Towards Sustainable Democracy in the `Third World'

2001
ISBN: 978-0-333-80250-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

This comprehensive survey of the state of democracy in 'Third World' countries explores both the domestic and international factors influencing democratization through the use of theoretical and empirical approaches. The contributors examine a variety of factors - domestic socio-economic circumstances and structures in particular, as well as international threats and promises - in order to assess the sustainability of democracy in Africa, Asia and Latin America. By comparing the experiences of these regions over time this book explains the position of democracy in the 'Third World' at the start of the twenty-first century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haynes, Jeff

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; J.Haynes Sustainable Democracy in the 'Third World'; J.Haynes Democratic Consolidation and External Pressures: The Experience of East Africa; R.Pinkney Democratization in Subsaharan Africa; B.Baker Explaining South Asia's Uneven Democratic Career; K.Adeney & A.Wyatt Democratic Consolidation in Pacific Asia; D.McCargo Democracy in Latin America; G.Philip The Middle East and the Question of Democracy; M.Kamrava Conclusion; J.Haynes Index

Über Autor(innen)

KATHERINE ADENEY Tutorial Fellow in Comparative Politics, Government
Department, London School of Economics
BRUCE BAKER Post-doctoral Research Fellow, African Studies Centre, Coventry University
MEHRAN KAMRAVA Lecturer, Political Science Department, California State University, Northridge
DUNCAN MCCARGO Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Leeds
GEORGE PHILIP Reader in Latin American Politics, London School of Economics
ROBERT PINKNEY Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Northumbria, Newcastle
ANDREW WYATT Lecturer in Politics, University of Bristol