
Democratization (2nd edn)
Christian W. Haerpfer (ed.) , Patrick Bernhagen (ed.) , Christian Welzel, and Ronald F. Inglehart
Democratization introduces the theoretical and practical dimensions of democratization. Focusing on the ‘global wave of democratization’ that has advanced since the early ...
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Democratization
Christian Haerpfer (ed.) , Patrick Bernhagen (ed.) , Ronald F Inglehart, and Christian Welzel (ed.)
Democratization introduces the theoretical and practical dimensions of democratization. The text focuses on the ‘global wave of democratization’ which has been happening since ...
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10. Gender and Democratization
Pamela Paxton and Kristopher Velasco
in Democratization (2nd edn)
This chapter examines the role of gender in democracy and democratization. It first considers how gender figures in definitions of democracy, noting that while women may appear to be ...
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18. A Decade of Democratic Decline and Stagnation
M. Steven Fish, Jason Wittenberg, and Laura Jakli
in Democratization (2nd edn)
This chapter examines key factors that lead to failed democratization. It first describes five categories of countries: established democracies, established autocracies, robust ...
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10. Gender and Democratization
Pamela Paxton
in Democratization
This chapter examines the role of gender in democracy and democratization. It first considers how gender figures in definitions of democracy, noting that while women may appear to be ...
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17. Failed Democratization
M. Steven Fish and Jason Wittenberg
in Democratization
This chapter examines key factors that lead to failed democratization. It first describes five categories of countries: established democracies, established autocracies, robust ...
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17. Social Media
Larry Diamond and Zak Whittington
in Democratization (2nd edn)
This chapter examines the role of social media in processes of democratization. Facilitating rapid and decentralized communication among a wide range of actors, social media have played a ...
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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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5. Long Waves and Conjunctures of Democratization
Dirk Berg-Schlosser
in Democratization (2nd edn)
This chapter focuses on the history of democratization since the late eighteenth century. It introduces the concepts of ‘waves’ (trends) and ‘conjunctures’ (briefer turmoils) and delineates ...
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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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4. Long Waves and Conjunctures of Democratization
Dirk Berg-Schlosser
in Democratization
This chapter focuses on the history of democratization since the late eighteenth century. It introduces the concepts of ‘waves’ (trends) and ‘conjunctures’ (briefer turmoils) and delineates ...
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15. The Arab Spring: The ‘People’ in International Relations
Larbi Sadiki
in International Relations of the Middle East (4th edn)
This chapter examines the Arab Spring and its outcomes from an international relations (IR) perspective by offering a revisionist interpretation that emphasizes the importance of the ...
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6. The Puzzle of Political Reform in the Middle East
Augustus Richard Norton
in International Relations of the Middle East (4th edn)
This chapter examines the issue of political reform in the Middle East. More specifically, it considers the enormous challenges that face proponents of political reform in the region. 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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11. Social Capital and Civil Society
Natalia Letki
in Democratization (2nd edn)
This chapter examines the role of civil society and social capital in democratization processes. It begins by reconstructing the definitions of civil society and social capital in the ...
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12. Social Movements and Contention in Democratization Processes
Federico M. Rossi and Donatella della Porta
in Democratization (2nd edn)
This chapter explores the relationship between social movements, trade unions, and transnational advocacy networks of resistance to non-democratic regimes in the global wave of ...
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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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23. The Middle East and North Africa
Francesco Cavatorta
in Democratization (2nd edn)
This chapter examines why democratic openings failed to consolidate in the Middle East and North Africa despite the profound influence of the global wave of democratization on both regions. ...
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