Barbara Wejnert

Diffusion of Democracy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study of democratization since 1800 provides new data to explore the relationship between socioeconomic development and democracy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 682g
• ISBN-13: 9781107047112
• ISBN-10: 1107047110
• Artikelnr.: 39632221

Autorenporträt

Barbara Wejnert is an Associate Professor in the Department of Transnational Studies at the State University of New York, Buffalo. Her interdisciplinary research is focused on the world-wide diffusion of democracy and globalization of the world and their effect on social inequality. She is an author and editor of ten books on issues of postcommunist transitions, democracy, and global development, and their impact on social inequalities, including gender inequality.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Understanding democracy once more
2. Factors in contributing to democratization
3. Trajectory and temporal rate of democratization
4. Democratic or autocratic future of the world?
5. Why is democracy desirable? Outcomes of democracies and autocracies
6. Epilogue: democratic/autocratic world through a journalistic lens in 2013
Appendix 1. Description of variables of expressed value, risk and countries tolerance of democracy adoption
Appendix 2. Selected predictors of democratic growth
Appendix 3. Statistical modelling of contrasting definitions of democratic growth.