Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies V 1: Themes and Perspectives: 0001 (A Journal of Democracy Book) - Softcover

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9780801857942: Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies V 1: Themes and Perspectives: 0001 (A Journal of Democracy Book)

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ISBN 10: 0801857945 ISBN 13: 9780801857942

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997

The global trend that Samuel P. Huntington has dubbed the "third wave" of democratization has seen more than 60 countries experience democratic transitions since 1974. While these countries have succeeded in bringing down authoritarian regimes and replacing them with freely elected governments, few of them can as yet be considered stable democracies. Most remain engaged in the struggle to consolidate their new and fragile democratic institutions. Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies provides an in-depth analysis of the challenges that they face.

In addition to the complete hardcover edition, Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies is available in two paperback volumes, each introduced by the editors and organized for convenient course use. The first paperback volume, Themes and Perspectives, addresses issues of institutional design, civil-military relations, civil society, and economic development. It brings together some of the world's foremost scholars of democratization, including Robert A. Dahl, Samuel P. Huntington, Juan J. Linz, Guillermo O'Donnell, Adam Przeworski, Philippe C. Schmitter, and Alfred Stepan. The second paperback volume, Regional Challenges, focuses on developments in Southern Europe, Latin America, Russia, and East Asia, particularly Taiwan and China. It contains essays by leading regional experts, including Yun-han Chu, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, Thomas B. Gold, Michael McFaul, Andrew J. Nathan, and Hung-mao Tien.

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An in-depth analysis of the struggle to consolidate new and fragile democracies―available in hardcover or two paperback volumes for course use.

Synopsis:

The global trend described by Samuel P. Huntington as the "third wave" of democratization has seen more than 60 countries experience democratic transitions since 1974. While these countries have succeeded in bringing down authoritarian regimes and replacing them with freely elected governments, few of them can as yet be considered stable democracies - most remain engaged in the struggle to consolidate their new and fragile democratic institutions. This volume is the first of two paperback volumes which analyze in depth, the challenges these countries now face. It addresses issues of institutional design, civil-military relations, civil society and economic development, bringing together scholars of democratization including Samuel P. Huntington, Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan. The second volume (Regional Challenges - 0-8018-5795-3) focuses on developments in Southern Europe, Latin America, Russia and East Asia, and particulary Taiwan and China. It contains essays by regional scholars including P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, Michael McFaul and Andrew J. Nathan. A complete hardcover edition is also available which contains both volumes, (0-8018-5793-7).

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