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Author Pridham, Geoffrey, 1942-

Title The dynamics of democratization : a comparative approach / Geoffrey Pridham.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Continuum, 2000.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 330 pages)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary A systematic comparison of three cases of democratization and regime transformation in Europe since 1945, this book highlights diversities of historical context.
Contents Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Theory of regime change and interactive dynamics; 1.1 Democratization studies and new challenges; 1.2 Transitology and consolidology: a critical review; 1.3 Defining democratization; 1.4 Democratization: a model of interactive dynamics; 2 Historical determinants of democratization; 2.1 Bringing history back in; 2.2 History and democratization theory; 2.3 ''Confining conditions'': historical patterns and historical memory; 2.4 Historical legacies and ''overcoming the past''; 2.5 Political learning and anticipating democratic consolidation.
2.6 Regime change and historical perspectives3 Non-democratic regimes, deconsolidation and authoritarian breakdown; 3.1 Focusing on authoritarian breakdown; 3.2 Non-democratic regimes: their deterioration and liberalization; 3.3 The emergence of ''preferable alternatives'' and societal pressures under authoritarian rule; 3.4 Authoritarian collapse and the shift to democratic transition; 4 Formal regime change, the constitutional dimension and institutional design; 4.1 Institutional design and democratization.
4.2 Motivation in formal regime change: backwards institutionalization and transition dynamics4.3 The constituent process and institutional design; 4.4 The consequences of institutional choice: forwards institutionalization and the prospects for democratic consolidation; 5 Actors, linkages and democratization; 5.1 Theorizing about elite choice; 5.2 Actor differentiation and elite autonomy; 5.3 Political elites, party development and democratic consolidation; 5.4 The military, non-political elites and regime change dynamics; 5.5 Inter-elite relations and the democratization process.
6 Economic transformation, policy performance and new regime consolidation6.1 Approaching dual transformation; 6.2 Policy performance, economic transformation and regime change; 6.3 Economic policy consequences for regime consolidation; 6.4 New democracies and dual transformation; 7 Creating democratic traditions: top-down/bottom-up dynamics on the road to consolidation; 7.1 Democratization and society; 7.2 Top-down interactions: vertical dynamics in democratization; 7.3 Civil society and the achievement of democratic consolidation; 7.4 Fostering democratic traditions.
8 Stateness, national identity and democratization8.1 Focusing on the third transformation; 8.2 The crisis of state authority and the challenge of nationbuilding; 8.3 Ethnicity and the prospects for democratic consolidation; 8.4 Democratization and the third transformation; 9 The international dimensions of democratization; 9.1 Regime change and international factors; 9.2 Theorizing about external causes of democratization; 9.3 European integration and democratic consolidation: external influences and interactions with domestic politics.
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Subject Democratization -- Europe.
Democratization.
Europe.
Post-communism -- Europe.
Post-communism.
Europe -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1989-
Since 1989
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Pridham, Geoffrey, 1942- Dynamics of democratization. London ; New York : Continuum, 2000 0826450385 (DLC) 00043137 (OCoLC)44413589
ISBN 9781441112392 (electronic book)
1441112391 (electronic book)
1283202727
9781283202725
0826450385
9780826450388