Diffusion of Democracy: The Past and Future of Global Democracy

ISBN-13: 9781107625259 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 366 str.

Barbara Wejnert

Opis

This study of democratization since 1800 provides new data to explore the relationship between socioeconomic development and democracy.

Recenzje

'This study is bold in scope, impressive in the range of variables examined, meticulous in its statistical analysis, innovative in its large conclusions and full of interesting empirical details about the course of democratization in the world since 1800. Barbara Wejnert is an important voice arguing that countries do not move towards or away from democracy independently of what is happening elsewhere; analysts need to consider processes on a transnational scale.' John Markoff, University of Pittsburgh

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Understanding democracy once more; 2. Factors in contributing to democratization; 3. Trajectory and temporal rate of democratization; 4. Democratic or autocratic future of the world?; 5. Why is democracy desirable? Outcomes of democracies and autocracies; 6. Epilogue: democratic/autocratic world through a journalistic lens in 2013; Appendix 1. Description of variables of expressed value, risk and countries tolerance of democracy adoption; Appendix 2. Selected predictors of democratic growth; Appendix 3. Statistical modelling of contrasting definitions of democratic growth.