2. Defining Democracy
Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Natasha Lindstaedt, and Erica Frantz
in Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes
This chapter discusses the definitions of democracy, which have evolved over time. Although the concept of democracy appears straightforward, this is not necessarily the case. The first ...
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21. Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe
Christian W. Haerpfer and Kseniya Kizilova
in Democratization (2nd edn)
This chapter examines the democratic revolutions that occurred in post-communist Europe since 1989. It first considers the beginning of the decline of communism and the failed attempts to ...
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22. Post-Soviet Eurasia
Christian W. Haerpfer and Kseniya Kizilova
in Democratization (2nd edn)
This chapter examines the democratic revolutions that occurred in post-Soviet Eurasia since 1989. It first considers the beginning of the decline of communism and the failed attempts to ...
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1. Introduction
Christian Welzel, Ronald Inglehart, Patrick Bernhangen, and Christian W. Haerpfer
in Democratization (2nd edn)
This chapter introduces the new edition of Democratization against the backdrop of a new pessimism about Democracy. It anticipates the major themes pursued in the book by discussing ...
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4. Democracy
Peter Ferdinand, Robert Garner, and Stephanie Lawson
in Politics
This chapter examines key aspects of democratic theory. It first defines what democracy means and traces the historical evolution of the term, from the time of the ancient Greeks to the ...
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5. Democracies, Democratization, and Authoritarian Regimes
Peter Ferdinand, Robert Garner, and Stephanie Lawson
in Politics
This chapter examines democracy and democratization in relation to authoritarian regimes. It begins with a discussion of the three ‘waves’ of democratization that have occurred worldwide ...
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20. Post-Communist Europe and Post-Soviet Russia
Christian W. Haerpfer
in Democratization
This chapter examines the democratic revolutions that occurred in post-communist Europe and post-Soviet Eurasia during the period 1989–2008. It first considers the beginning of the decline ...
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25. From supporting democracy to supporting autocracy
Peter Burnell
in Comparative Politics (4th edn)
This chapter examines the controversies surrounding democracy support and its significance for comparative politics. It first compares definitions of democracy support and provides an ...
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5. Democracies
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán
in Comparative Politics (4th edn)
This chapter examines the key features of modern democracy as well as its origins. It first explains what democracy means in the field of comparative politics before discussing different ...
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25. From Supporting Democracy to Supporting Autocracy
Peter Burnell
in Comparative Politics (5th edn)
This chapter examines the controversies surrounding democracy support and its significance for comparative politics. It first compares definitions of democracy support and provides an ...
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5. Democracies
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán
in Comparative Politics (5th edn)
This chapter examines the key features of modern democracy, as well as its origins. It first explains what democracy means in the field of comparative politics, before discussing different ...
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3. Democracy and Political Obligation
Robert Garner
in Introduction to Politics (3rd edn)
This chapter examines the claim that democracy is the ideal form of political obligation. It first traces the historical evolution of the term ‘democracy’ before discussing the debate ...
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4. Democracy and Political Obligation
Robert Garner
in Introduction to Politics (4th edn)
This chapter examines the claim that democracy is the ideal form of political obligation. It first traces the historical evolution of the term ‘democracy’ before discussing the debate ...
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26. Conclusion: The Future of Democratization
Christian Welzel, Ronald Inglehart, Patrick Bernhagen, and Christian W. Haerpfer
in Democratization (2nd edn)
This chapter summarizes the main insights from the book and sets out the main challenges lying ahead for democracy. It identifies varieties of autocracy and the role of external threats and ...
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14. Political Parties
Leonardo Morlino
in Democratization (2nd edn)
This chapter examines the role of political parties in the processes of democratization, that is, during transition, installation, and consolidation, and the possible phases of democratic ...
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19. Southern Europe
Richard Gunther
in Democratization (2nd edn)
This chapter examines the political consequences of different types of regime change in Southern Europe by comparing democratic transitions via ‘elite pacts’ or ‘elite convergence’ with ...
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25. East Asia
Doh Chull Shin and Rollin F. Tusalem
in Democratization (2nd edn)
This chapter examines the processes of democratization in East Asia over the past two decades. It first provides a historical background on transitions to democracy in the region before ...
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8. The Political Economy of Democracy
Patrick Bernhagen
in Democratization (2nd edn)
This chapter examines the relationship between democratization and the economy. It first provides an historical overview of the emergence of capitalist democracy before discussing some ...
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14. Political Democracy and State Repression
Christian Davenport
in Human Rights: Politics and Practice (3rd edn)
This chapter explores the relationship between political democracy and state repression. Afer providing an overview of the democracy–repression link, it considers what research has been ...
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21. Tocqueville
Cheryl Welch
in Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present (3rd edn)
This chapter examines Alexis de Tocqueville's social and political thought. Tocqueville is known as a forerunner of systematic social or political theory, but he is more relevant today as a ...
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