Democracies in danger

著者

• Stepan, Alfred C.

書誌事項

Democracies in danger

edited by Alfred Stepan

（Democratic transition and consolidation）

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

New governments established during the third wave of democratization in Latin America, Eastern and Central Europe, Africa, and Asia face increasing threats to stabilization and consolidation. Alfred Stepan, a major voice in democratization studies, gathers leading experts in political science and government to better understand what is going wrong and how it can be fixed. The contributors identify and analyze three key problems that endanger these democracies: ethnonational conflicts, domestic security and the role of police and military, and power sharing in presidential and semi-presidential systems. For each of these issues, essays evaluate promising new policies, advance alternatives, and suggest political reforms that could increase the success of democratic governance. Stepan's introduction reflects on why these three critical issues have been neglected or misconceptualized by practitioners and theorists alike. A conclusion by Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former president of Brazil, offers unique insight on how to successfully manage and solve these problems. Democracies in Danger is the product of informed and productive dialogue between former prime ministers and presidents of new democracies and leading democratization scholars. It will be essential in setting research agendas and policy discussions for a broad range of scholars and practitioners.

目次

Acknowledgments Introduction: Undertheorized Political Problems in the Founding Democratization Literature Part I: Managing Potential Cultural Conflicts Democratically Chapter 1. Civil Society, Islam, and Ethnocommunal Conflict Chapter 2. Debating Secession Peacefully and Democratically: The Case of Canada Part II: Toward Creating and Controlling Democratically Usable Security Services Chapter 3. The New "Double Challenge": Democratic Control and Efficacy of Military, Police, and Intelligence Chapter 4. Beyond Threats to Democracy from the Armed Forces, Police, and Intelligence: The Spanish Case Part III: Refining Presidentialism and Semi-Presidentialism Chapter 5. Latin America's Interrupted Presidencies: Alternatives? Chapter 6. The Predicament of Semi-presidentialism Conclusion: The Way Forward Notes List of Contributors Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA91680116
• ISBN:
  • 9780801892905
• LCCN: 2008048650
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Baltimore
• ページ数/冊数: viii, 185 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : JC423
  • DC22 : 321.8
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Democracy
  • LCSH : Democratization
  • LCSH : Political stability
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA82406805