Determinants of Democratization Explaining Regime Change in the World, 1972-2006

Name: Determinants of Democratization Explaining Regime Change in the World, 1972-2006
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ISBN: 9780521139687

ISBN-10: 0521139686

ISBN-13: 9780521139687

Edition: 2010

Authors: Jan Teorell

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What are the determinants of democratization? Do the factors that move countries towards democracy also help them refrain from backsliding towards autocracy? This book purports to answer these questions through a combination of a statistical analysis of social, economic and international determinants of regime change in 165 countries around the world in 1972-2006, and case study work on 9 episodes of democratization occurring in Argentina, Bolivia, Hungary, Nepal, Peru, the Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, and Uruguay. The findings suggest that democracy is promoted by long-term structural forces such as economic prosperity, but also by peaceful popular uprisings and the institutional…

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List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/28/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 222
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.90" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Jan Teorell is Associate Professor of Political Science at Lund University. His most recent publications have appeared in Studies in Comparative International Development, the European Journal of Political Research, the Journal of Democracy, Governance, and Political Research Quarterly.



List of tables


List of figures


Acknowledgments


Introduction


Factors driving and not driving the third wave


Institutions under authoritarianism


Theoretical implications


Policy implications


Plan of the book



Explaining democratization


The structural approach


The strategic approach


The social forces tradition


The economic approach


The present approach: theoretical eclecticism, methods combined



The shadow of the past: social determinants


The literature on domestic social determinants


Empirical results


Islam and democracy


Why are small countries more likely to democratize?


Conclusion



The power of prosperity: economic determinants


Modernization, performance and resource abundance


Economic inequality and freedom


Socioeconomic modernization and democratic recalcitrance


Economic crises and authoritarian vulnerability


Conclusion



The impetus from abroad: international determinants


The literature on international determinants


Empirical results


Trade dependency and stalled democratization


What explains neighbor diffusion?


Do regional organizations foster democratization?


Conclusion



The force from below: popular mobilization


The literature and empirical results


Why are peaceful demonstrations conducive to democratization?


Conclusion



Exogenous shocks and authoritarian regime types: institutional contingency?


Types of authoritarian regimes and democratization


Estimation strategy


Empirical results


Conclusion



Conclusions


Summary of findings


Explanatory performance


Towards an integrated theory of democratization?


Lessons for the future study of democratization


Lessons for democracy promotion


Lesson for the future of democratization



Data and variable definitions



Statistical model



Robustness tests



The pathway criterion


References


Index