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For more than twenty years, the Journal of Democracy has been a leading voice in the conversation between scholars and practitioners about government by consent and its place in the contemporary world. If democracy means anything, it means robust debates. Over the years, the pages of the Journal have certainly seen their share of lively and illuminating scholarly disagreements. As a service to students and teachers who wish to deepen their understanding of the questions and controversies that surround contemporary democratization, the Journal has now brought together a series of exchanges on the topic. Debates on Democratization explores the issues of democratic consolidation, the reality of the transition paradigm, the advisability of attempting to "sequence" elections and other liberal-democratic reforms, the nature and prospects of the "color revolutions" in the former Eastern Bloc, and the relative merits of presidentialism and its alternatives from the point of view of democratic governance and stability. The volume is filled with insightful, thought-provoking arguments by leading thinkers in the field. Graduate and undergraduate students alike will find it a useful guide to key issues facing emerging democracies today.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Democratic Consolidation Chapter 1. Toward Consolidated Democracies Chapter 2. Illusions About Consolidation Chapter 3. O'Donnell's "Illusions": A Rejoinder Chapter 4. Illusions and Conceptual Flaws Chapter 5. What Is Democratic Consolidation? Part II: The Transition Paradigm Chapter 6. The End of the Transition Paradigm Chapter 7. In Partial Defense of an Evanescent "Paradigm" Chapter 8. The Democratic Path Chapter 9. Retaining the Human Dimension Chapter 10. Tilting at Straw Men Chapter 11. A Reply to My Critics Part III: Sequencing Chapter 12. The "Sequencing" Fallacy Chapter 13. How Democracies Emerge Chapter 14. The Sequencing "Fallacy" Chapter 15. Liberalism versus State-Building Chapter 16. The Vain Hope for "Correct" Timing Chapter 17. Misunderstanding Gradualism Part IV: The Color Revolutions Chapter 18. Transitions from Postcommunism Chapter 19. Favorable Conditions and Electoral Revolutions Chapter 20. The Real Causes of the Color Revolutions Chapter 21. Getting Real About "Real Causes" Chapter 22. An Interrelated Wave Chapter 23. Popular Autocrats Chapter 24. Necessary Distinctions Chapter 25. What Are We Trying to Explain? Chapter 26. A Reply to My Critics Part V: Presidentialism Chapter 27. The Perils of Presidentialism Chapter 28. Comparing Democratic Systems Chapter 29. The Centrality of Political Culture Chapter 30. The Virtues of Parliamentarism Chapter 31. Variations on a Theme Index

About the Author :
Larry Diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, where he also directs the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. Marc F. Plattner is vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy, where he directs the International Forum for Democratic Studies. They serve as coeditors of the Journal of Democracy. Philip J. Costopoulos is executive editor of the Journal of Democracy.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780801897771
  • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 344
  • Series Title: A Journal of Democracy Book
  • Weight: 476 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0801897777
  • Publisher Date: 10 Nov 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: 01
  • Spine Width: 21 mm
  • Width: 152 mm


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