Democracy and Its Limits: Lessons from Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East (Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0268008914 ISBN 13: 9780268008918

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press, 2000

Synopsis

The multidisciplinary essays in Democracy and Its Limits combine an appreciation of the progress made to date in Third World democratization with a sober assessment of structural and cultural factors that limit further progress toward procedural democracy in many parts of the world, such as China and much of the Middle East. The contributors to this volume assess the positive accomplishments of newly installed or restored democratic regimes, as well as the frequent failure of political democracies to achieve socioeconomic democracy. In avoiding both the euphoria of many early works on Third Wave democratization and the deep pessimism of many recent publications, this book presents a balanced perspective that is a welcome contribution to the field of comparative politics.

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About the Authors

Howard Handelman is Emeritus Professor at the University of Wisconsin, USA. Mark Tessler is a Professor of Political Science, Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and Head of the Department of Near Eastern Studies.

Mark Tessler is Professor of Political Science and Head of the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona, the author of A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (1994), and the co-author of Area Studies and Social Science: Strategies for Understanding Middle East Politics (1999).

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0268008914
• ISBN 13: 9780268008918
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 364
• Editor: Handelman Howard, Tessler Mark