Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe - Rilegato

Linz, Juan J.; Stepan, Alfred C.

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ISBN 10: 0801851572 ISBN 13: 9780801851575

Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1996

Riassunto

This comparative analysis of the process of democratization looks at Southern Europe, South America and post-communist Europe. The authors reconceptualize the major types of modern nondemocratic regimes, and the consequences of each type for the paths available to democratic transition and consolidation. An effective state is seen as necessary for effective citizenship, and the text offers criteria and evidence for politicians and scholars alike to distinguish between democratic consolidation and pseudo-democratization. Interviews are included with participants in most of the 14 countries studied.

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Recensione

"An absolutely major work that represents probably the most significant contribution to the burgeoning literature on democratization over the past decade and the most ambitious effort to move the debate beyond the seminal work on transition, Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Prospects for Democracy by Guillermo O'Donnell, Philippe Schmitter, and Laurence Whitehead (1986), by considering the problem of democratization in light of the dramatic regime changes in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union." -- Gerardo L. Munck, Slavic Review

L'autore

Juan J. Linz is Sterling Professor of Political and Social Science at Yale University. Alfred Stepan, the first rector and president of the Central European University, is Gladstone Professor of Government and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0801851572
• ISBN 13: 9780801851575
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 479
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile