Democratization: The State Of The Art (the World Of Political Science - The Development Of The Discipline)

The problems of democratization - its successes, failures, and future prospects - belong to the most pressing concerns of our times. Empirical democratic theory has received many new impulses since the last wave of democratization in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa, and Southeast and East Asia. The concepts and findings presented in this second edition - by leading international experts in the field - are of high relevance both for political science and practical politics

Problems of democratization, its successes, failures and future prospects, belong to the most pressing concerns of our times. Empirical democratic theory has received many new impulses since the last ""wave"" of democratization in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa and Southeast and East Asia. In this volume the ""state of the art"" in this respect is discussed by leading international experts in this field including Laurence Whitehead, Gerardo Munck, Axel Hadenius and Juan Linz. From the contents: Some significant recent developments in the field of Democratization Concepts, measurements and sub-types in Democratization Research Agendas, findings, challenges Successes and failures of the new democracies Some thoughts on the victory and future of democracy

Content: Introduction / Dirk Berg-Schlosser -- Concepts, measurements and sub-types in democratization research / Dirk Berg-Schlosser -- Democracy studies : agendas, findings, challenges / Gerardo L. Munck -- Determinants of democratization : taking stock of the large-n evidence / Jan Teorell and Axel Hadenius -- Successes and failures of the new democracies / Axel Hadenius and Dirk Berg-Schlosser -- Twenty-first century democratizations : experience versus scholarship / Laurence Whitehead -- Some thoughts on the victory and future of democracy / Juan L. Linz.