Changes for democracy : actors, structures, processes / Leonardo Morlino.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morlino, Leonardo, 1947-

Series:

Oxford studies in democratization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democratization.

Democracy.

Democratization--Europe, Southern.

Democracy--Europe, Southern.

Democratization--Europe, Eastern.

Eastern Europe.

Democracy--Europe, Eastern.

Democratization--Latin America.

Latin America.

Democracy--Latin America.

Southern Europe.

Physical Description:

viii, 308 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Oxford Studies in Democratization is a series for scholars and students of comparative politics and related disciplines. Volumes concentrate on the comparative study of the democratization processes that accompanied the decline and termination of the cold war. The geographical focus of the series is primarily Latin America, the Caribbean, Southern and Eastern Europe, and relevant experiences in Africa and Asia. The Series Editor is Laurence Whitehead, Official Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford.

In this major new work, the author presents a broad-ranging and far-reaching analysis of the process of democratization. Having reviewed the main theoretical positions in the literature, he goes on to propose a new definition of democracy and to highlight and discuss the existence of a new type of regime: the hybrid regime. The second and third parts of the book cover three geopolitical areas (Southern Europe, Eastern Europe, and Latin America) and examine the main issues in the process of democratization across each area, including the transition toward democracy, installation, consolidation and crisis. From this analysis a new, more nuanced theoretical position is developed and presented. The analysis provides the richest reflection yet on one of the most important political processes of the modem times. The book will be essential reading for all scholars and students of democratization. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I The Basics

1 What Theory in Democratization Studies? 7

1.1 Theories of institutional change 7

1.2 A Retreat from theory? 11

1.3 What are the possible theoretical developments? 18

2 Definitional Conundrums 25

2.1 Core definitions 26

2.2 Minimalist empirical definition 31

2.3 Main normative definitions 34

3 Are There Hybrid Regimes? 48

3.1 A widespread phenomenon? 49

3.2 Definition and analytic dimensions 50

3.3 Empirical cases of hybrid regimes, or sheer fantasy? 57

3.4 What kind of classification? 60

3.5 Where to go from here? 67

Part II Transitions, Consolidations, Crises

4 What Transitions to Democracy? 77

4.1 When is there a regime change? 77

4.2 The 'first' transitions and installations 79

4.3 Subsequent transitions 83

4.4 Installation of democracy: dimensions of variation 85

4.5 Installation of democracy: explanatory factors 91

4.6 An addendum on parties 97

4.7 What is the core mechanism of change? 106

5 Domestic Anchoring 109

5.1 Do consolidation and crisis exist? 109

5.2 Legitimation and anchoring 112

5.3 The main patterns: Southern Europe 119

5.4 Contextual explanations and theoretical foundations 128

5.5 How much 'travel' can be done? 132

6 External Anchoring 144

6.1 Methods of influence: what to consider? 144

6.2 Layers of impact and cycles of change: the framework 150

6.3 Testing the framework empirically 160

6.4 Key final remarks 179

Part III Qualities Deepening

7 Analysing Democratic Qualities 191

7.1 The question 191

7.2 What is 'quality'? 194

7.3 'Good' democracy and other normative notions 195

7.4 What qualities? 196

7.5 The procedures 197

7.6 The two substantive dimensions 205

7.7 The outcome 208

7.8 Recurrent patterns of subversion 211

7.9 What to focus on? 215

Appendix 216

8 TODEM Applied 223

8.1 Accountabilities and connections 223

8.2 From procedures to results and contents 240

8.3 Where are the qualities? 249

Appendix 258

9 Concluding Remarks 264.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199572533

0199572534

9780199698110

0199698112

OCLC:

769467302