The Global Divergence Of Democracies
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Author | : Larry Diamond |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2001-09-19 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780801868429 |
With contributions by more than thirty of the world's leading scholars of democracy, this volume presents the most comprehensive assessment available of the state of democracy in the world at the beginning of the new millennium.
Author | : Larry Diamond |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 189 |
Release | : 2008-11-10 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0801890616 |
A collection of essays, which cover topics from Arab opinion about democracy to the nostalgia for authoritarianism found in East Asia. It sheds light on the rise of populism in Latin America, and explains why postcommunist regimes in Europe have won broad public support
Author | : Carlo Pelanda |
Publisher | : FrancoAngeli |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2007-08-29 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 8846486293 |
Author | : Staffan I. Lindberg |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2006-09-11 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780801883323 |
Author | : David Stasavage |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2020-06-02 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0691201951 |
"One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation."—Steven Levitsky, New York Times–bestselling author of How Democracies Die A new understanding of how and why early democracy took hold, how modern democracy evolved, and what this history teaches us about the future Historical accounts of democracy’s rise tend to focus on ancient Greece and pre-Renaissance Europe. The Decline and Rise of Democracy draws from global evidence to show that the story is much richer—democratic practices were present in many places, at many other times, from the Americas before European conquest, to ancient Mesopotamia, to precolonial Africa. Delving into the prevalence of early democracy throughout the world, David Stasavage makes the case that understanding how and where these democracies flourished—and when and why they declined—can provide crucial information not just about the history of governance, but also about the ways modern democracies work and where they could manifest in the future. Drawing from examples spanning several millennia, Stasavage first considers why states developed either democratic or autocratic styles of governance and argues that early democracy tended to develop in small places with a weak state and, counterintuitively, simple technologies. When central state institutions (such as a tax bureaucracy) were absent—as in medieval Europe—rulers needed consent from their populace to govern. When central institutions were strong—as in China or the Middle East—consent was less necessary and autocracy more likely. He then explores the transition from early to modern democracy, which first took shape in England and then the United States, illustrating that modern democracy arose as an effort to combine popular control with a strong state over a large territory. Democracy has been an experiment that has unfolded over time and across the world—and its transformation is ongoing. Amidst rising democratic anxieties, The Decline and Rise of Democracy widens the historical lens on the growth of political institutions and offers surprising lessons for all who care about governance.
Author | : Larry Jay Diamond |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 570 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780801862731 |
"The country-specific chapters serve to underline the differences between African democracy and liberal democracy, yet some authors are at pains to emphasize that whatever their limitations, African democracies are an advance over what had gone before." -- African Studies Review
Author | : Nancy Bermeo |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 243 |
Release | : 2016-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107156793 |
A comparative study of the role of political parties and movements in the founding and survival of developing world democracies.
Author | : Larry Diamond |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2006-09 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780801884757 |
As the number of democracies has increased around the world, a heated debate has emerged among political scientists about which system best promotes the consolidation of democracy. This book compares the experiences of diverse countries, from Latin America to southern Africa, from Uruguay, Japan, and Taiwan to Israel, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
Author | : Yun-han Chu |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2008-09-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0231517831 |
East Asian democracies are in trouble, their legitimacy threatened by poor policy performance and undermined by nostalgia for the progrowth, soft-authoritarian regimes of the past. Yet citizens throughout the region value freedom, reject authoritarian alternatives, and believe in democracy. This book is the first to report the results of a large-scale survey-research project, the East Asian Barometer, in which eight research teams conducted national-sample surveys in five new democracies (Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Mongolia), one established democracy (Japan), and two nondemocracies (China and Hong Kong) in order to assess the prospects for democratic consolidation. The findings present a definitive account of the way in which East Asians understand their governments and their roles as citizens. Contributors use their expert local knowledge to analyze responses from a set of core questions, revealing both common patterns and national characteristics in citizens' views of democracy. They explore sources of divergence and convergence in attitudes within and across nations. The findings are sobering. Japanese citizens are disillusioned. The region's new democracies have yet to prove themselves, and citizens in authoritarian China assess their regime's democratic performance relatively favorably. The contributors to this volume contradict the claim that democratic governance is incompatible with East Asian cultures but counsel against complacency toward the fate of democracy in the region. While many forces affect democratic consolidation, popular attitudes are a crucial factor. This book shows how and why skepticism and frustration are the ruling sentiments among today's East Asians.
Author | : Larry Diamond |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 1996-07-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
This edition covers a wide range of conceptual, historical, institutional, and policy issues. Topics addressed include the question of civil society, and the problems confronting democratic governments and movements in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the post-communist countries.