Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation - Rilegato

Diamond, Larry Jay

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ISBN 10: 0801860148 ISBN 13: 9780801860140

Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1999

Riassunto

As a result of the "third wave" of global democratization, 117 countries (60% of all the world's states) are electoral democracies today. Political sociologist Diamond explores the staying power of those democracies and questions whether there will be a new wave of global democratization. He uses annual freedom ratings, human rights reports, public opinion survey data, and case studies to demonstrate a growing gap between the electoral form of democracy and the deeper conditions of liberal democracy. He recommends that new democracies focus on building stronger political institutions, decentralizing power, controlling corruption, and strengthening civil society. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Recensione:

"[A] systematic account of the political realities that make democracy promotion so challenging. Diamond... marshals an impressive array of cross-cultural social-science evidence." -- Charles Lane, Weekly Standard

"Offers a realistic description of the political discontents of our time and how these discontents are reduced... by the development of democratic practice." -- Washington Times

L'autore:

Larry Diamond, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, is codirector, with Marc Plattner, of the International Forum for Democratic Studies. He is also coeditor, with Marc Plattner, of the Journal of Democracy and of other collections of essays available from Johns Hopkins, including The Global Resurgence of Democracy and Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies.

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• Editore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0801860148
• ISBN 13: 9780801860140
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 362