Transitions to Democracy A Comparative Perspective

Name: Transitions to Democracy A Comparative Perspective
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ISBN: 9781421408149

ISBN-10: 1421408147

ISBN-13: 9781421408149

Edition: 2013

Authors: Kathryn Stoner, Michael McFaul

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As demonstrated by current events in Tunisia and Egypt, oppressive regimes are rarely immune to their citizens’ desire for democratic government. Of course, desire is always tempered by reality; therefore how democratic demands are made manifest is a critical source of study for both political scientists and foreign policy makers. What issues and consequences surround the fall of a government, what type of regime replaces it, and to what extent are these efforts successful? Kathryn Stoner and Michael McFaul have created an accessible book of fifteen case studies from around the world that will help students understand these complex issues. Their model builds upon O'Donnell and Schmitter's…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 3/12/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 456
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Transitional Successes and Failures: The International-Domestic Nexus




Successful Transition Cases



The Soviet Union and Russia: The Collapse of 1991 and the Initial Transition to Democracy in 1993




Poland: International Pressure for a Negotiated Transition, 1981-1989




Serbia: Evaluating the Bulldozer Revolution




Ukraine: External Actors and the Orange Revolution




Indonesia: Economic Crisis, Foreign Pressure, and Regime Change




South Africa: Enabling Liberation




Chile: Coordinating a Successful Democratic Transition




Incremental Transition Cases



Ghana: Democratic Transition, Presidential Power, and the World Bank




Mexico: International Influences but "Made in Mexico"




South Korea: The Puzzle of Two Transitions




Turkey: The Counterintuitive Transition of 1983




Failed Transition Cases



Algeria: An Aborted Transition




Iran: The Genealogy of a Tailed Transition




China: The Doomed Transitional Moment of 1989




Azerbaijan: Losing the Transitional Moment



List of Contributors


Index