Problems confronting contemporary democracies : essays in honor of Alfred Stepan / edited by Douglas Chalmers and Scott Mainwaring.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stepan, Alfred C.

Chalmers, Douglas A.

Mainwaring, Scott, 1954-

Series:

From the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--History--20th century.

Democracy.

Stepan, Alfred C.

Physical Description:

xii, 487 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, IN : University of Notre Dame Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Problems Confronting Contemporary Democracies investigates the problems facing democracies around the world as they transition to this new form of government.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: The Armed Forces, Police, and Democracy

Chapter 1: The Armed Forces and Society in Latin America

Chapter 2: Reconciling the Brazilian Military with Democracy

Chapter 3: Managing Citizen Security in Latin America's Changing States and Societies

Part II: The State and Democracy

Chapter 4: The State of the Market

Part III: Democratic Transitions and Democratic Regimes

Chapter 5: Revisiting "Paths toward Redemocratization"

Chapter 6: Electoral Victory, Political Defeat

Chapter 7: Executive Approval under Alternative Democratic Regime Types

Chapter 8: Cautionary and Unorthodox Thoughts about Democracy Today

Part IV: Federalism and Democracy

Chapter 9: Holding China Together

Chapter 10: Of Swords and Shields

Chapter 11: Oil and the Corporate Reintegration of Russia

Part V: Religion, Tolerance, and Democracy

Chapter 12: Religion, Politics, and the State in a Stepanesque Perspective

Chapter 13: Twin Tolerations or Siamese Twins?

Chapter 14: Consociationalism versus Twin Tolerations

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780268086886

0268086885

OCLC:

811411466