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Democratic Consolidation in Turkey

Author : Müge Aknur
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1612330673
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Democratic Consolidation in Turkey written by Müge Aknur and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Turkey began its transition to democracy as early as the 1950s, it is still far from having reached a level of consolidated democracy with the country's sixty-year history of democratic politics being punctuated by numerous breakdowns and restorations of democracy. In an attempt to examine why consolidation of Turkish democracy has taken so long, this book aims at analyzing various factors including state, political parties, civil society, civil-military relations, socio-economic development, the EU as an international actor and the rise of internal threats (political Islam and separatist Kurdish nationalism) that both hinder and enhance democratic consolidation in Turkey. By highlighting the strengths and shortcomings of the Turkish experience from these perspectives, this book suggests the optimal policy priorities for current and future Turkish governments to establish a consolidated democracy in Turkey. Contributors: Muge Aknur, Canan Aslan-Akman, Filiz Baskan, Gulgun Erdogan-Tosun, Siret Hursoy, Aysegul Komsuoglu, Gul M. Kurtoglu-Eskisar, Yesim Kustepeli, Nazif Mandaci, Ibrahim Saylan, & Ugur Burc Yildiz.

Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis

Author : Leonardo Morlino
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191521205
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis written by Leonardo Morlino and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1998-07-02 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second half of the twentieth century has witnessed several waves of democratization in Europe, the Americas, and in other regions of the world, such as South East Asia. Although for the most part these democratic regimes are no longer haunted by the prospect of a return to authoritarianism, severe economic and social problems have posed serious challenges, creating a situation where change is often achieved through alternating periods of consolidation and crisis. Drawing on a systematic, empirical analysis of four key Southern European countries, Portugal, Spain, Greece, and Italy, Morlino identifies several key aspects of democratic consolidation: consensus and legitimation, party system and party organization, and the ways in which organized and non-organized interests are related to parties and the institutions of state. The resulting models of consolidation are analysed and the mechanisms and patterns of their unfolding crises identified, taking care to disentangle the pragmatic reactions against the regime, often related to corruption, from more ideological ones grounded in differences in values. Finally, the author addresses the question of the `quality' of democracy, examining how this is related to the outcome of processes of consolidation and crisis. This insightful study offers the first extensive, comparative analysis of consolidation and crisis in these countries, and features a wealth of up-to-date information on party organizations, interest associations, the media, and public opinion. Although clearly focusing on Southern Europe, the author's findings are extremely relevant for understanding the politics of several other regions, including Eastern Europe, Latin America, and South East Asia.

Regime Consolidation and Transitional Justice

Author : Anja Mihr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108503659
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Regime Consolidation and Transitional Justice written by Anja Mihr and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regime Consolidation and Transitional Justice explores the effect of transitional justice measures on 'regime consolidation', or the means by which a new political system is established in a post-transition context. Focusing on the long-term impact of transitional justice mechanisms in three countries over several decades, the gradual process by which these political systems have been legitimatised is revealed. Through case studies of East and West Germany after World War II, Spain after the end of the Franco dictatorship in 1975 and Turkey's long journey to achieving democratic reform, Regime Consolidation and Transitional Justice shows how transitional justice and regime consolidation are intertwined. The interdisciplinary study, which will be of interest to scholars of criminal law, human rights law, political science, democracy, autocracies and transformation theories, demonstrates, importantly, that the political systems in question are not always 'more' democratic than their predecessors and do not always enhance democracy post-regime consolidation.

Political Change and Consolidation

Author : A. Freedman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230601901
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Political Change and Consolidation written by A. Freedman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-11-13 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the varying reactions to the political turmoil in Asia in the late 1990s by looking at external pressures from global actors (the IMF and US security policy), popular protests, the nature of the opposition, and elite coalition formation/dissolution at the highest levels of government.

Measuring Democracy

Author : Gerardo L. Munck
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801896509
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Measuring Democracy written by Gerardo L. Munck and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2009-04-15 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although democracy is a widely held value, concrete measurement of it is elusive. Gerardo L. Munck’s constructive assessment of the methods used to measure democracies promises to bring order to the debate in academia and in practice. Drawing on his years of academic research on democracy and measurement and his practical experience evaluating democratic practices for the United Nations and the Organization of American States, Munck's discussion bridges the theories of academia with practical applications. In proposing a more open and collaborative relationship between theory and action, he makes the case for reassessing how democracy is measured and encourages fundamental changes in methodology. Munck’s field-tested framework for quantifying and qualifying democracy is built around two instruments he developed: the UN Development Programme’s Electoral Democracy Index and a case-by-case election monitoring tool used by the OAS. Measuring Democracy offers specific, real-world lessons that scholars and practitioners can use to improve the quality and utility of data about democracy.

Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation

Author : Juan J. Linz
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801851582
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (515 download)

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Book Synopsis Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation by : Juan J. Linz

Download or read book Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation written by Juan J. Linz and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1996-08-16 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 5. Actors and contexts

Democratic Transition and Consolidation in Southern Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia

Author : Diane Ethier
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Book Synopsis Democratic Transition and Consolidation in Southern Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia by : Diane Ethier

Download or read book Democratic Transition and Consolidation in Southern Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia written by Diane Ethier and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1990-10-10 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The breakdown of authoritarian regimes in Greece, Spain and Portugal in the mid-70s was the beginning of a new cycle of democratization at the world scale. The 1980s have seen the emergence of formal, constitutional democracies in many countries, especially in Latin America and Southeast Asia. This book analyses in a comparative perspective the causes, the modalities and the prospects of these political changes in three regions: Southern Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia.

Democratic Consolidation in East-Central Europe

Author : Fritz Plasser
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 134926816X
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book Democratic Consolidation in East-Central Europe written by Fritz Plasser and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The postcommunist regimes in East-Central Europe are confronted with the double challenge of establishing a democratic order and a market economy. The book discusses the concepts of democratic consolidation and analyzes the development of attitudes towards the political and economic system in Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia. The study compares the political values in East-Central Europe with respective attitudes in the USA and Western Europe. Special attention is given to experiences of the consolidation process in Germany, Italy and Austria after 1945 as well as the more recent developments in Latin America and Southern Europe. The final chapter discusses patterns and paths of democratic consolidation in the light of concepts of regime change.

Civil Society and Political Change in Asia

Author : Muthiah Alagappa
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804750974
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Civil Society and Political Change in Asia written by Muthiah Alagappa and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A systematic investigation of the connection between civil society and political change in Asia - change toward open, participatory, and accountable politics. Its findings suggest that the link between a vibrant civil society and democracy is indeterminate: certain civil society organizations support democracy; thers could undermine it.

Against Long Odds

Author : Walter A. Rosenbaum
Publisher : Sage Publications (CA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Against Long Odds written by Walter A. Rosenbaum and published by Sage Publications (CA). This book was released on 1974 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Regime Consolidation and Transitional Justice

Author : Anja Mihr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110842306X
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Regime Consolidation and Transitional Justice written by Anja Mihr and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducton: research questions and spiral effect -- Methodology -- The concept of regime change and consolidation -- Transitional justice measures -- The case studies: Germany, Spain and Turkey -- Germany -- Regime consolidation through transitional justice

Uncertain Path

Author : Rudolf Martin Rizman
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603445439
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Uncertain Path written by Rudolf Martin Rizman and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this case study of the politics of transition in Eastern Europe, Rudolf Martin Rizman provides a careful, detailed sociological explanation and narrative on the emergence of independent statehood and democracy in Slovenia. In his focus on the transition from an authoritarian to a democratic regime, Rizman analyzes social processes and political issues in the context of the Third Wave of democratization, identifying "zones of certainty and uncertainty." Challenging many generally accepted ideas about small states and their transitions to democracy, this book places Slovenia's pattern of democratization in the wider regional context of eastern and central European post-communist transitions.

Bound to Change

Author : Peter M. E. Volten
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bound to Change written by Peter M. E. Volten and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1992 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An international group of scholars reviews progress, including obstacles that have and have not yet been overcome, made by the three countries of East Central Europe in their transition from communism. The authors debate whether the changes are irreversible and how much more work is necessary.

The Consolidation of Democracy in East-Central Europe

Author : Karen Dawisha
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521599382
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (993 download)

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Book Synopsis The Consolidation of Democracy in East-Central Europe by : Karen Dawisha

Download or read book The Consolidation of Democracy in East-Central Europe written by Karen Dawisha and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-06-13 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by two of the world's leading analysts of post-communist politics, this book brings together distinguished specialists on the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. The authors analyse the patterns of post-communist democratization in these countries, paying particular attention to the process of party formation, electoral politics, the growth of civil society, and the impact of economic reform on the emergence of interest groups. Karen Dawisha and Bruce Parrott provide theoretical and comparative chapters on post-communist political development across the region. This book will provide students and scholars with detailed analysis by leading authorities, plus the latest research data on recent political and economic developments in each country.

Democratic Reform and Consolidation

Author : Evren Çelik Wiltse
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield International
ISBN 13 : 9781907301674
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Democratic Reform and Consolidation written by Evren Çelik Wiltse and published by Rowman & Littlefield International. This book was released on 2015 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Freedom House, 'partly free' societies account for roughly a quarter of the world's population, across around 60 countries. Such countries pose interesting challenges to researchers: they are not blatantly authoritarian regimes, because they have rather established, competitive elections. Yet their political systems suffer significant democratic deficiencies. What are the conditions for democratic improvement and consolidation? How do societies with some degree of development and democratic opening create free and open regimes? Which types of historical institutions and state-society relations help foster this? What is the role of international actors? Which forms of international engagement enhance the prospects of democratic progress and consolidation, and which hinder it? This book tackles those questions. By homing in on two pivotal countries, Mexico and Turkey, Evren Çelik Wiltse analyses the dynamics of democratic progress and consolidation from a comparative historical perspective. This wonderful book breaks new ground in cross-cultural comparison. Bridging language, cultural, and geographic boundaries, Çelik Wiltse compares two big, important countries bordering on even bigger economies. Both started modernising under traditional regimes, both had revolutions in the early twentieth century out of which emerged new development-oriented regimes, both pursued import substitution industrialisation, both are now liberalising, democratising, and globalising. Kudos to the author for undertaking this pioneering cross-cultural comparison. Howard J Wiarda, Center for Strategic and International Studies This is an important contribution to the literature on hybrid political regimes; those located between authoritarian systems and fully consolidated democracies. The book represents an illuminating account of how different forms of engagement with key external actors have succeeded in advancing the frontiers of democracy far better in Mexico than in Turkey over recent years. One of the book's central - but paradoxical - conclusions is that indirect conditionality through greater economic openness and societal interaction between Mexico and the United States has been more effective in promoting democracy in Mexico than the limited impact of direct EU conditionality in the Turkish context. Ziya Öniş, Koç University

City-County Consolidation and Its Alternatives: Reshaping the Local Government Landscape

Author : J.B. Carr
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317474473
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book City-County Consolidation and Its Alternatives: Reshaping the Local Government Landscape written by J.B. Carr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-08 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: City-country consolidation builds upon the Progressive tradition of favoring structural reform of local governments. This volume looks at some important issues confronting contemporary efforts to consolidate governments and develops a theoretical approach to understanding both the motivations for pursuing consolidation and the way the rules guiding the process shape the outcome. Individual chapters consider the push for city-county consolidation and the current context in which such decisions are debated, along with several alternatives to city-county consolidation. The transaction costs of city-county consolidation are compared against the costs of municipal annexation, inter-local agreements, and the use of special district governments to achieve the desired consolidation of services. The final chapters compare competing perspectives for and against consolidation and put together some of the pieces of an explanatory theory of local government consolidation.

The Oxford Handbook of Spanish Politics

Author : Diego Muro
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198826931
Total Pages : 765 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Spanish Politics written by Diego Muro and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Oxford Handbooks offer authoritative and up-to-date surveys of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates, as well as a foundation for future research. Oxford Handbooks provide scholars and graduate students with compelling new perspectives upon a wide range of subjects in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences"--