Strategies of Democratization

ISBN-13: 9780844817194 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 190 str.

Tatu Vanhanen;Vanhanen Tatu

Opis

Democratization has been spreading rapidly since the 1980's, breaking barriers, and gaining a foothold in new territories, although not with equal success in all parts of the world. This book examines the strategies used in the struggle for democracy and problems of democratization in different parts of the world. The examination is based on the idea that conscious choices of people and their leaders matter and that better knowledge of successful and unsuccessful strategies might help people to adopt more rational strategies in the struggle for democracy. Comparatively examining over 8 states including South Korea, Nigeria, Hungary, the Soviet Union and China, the contributors are prescriptive rather than descriptive in suggesting methods of achieving democratization.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction, Tatu Vanhanen; Chapter 2 Social Constraints of Democratization, Tatu Vanhanen; Chapter 3 Was There a Strategy? Hungary's Path to Democracy, Mate Szabo; Chapter 4 The Emergence of a Multiparty System in the Soviet Union, Erik N. Komarov; Chapter 5 The Future of Democracy in Eastern Europe, Marcela M. Miguel, Michael J. Berland; Chapter 6 Polyarchical or Consociational Democracy?, Vucina Vasovic; Chapter 7 The Nature and Limits of Democratization in Korea, Kwang Woong Kim; Chapter 8 Political Reform in China in the 1980s: A Comparative Communist Perspective, Brantly Womack; Chapter 9 Democracy in Africa: Toward the Twenty-First Century, Samuel Decalo; Chapter 10 Between Scylla and Charybdis: Policy Choices and the Development of Democracy in South Africa, Fanie Cloete; Chapter 11 Conclusion, Tatu Vanhanen;

O autorze

Tatu Vanhanen