Developing Democracy
Toward Consolidation
$78.92
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
14 April 1999
Summary
A theoretical perspective on democratic evolution and consolidation in the late 20th century. Rejecting theories that posit preconditions for democracy - and thus dismiss its prospects in poor countries - political sociologist Larry Diamond argues instead for a “developmental” theory of democracy. This, he explains, is one which views democracy everywhere as a work in progress that emerges piecemeal, at different rates, in different ways and forms, in different countries. Diamond begins by as…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780801861567 |
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| ISBN-10: | 080186156X |
| Author: | Larry Diamond |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 14 April 1999 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 20mm |
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“Offers a realistic description of the political discontents of our time and how these discontents are reduced… by the development of democratic practice.” – Washington Times
[A] systematic account of the political realities that make democracy promotion so challenging. Diamond… marshals an impressive array of cross-cultural social-science evidence. – Charles Lane Weekly Standard Offers a realistic description of the political discontents of our time and how these discontents are reduced… by the development of democratic practice. Washington Times
About The Author
Larry Diamond
Larry Diamond, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, is codirector, with Marc Plattner, of the International Forum for Democratic Studies. He is also coeditor, with Marc Plattner, of the Journal of Democracy and of other collections of essays available from Johns Hopkins, including The Global Resurgence of Democracy and Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies.
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