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1 online resource (viii, 330 pages) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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Democratization -- Europe.
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Democratization. |
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Europe. |
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Post-communism -- Europe.
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Post-communism. |
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Europe -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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Politics and government. |
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1989- |
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Since 1989 |
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Pridham, Geoffrey, 1942- Dynamics of democratization. London ; New York : Continuum, 2000 0826450385 (DLC) 00043137 (OCoLC)44413589 |
ISBN |
9781441112392 (electronic book) |
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1441112391 (electronic book) |
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1283202727 |
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9781283202725 |
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0826450385 |
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9780826450388 |
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