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Political Leadership, Nascent Statehood and Democracy

Author : Ulrika Möller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317673107
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Political Leadership, Nascent Statehood and Democracy written by Ulrika Möller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do political leaders determine whether a polity will receive a democratic future or not? Research and advocates of democracy agree on the significance of political elites for democratization, yet there is a need for a more specific understanding of their role. This book develops a theory of political leadership at the point of nascent statehood to explain the emergence of resilient democracies. It employs four diverse case studies to examine the role of leadership and democratic consolidation. In doing so, the book identifies certain capacities of political leaders at the critical moment of nascent statehood as decisive to the future democratic quality of their state. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, democratization studies, state building, leadership, nationalism, Middle Eastern studies and South Asian studies.

Prophet and Statesmen in Crafting Democracy in India

Author : Fabio Leone
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498569374
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Book Synopsis Prophet and Statesmen in Crafting Democracy in India by : Fabio Leone

Download or read book Prophet and Statesmen in Crafting Democracy in India written by Fabio Leone and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing the relationship between the leadership and democratization processes in India, this study examines how political leaders can successfully steer the process of regime change within complex, hostile, and undemocratic conditions.

Politics and Democracy in Microstates

Author : Wouter Veenendaal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317646584
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Politics and Democracy in Microstates written by Wouter Veenendaal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are small states statistically more likely to have a democratic political system? By addressing this question from a qualitative and comparative methodological angle, this book analyses the effects of a small population size on political competition and participation. By comparing the four microstates of San Marino (Europe), St. Kitts and Nevis (Caribbean), Seychelles (Africa), and Palau (Oceania), it provides fresh and stimulating insight, concluding that the political dynamics of microstates are not as democratic as commonly believed. Instead, it is found in all four cases that smallness results in personalistic politics, dominance of the political executive, patron-client relations between citizens and politicians, and the circumvention of formal political institutions. In addition, the book suggests that the study of formal institutions provides an incomplete image of microstate democracy and that informal characteristics of politics in microstates also need to be explored in order to better explain the influence of smallness on democracy. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of democracy, democratization, regional and decentralization studies and comparative politics.

Elites, Institutions and the Quality of Government

Author : Carl Dahlström
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137556285
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Elites, Institutions and the Quality of Government written by Carl Dahlström and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To a large extent, elite politicians, bureaucrats, and businessmen hold the fortunes of their societies in their hands. This edited volume describes how formal and informal institutions affect elite behaviour, which in turn affects corruption and the quality of government.

Democratic Transformation and Obstruction

Author : Nelli Babayan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317750616
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Democratic Transformation and Obstruction written by Nelli Babayan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although "democracy promotion" has become a popular term for policy makers and scholars, democratization is rarely a smooth or linear transition. While some countries quickly democratize, others lag behind despite a long period of democracy promotion activities. Furthermore, while democracy promotion itself has been widely studied, there is a paucity of literature available assessing the outcome or the impact of democracy promotion. This book investigates democracy promotion by the European Union and the United States of America, and seeks to uncover why intensive democracy promotion has resulted in limited democratic progress. Exploring case studies of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, this book examines the conditions in which democracy promotion is more likely to result in democratic transformation. In addition, it introduces the concept of the "democracy blocker," a powerful authoritarian regional actor that is capable of blocking democratization in other countries. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Political Science, Democracy, Democratization, EU Studies, US Politics, Comparative Politics, and Foreign Policy.

Causes and Consequences of Democratization

Author : Anastassia V. Obydenkova
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317595130
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Book Synopsis Causes and Consequences of Democratization by : Anastassia V. Obydenkova

Download or read book Causes and Consequences of Democratization written by Anastassia V. Obydenkova and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, the regions of Russia have taken different paths of regime transition. Despite the consolidation of an autocratic regime at national level and the centralization steered by Vladimir Putin’s government, the variation across sub-national regimes persists. Using an innovative theoretical framework, this book explores both causes and consequences of democratization in the regions of Russia. It is the first study in the field to systematically integrate structural and agency approaches in order to account for economic, social, historical and international causes of democratization and to trace its consequences. By focusing on the challenging and under-studied topic of sub-national regimes, the book provides a unique perspective on regime transition and the new theoretical framework contributes to a better understanding of democratization world-wide. The book will be of key interest to scholars and students of democratization, sub-national regimes, East European politics, comparative politics, post-communism, and international relations.

Israel's Regime Untangled

Author : Gal Ariely
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108960421
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Israel's Regime Untangled written by Gal Ariely and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forging an innovative path to untangling the conflicting interpretations of the Israeli regime, this book examines at the diverse aspects of the regime to determine the level of 'democraticness' exhibited in order to come to its conclusion.

Democratization in EU Foreign Policy

Author : Benedetta Berti
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317502434
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Democratization in EU Foreign Policy written by Benedetta Berti and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New democracies are uniquely positioned to promote democratic values and have a competitive advantage in the global democracy assistance industry. This book examines the attempts of one group of young democracies, from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), to channel this pro-democracy agenda into both national and European foreign policy and development support. It looks at how CEE is ‘upstream’ changing the EU on crucial policy issues as part of the common foreign and security policy. Furthermore, it tracks the process whereby imported ideas and norms are recycled for further export ‘downstream’, and how these concepts are received in countries outside of the EU including the post-Soviet space, the Western Balkans, the Middle East and North Africa region and Central Asia. This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of democratisation studies, European Union studies, comparative politics, international relations, international development, European politics, as well as area/regional studies.

Democratizing Central and Eastern Europe

Author : Luca Tomini
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317566750
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Democratizing Central and Eastern Europe written by Luca Tomini and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At first, it was believed that accession to the EU would have a positive effect on the process of democratization in former communist countries. However, over time it became clear that difficulties with the democratic system endured in a number of these countries. This book reconsiders the results of the process of democratization in Central and Eastern Europe and evaluates the nature and effectiveness of the Europeanization process. It comparatively explores the process of democratic consolidation and accession to the European Union in Poland, Slovakia and Bulgaria. Using these case studies, the book assesses the impact of the EU on the accountability and integrity of governments in this part of Europe. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of democratization studies, European studies, EU studies, transition studies, area studies, and international relations.

Democracy, Participation and Contestation

Author : Emmanuelle Avril
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317750772
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Democracy, Participation and Contestation written by Emmanuelle Avril and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The establishment of democracy on both sides of the Atlantic has not been a smooth evolution towards an idealized presumed endpoint. Far from it, democratization has been marked by setbacks and victories, a process often referred to as ‘contested democracy’. In view of recent mobilizations such as the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement, in which new technologies have played a key role, there is a need for a renewed analysis of the long-term evolution of US and UK political systems. Using new areas of research, this book argues that the ideals and the practices of Anglo-American democracy can be best understood by studying diverse forms of participation, which go beyond classical expressions of contestation and dissent such as voting. The authors analyze political parties, social movements, communications and social media, governance, cultural diversity, identity politics, public-private actors and social cohesion to illustrate how the structure and context of popular participation play a significant role in whether, and when, citizens ́ efforts have any meaningful impact on those who exercise political power. In doing so, the authors take crucial steps towards understanding how a vigorous public sphere and popular sovereignty can be made to work in today’s global environment. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, British and US history, democracy, political participation, governance, social movements and politics.

Democratisation in the 21st Century

Author : Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317202058
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Democratisation in the 21st Century written by Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2010’s was a critical period in the continuing, established trend of the spread of democracy worldwide: from the Arab Spring countries of Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Yemen to the unfolding turmoil of Myanmar and Ukraine, by way of the upheavals in Burkina Faso, Senegal and Ivory Coast, social mobilisation against autocratic, corrupt, or military regimes has precipitated political transitions that are characteristic of "democratisation." This book examines the state of democratisation theory and practice that reopens and revives the democratic transition debate, exploring the factors that lead to the demise of autocracy, the pathways and processes of change, and the choice for an eventual consolidation of democracy. For all its insights and shortcomings, the framework of transitology – a body of literature that has comparatively and through case-study analysis, examined common patterns, sequences, crises and outcomes of transitional periods – has been largely eschewed. The essays, written by international democratisation specialists, tackle the series of questions raised by a body of literature that remains highly useful to understand contemporary political turbulence and transformation, considering numerous crucial issues. This work will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of governance, democratisation, comparative politics, international relations, political science and more broadly, history.

Elected Members of the Security Council: Lame Ducks or Key Players?

Author : Nico J. Schrijver
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900442539X
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Elected Members of the Security Council: Lame Ducks or Key Players? written by Nico J. Schrijver and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-01-13 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional wisdom has it that the successful functioning of the UN Security Council almost completely depends on the role played by its five permanent members and the extent to which they can agree—or avoid to fundamentally disagree—on the many issues on the Council’s agenda. But the Council also consists of ten non-permanent or elected members who represent five different regions of the world, and who, though not vested with the right of veto, play an indispensable role in Council decision-making. This book aims to take a closer look at that role.

The Condition of Democracy

Author : Jürgen Mackert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000401936
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Condition of Democracy written by Jürgen Mackert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-12 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classical liberal democratic theory has provided crucial ideas for a still dominant and hegemonic discourse that rests on ideological conceptions of freedom, equality, peacefulness, inclusive democratic participation, and tolerance. While this may have held some truth for citizens in Western liberal-capitalist societies, such liberal ideals have never been realized in colonial, postcolonial and settler colonial contexts. Liberal democracies are not simply forms of rule in domestic national contexts but also geo-political actors. As such, they have been the drivers of processes of global oppression, colonizing and occupying countries and people, appropriating indigenous land, annihilating people with eliminatory politics right up to genocides. There can be no doubt that the West – with its civilizational Judeo-Christian idea and divine mission ‘to subdue the world’ – has destroyed other civilizations, countries, trading systems, and traditional ways of life and is responsible for the death of hundreds of millions of human beings in the course of colonizing the world from its Empires of trade through colonialism to settler colonialism and today’s politics of regime change. The book discusses the settler colonial regime that Israel has established in Palestine while still claiming to be a democracy. It discusses the failures of liberal democracy to overcome the structural and racist inequalities in post-Apartheid South Africa, and it presents hopeful outlooks on new ideas and forms of democracy in social movements in the MENA region.

'Sisters in the Struggle'

Author : Kalpana Hiralal
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000838145
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book 'Sisters in the Struggle' written by Kalpana Hiralal and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-02-10 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Sisters in the struggle’: Women of Indian Origin in South Africa’s Liberation Struggle 1900–1994 unveils an unchartered historical terrain, highlighting the contributions of Indian women towards non-racialism and equality and their experiences within diverse political parties; therefore, shifting the post-apartheid liberation stories which have been dominated by the journey of the ANC to other political organisations who collectively played a significant role in South Africa’s road to democracy. In this book, Hiralal presents a refreshing perspective of Indians, particularly women, as contributors and activists in the struggle. The book elucidates that the struggle against apartheid was a collective endeavour among the oppressed races and not a one-sided endeavour by the ANC. The book, thus, examines the participation of Indian women against apartheid and colonialism within gendered and political frameworks.

Political Order and Political Decay

Author : Francis Fukuyama
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1429944323
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Political Order and Political Decay written by Francis Fukuyama and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume of the bestselling landmark work on the history of the modern state Writing in The Wall Street Journal, David Gress called Francis Fukuyama's Origins of Political Order "magisterial in its learning and admirably immodest in its ambition." In The New York Times Book Review, Michael Lind described the book as "a major achievement by one of the leading public intellectuals of our time." And in The Washington Post, Gerard DeGrott exclaimed "this is a book that will be remembered. Bring on volume two." Volume two is finally here, completing the most important work of political thought in at least a generation. Taking up the essential question of how societies develop strong, impersonal, and accountable political institutions, Fukuyama follows the story from the French Revolution to the so-called Arab Spring and the deep dysfunctions of contemporary American politics. He examines the effects of corruption on governance, and why some societies have been successful at rooting it out. He explores the different legacies of colonialism in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and offers a clear-eyed account of why some regions have thrived and developed more quickly than others. And he boldly reckons with the future of democracy in the face of a rising global middle class and entrenched political paralysis in the West. A sweeping, masterful account of the struggle to create a well-functioning modern state, Political Order and Political Decay is destined to be a classic.

The Journal of Parliamentary Information

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Journal of Parliamentary Information written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Power Politics and State Formation in the Twentieth Century

Author : Bridget Coggins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139916963
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book Power Politics and State Formation in the Twentieth Century written by Bridget Coggins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Kurdistan to Somaliland, Xinjiang to South Yemen, all secessionist movements hope to secure newly independent states of their own. Most will not prevail. The existing scholarly wisdom provides one explanation for success, based on authority and control within the nascent states. With the aid of an expansive new dataset and detailed case studies, this book provides an alternative account. It argues that the strongest members of the international community have a decisive influence over whether today's secessionists become countries tomorrow and that, most often, their support is conditioned on parochial political considerations.