Saliba Sarsar, Rekha Datta

Democracy in Crisis around the World

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Democracies across the globe are in crisis as authoritarian regimes rise and populist leaders emerge worldwide. Democracy in Crisis across the World weaves threads of history and politics in two parts to analyze how long this trend may last and what the future may bring.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 416g
• ISBN-13: 9781793601681
• ISBN-10: 1793601682
• Artikelnr.: 63596826

Autorenporträt

Saliba Sarsar is professor of political science at Monmouth. Rekha Datta is interim provost/senior vice president for academic affairs and professor of political science at Monmouth University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Saliba Sarsar and Rekha Datta
Chapter One: Variation in Measures of Democracy
Stephen J. Chapman
Part I: World Regional Perspectives
Chapter Two: Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Changing Phases
Julius O. Adekunle
Chapter Three: Democracy in Transition: Political Trends in Eastern Europe
Kevin L. Dooley
Chapter Four: Democracy at Risk: Political Trends in the Recent History of
Western Europe
Kenneth L. Campbell
Chapter Five: Democracy in Latin America: Uneven Institutional Performance
Kenneth Mitchell and Samuel Maynard
Chapter Six: Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa: Still Little to
No Progress
Saliba Sarsar
Part II: Country Case Studies
Chapter Seven: A 'Modi'-fied India: Parties, Promises, and Portends of
Democracy Amidst an Uncertain Glory
Rekha Datta and Samuel Maynard
Chapter Eight: Digital Authoritarianism in the People's Republic of China
Peter W. Liu and Justin M. Liu
Chapter Nine: The Erosion of Democracy in Post-Soviet Russia
Thomas S. Pearson
Chapter Ten: The Challenges of American Democracy
Joseph Patten
Chapter Eleven: Comparisons of Measures of Democracy
Stephen J. Chapman
Epilogue
Saliba Sarsar