Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis write by Leonardo Morlino. This book was released on 1998-07-02. Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The second half of the twentieth century has witnessed several waves of democratization in Europe, the Americas, and in other regions of the world, such as South East Asia. Although for the most part these democratic regimes are no longer haunted by the prospect of a return to authoritarianism, severe economic and social problems have posed serious challenges, creating a situation where change is often achieved through alternating periods of consolidation and crisis. Drawing on a systematic, empirical analysis of four key Southern European countries, Portugal, Spain, Greece, and Italy, Morlino identifies several key aspects of democratic consolidation: consensus and legitimation, party system and party organization, and the ways in which organized and non-organized interests are related to parties and the institutions of state. The resulting models of consolidation are analysed and the mechanisms and patterns of their unfolding crises identified, taking care to disentangle the pragmatic reactions against the regime, often related to corruption, from more ideological ones grounded in differences in values. Finally, the author addresses the question of the `quality' of democracy, examining how this is related to the outcome of processes of consolidation and crisis. This insightful study offers the first extensive, comparative analysis of consolidation and crisis in these countries, and features a wealth of up-to-date information on party organizations, interest associations, the media, and public opinion. Although clearly focusing on Southern Europe, the author's findings are extremely relevant for understanding the politics of several other regions, including Eastern Europe, Latin America, and South East Asia.
Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis
Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis write by Leonardo Morlino. This book was released on 1998. Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This study offers the first extensive, comparative analysis of consolidation and crisis in these countries, and features a wealth of up-to-date information on party organizations, interest associations, the media, and public opinion.
The Politics of Democratic Consolidation
The Politics of Democratic Consolidation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politics of Democratic Consolidation write by Richard Gunther. This book was released on 1995-08. The Politics of Democratic Consolidation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With democracy on the rise worldwide, questions about "transition" are rapidly being replaced by questions about "consolidation." How can leaders provide for a stable democracy once a nation has made its initial commitment to the rule of law and to popularly edledted government? In The Politics of Democratic Consolidation, a distinguished group of internationally recognized scholars focus on four nations of Southern Europe—Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece—which have successfully consolidated their democratic regimes. Contributors: P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, Richard Gunther, Hans-Jürgen Puhle, Edward Malefakis, Juan J. Linz, Alfred Stepan, Felipe Agüero, Geoffrey Pridham, Sidney Tarrow, Leonardo Morlino, José R. Montero, Gianfranco Pasquino, and Philippe C. Schmitter.
Consolidating Democracy in South Korea
Consolidating Democracy in South Korea - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Consolidating Democracy in South Korea write by Larry Jay Diamond. This book was released on 2000. Consolidating Democracy in South Korea available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A review of the dilemmas, tensions and contradictions arising from democratic consolidation in South Korea. It explores the turbulent features of Korean democracy in its first decade, assesses the progress that has been made, and identifies the key obstacles to effective democratic governance.
Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe
Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe write by John Higley. This book was released on 1992. Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A distinguished group of scholars examine recent transitions to democracy and the prospects for democratic stability in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Portugal, Spain and Uruguay. They also assess the role of elites in the longer-established democratic regimes in Columbia, Costa Rica, Italy, Mexico and Venezuela. The authors conclude that in independent states with long records of political instability and authoritarian rule, democratic consolidation requires the achievement of elite 'consensual unity' - that is, agreement among all politically important elites on the worth of existing democratic institutions and respect for democratic rules-of-the-game, coupled with increased 'structural integration' among those elites. Two processes by which consensual unity can be established are explored - elite settlement, the negotiating of compromises on basic disagreements, and elite convergence, a more subtle series of tactical decisions by rival elites which have cumulative effect, over perhaps a generation.
