations of students. Written in an accessible style, books in the series will provide introductions to, and exemplars of, the best work in the discipline and its various subareas.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780230220560
Publisert
2013-12-04
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Red Globe Press
Vekt
744 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
Lower undergraduate, U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
400

Om bidragsyterne

Jean Grugel is Professor of International Development and Chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield, UK, and is also the Director of the Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID).

Matthew Bishop is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, and also holds an honorary research fellowship from the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI).