Consolidating the third wave democracies
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Consolidating the third wave democracies
（A journal of democracy book）
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997
Available at 4 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 text provides an in-depth analysis of the challenges that they face. In addition to the complete hardcover edition, the text is available in two paperback volumes: "Themes and Perspectives" - 0-8018-5794-5 and "Regional Challenges" - 0-8018-5795-3. The first volume addresses issues of institutional design, civil-military relations, civil society and economic development. It brings together scholars of democratization including Samuel P. Huntington, Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan. The second volume 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.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: In Search of Consolidation
Part I: Theoretical and Conceptual Perspectives
Chapter 1. Democracy for the Long Haul
Chapter 2. Toward Consolidated Democracies
Chapter 3. Development and Democratic Culture
Chapter 4. Illusions about Consolidation
Chapter 5. Battling the Undertow in Latin America
Part II: Institutional Desing
Chapter 6. Institutional Design and Party Systems
Chapter 7. Political Parties in East Central Europe
Chapter 8. Party Systems in Taiwan and South Korea
Chapter 9. Designing Coherent Government
Part III: Civil-Military Relations
Chapter 10. Toward Civilian Supremacy in South Africa
Chapter 11. Civil-Military Relations in Southeast Asia
Part IV: Civil Society
Chapter 12. Civil Society East and West
Chapter 13. From Opposition to Atomization
Chapter 14. Civil Society in Africa
Part V: Economic Development
Chapter 15. What Makes Democracies Endure?
Chapter 16. The Middle Classes and Democratization
Index
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