Achieving democracy : democratization in theory and practice /
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| Imprint: | New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, c2011. |
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| Description: | xx, 394 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8511446 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword -Mitchell Seligson
- Section 1. Introduction to Democratic Development
- 1. Democracy's March through History
- 2. Why Democracy?
- 3. Explaining Democratization
- Section 2. First Wave of Democracy
- 4. The Development and Growth of British Democracy
- 5. The American Road to Democracy: An Early Start, but Late Finish
- 6. The Emergence and Evolution of Democracy in Switzerland
- Section 2 Discussion Questions and Hypothesis Testing Exercise
- Section 3. Second Wave of Democracy
- 7. From Defeat and Division to Democracy in Germany
- 8. The Transformation of Japanese Democracy
- 9. India's Democracy: Success against the Odds
- Section 3 Discussion Questions and Hypothesis Testing Exercise
- Section 4. Third Wave of Democracy
- 10. Democracy Interrupted and Restored: the Case of Chile
- 11. Poland's Democratic Development
- 12. South Africa's Miraculous Transition to Democracy
- Section 4 Discussion Questions and Hypothesis Testing Exercise
- Section 5. Conclusion
- 13. Why is Democracy Elusive in the Middle East?
- 14. The Promotion of Democracy: Actors and Methods
- Section 5. Discussion Questions and Hypothesis Testing Exercise
- Afterword
