Democracy without Borders: Transnationalisation and Conditionality in New Democracies (Routledge Ecpr Studies in European Political Science, 10)

This book carves out a new area of democratisation studies by analysing the transnational dimension and the role of non state actors across three different geographical regions. Chapters utilise empirical data from Europe, Africa and Latin America. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of contributors......Page 12 Acknowledgements......Page 13 Preface......Page 14 Theorizing transnational and non-state influences in democratization......Page 18 Contextualizing democratization: the changing significance of transnational factors and non-state actors JEAN GRUGEL......Page 20 International factors in processes of political democratization: towards a theoretical integration HANS PETER SCHMITZ AND KATRIN SELL......Page 40 European actors in global change: the role of European civil societies in democratization CHRISTIAN L FRERES......Page 59 Case studies of transnational and non-state actors in East and Central Europe, Africa and Latin America......Page 74 The European Union, democratic conditionality and transnational party linkages: The case of Eastern Europe GEOFFREY PRIDHAM......Page 76 Charting the decline of civil society: explaining the changing roles and conceptions of civil society in East and Central Europe PETR KOPECKY AND EDWARD BARNFIELD......Page 93 International policies to promote African democratization ODA VAN CRANENBURGH......Page 109 Military intervention as the transnationalization of democratization: the case of West Africa FRANCOIS PRIKIC......Page 123 European NGOs and democratization in Latin America: policy networks and transnational ethical networks JEAN GRUGEL......Page 137 Market forces and moral imperatives: the professionalization of social activism in Latin America LUCY TAYLOR......Page 155 Conclusion: towards an understanding of transnational and non-state actors in global democratization JEAN GRUGEL......Page 174 Bibliography......Page 182 Index......Page 200 Politics Book Cover 1 Title 4 Contents 5 List of contributors 12 Acknowledgements 13 Preface 14 Theorizing transnational and non-state influences in democratization 18 Contextualizing democratization: the changing significance of transnational factors and non-state actors JEAN GRUGEL 20 International factors in processes of political democratization: towards a theoretical integration HANS PETER SCHMITZ AND KATRIN SELL 40 European actors in global change: the role of European civil societies in democratization CHRISTIAN L FRERES 59 Case studies of transnational and non-state actors in East and Central Europe, Africa and Latin America 74 The European Union, democratic conditionality and transnational party linkages: The case of Eastern Europe GEOFFREY PRIDHAM 76 Charting the decline of civil society: explaining the changing roles and conceptions of civil society in East and Central Europe PETR KOPECKY AND EDWARD BARNFIELD 93 International policies to promote African democratization ODA VAN CRANENBURGH 109 Military intervention as the transnationalization of democratization: the case of West Africa FRANCOIS PRIKIC 123 European NGOs and democratization in Latin America: policy networks and transnational ethical networks JEAN GRUGEL 137 Market forces and moral imperatives: the professionalization of social activism in Latin America LUCY TAYLOR 155 Conclusion: towards an understanding of transnational and non-state actors in global democratization JEAN GRUGEL 174 Bibliography 182 Index 200

This book carves out a new area of democratization studies by analyzing the transnational dimension and the role of non-state actors across three different geographical regions. Chapters utilize empirical data from Europe, Africa, Latin America.

'At this time in history, almost without exception, democracy of one type or another is the only legitimate form of political domination' (Schmitter 1995a: 19).