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Debates on democratization

edited by Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, and Philip J. Costopoulos

(A journal of democracy book)

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010

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  • : hardcover

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

For more than twenty years, the Journal of Democracy has been a leading voice in the conversation between scholars and practitioners about government by consent and its place in the contemporary world. If democracy means anything, it means robust debates. Over the years, the pages of the Journal have certainly seen their share of lively and illuminating scholarly disagreements. As a service to students and teachers who wish to deepen their understanding of the questions and controversies that surround contemporary democratization, the Journal has now brought together a series of exchanges on the topic. Debates on Democratization explores the issues of democratic consolidation, the reality of the transition paradigm, the advisability of attempting to "sequence" elections and other liberal-democratic reforms, the nature and prospects of the "color revolutions" in the former Eastern Bloc, and the relative merits of presidentialism and its alternatives from the point of view of democratic governance and stability. The volume is filled with insightful, thought-provoking arguments by leading thinkers in the field. Graduate and undergraduate students alike will find it a useful guide to key issues facing emerging democracies today.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Democratic Consolidation Chapter 1. Toward Consolidated Democracies Chapter 2. Illusions About Consolidation Chapter 3. O'Donnell's "Illusions": A Rejoinder Chapter 4. Illusions and Conceptual Flaws Chapter 5. What Is Democratic Consolidation? Part II: The Transition Paradigm Chapter 6. The End of the Transition Paradigm Chapter 7. In Partial Defense of an Evanescent "Paradigm" Chapter 8. The Democratic Path Chapter 9. Retaining the Human Dimension Chapter 10. Tilting at Straw Men Chapter 11. A Reply to My Critics Part III: Sequencing Chapter 12. The "Sequencing" Fallacy Chapter 13. How Democracies Emerge Chapter 14. The Sequencing "Fallacy" Chapter 15. Liberalism versus State-Building Chapter 16. The Vain Hope for "Correct" Timing Chapter 17. Misunderstanding Gradualism Part IV: The Color Revolutions Chapter 18. Transitions from Postcommunism Chapter 19. Favorable Conditions and Electoral Revolutions Chapter 20. The Real Causes of the Color Revolutions Chapter 21. Getting Real About "Real Causes" Chapter 22. An Interrelated Wave Chapter 23. Popular Autocrats Chapter 24. Necessary Distinctions Chapter 25. What Are We Trying to Explain? Chapter 26. A Reply to My Critics Part V: Presidentialism Chapter 27. The Perils of Presidentialism Chapter 28. Comparing Democratic Systems Chapter 29. The Centrality of Political Culture Chapter 30. The Virtues of Parliamentarism Chapter 31. Variations on a Theme Index

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  • NCID
    BB03310082
  • ISBN
    • 9780801897771
    • 9780801897764
  • LCCN
    2010015274
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Baltimore
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxvii, 313 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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