There is a major contradiction in contemporary politics: there has been a wave of democratization that has swept across much of the world, while at the same time globalization appears to have reduced the social forces that have built democracy historically. This book, by an international group of authors, analyzes the ways in which local politics in developing countries - often neglected in work on democratization - render democratic experiments more or less successful in realizing substantial democracy.
There is a major contradiction in contemporary politics: there has been a wave of democratization that has swept across much of the world, while at th...
The book summarises the critique of these approaches, suggests a comprehensive alternative framework, and shows how the alternative works in reality through a case study of the largest of the new democracies, Indonesia.
The book summarises the critique of these approaches, suggests a comprehensive alternative framework, and shows how the alternative works in reality t...
