Democratization Studies

Causes and Consequences of Democratization

The regions of Russia

By Anastassia V. Obydenkova, Alexander Libman

Series: Democratization Studies

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...

Published June 10th 2015 by Routledge

Democratizing Central and Eastern Europe

Successes and failures of the European Union

By Luca Tomini

Series: Democratization Studies

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...

Published June 9th 2015 by Routledge

Politics and Democracy in Microstates

By Wouter Veenendaal

Series: Democratization Studies

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...

Published September 16th 2014 by Routledge

Ethnic Politics and Democratic Transition in Rwanda

By David E. Kiwuwa

Series: Democratization Studies

This book offers an examination of how a deeply divided post-conflict society embarks on democratic transition. Using Rwanda as the case study, it combines analysis of democratic transition and ethnopolitical debate, asking why deeply divided ethnic societies have a tendency to fail. Though...

Published September 12th 2014 by Routledge

Democratic Transformation and Obstruction

EU, US, and Russia in the South Caucasus

By Nelli Babayan

Series: Democratization Studies

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...

Published September 4th 2014 by Routledge

Democracy, Participation and Contestation

Civil society, governance and the future of liberal democracy

Edited by Emmanuelle Avril, Johann N Neem

Series: Democratization Studies

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...

Published June 22nd 2014 by Routledge

Political Leadership, Nascent Statehood and Democracy

A comparative study

By Ulrika Möller, Isabell Schierenbeck

Series: Democratization Studies

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...

Published May 19th 2014 by Routledge

Democratic Transitions

Modes and Outcomes

By Sujian Guo, Gary A Stradiotto

Series: Democratization Studies

Democratic transitions have occurred in many countries in various regions across the globe, such as Southern Europe, Latin America, Africa, East and Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, and these nations have undergone simuntaneously political, economic and social transformations....

Published April 4th 2014 by Routledge

Democracy and Democratization in Comparative Perspective

Conceptions, Conjunctures, Causes, and Consequences

By Jørgen Møller, Svend-Erik Skaaning

Series: Democratization Studies

This book provides an introduction to democratic theory and empirical research on democracy and democratization. The book first examines conceptions of democracy from the origins in ancient Greece to the present day, then tracks when and where modern democracy has developed. On this basis, the book...

Published December 12th 2013 by Routledge

Democracy Promotion and Conflict-Based Reconstruction

The United States & Democratic Consolidation in Bosnia, Afghanistan & Iraq

By Matthew Alan Hill

Series: Democratization Studies

This book investigates US foreign policy and tests the hypothesis that transition-inspired democracy promotion will successfully establish liberal democracy around the world, and thus fulfil the aims of the American mission and its application of the democratic peace. It features two detailed case...

Published November 11th 2013 by Routledge