Larry Diamond

In Search of Democracy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Takes stock of democratic progress in the world, reflects upon the causes of democratic difficulty in the world, and addresses some of the critical conditions for democratic success. This book analyzes democratic dilemmas and prospects in particular regions and countries.

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This book evaluates the global status and prospects of democracy, with an emphasis on the quality of democratic institutions and the effectiveness of governance as key conditions for stable democracy. Bringing together a wide range of the author's work over the past three decades, it advances a framework for assessing the quality of democracy and it analyzes alternative measures of democracy. Drawing on the most recent data from Freedom House, it assesses the global state of democracy and freedom, as of the beginning of 2015, and it explains why the world has been experiencing a mild but now deepening recession of democracy and freedom since 2005. The book examines these themes both in broad comparative perspective and with a deeper analysis of historical trends and future prospects in Africa and Asia,. Concluding with lessons for sustaining and reforming policies to promote democracy internationally, this book is essential reading for students and scholars interested in democracy, as well as politics and international relations more generally.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 816g
• ISBN-13: 9780415781275
• ISBN-10: 0415781272
• Artikelnr.: 31893543

Autorenporträt

Larry Diamond is senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute, where he directs the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. He is founding co-editor of the Journal of Democracy and author of The Spirit of Democracy.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: In Search of Democracy Part I. The Dynamics and
Foundations of Democracy 2. The Quality of Democracy (with Leonardo
Morlino) 3. Measuring Democracy (with Emily Green and William Gallery) 4.
Is Democracy in Decline? 5. Why Democracies Survive 6. Civil Society and
Democratic Consolidation 7. Liberation Technology 8. Hybrid Regimes 9. Why
Are There No Arab Democracies? Part II. In Search of Democracy in Africa
10. Class Formation in the Swollen African State 11. Class, Ethnicity and
the Democratic State: Nigeria, 1950-66 12. Issues in the Constitutional
Design of a Third Nigerian Republic 13. Progress and Retreat in Africa: The
Rule of Law versus the Big Man 14. Promoting Real Reform in Africa 15.
Petroleum To the People (with Jack Mosbacher) Part III: In Search of
Democracy in Asia 16. The Coming Wave of East Asian Democracy 17. Why
China's Democratic Transition Will Differ From Taiwan's 18. Hong Kong's
Democratic Prospects 19. Indonesia's Place in Global Democracy 20. Burma's
Political Opening Part IV: Promoting Democracy: Policy Implications 21.
Empowering the Poor: What Does Democracy Have to Do with It? 22. Promoting
Democracy in Post-Conflict and Failed States 23. Promoting Democracy:
Enduring Tensions and New Opportunities