Democratizations : comparisons, confrontations, and contrasts / Jose V. Ciprut, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ciprut, Jose V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Case studies.

Democracy.

Democratization.

Democratization--Case studies.

Comparative government.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 368 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2008]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A cross-disciplinary examination of democratization, as seen in different attempts at it across the globe.Democracy is not in steady state and democratizations are open-ended processes; they depend on structures and functions in systemic contexts that idiosyncratically evolve in tone, tenor, direction, and pace. They affect and are affected by scores of determinants, both perceived and hypothetical. In interlinked chapters that span a number of disciplines, this volume reexamines the basic traits, the comparable outcomes, and the self-defining dynamics of some of the more widely attempted versions of democracy across the world. It discusses some of the controversies that can speed up or slow democratizations (depending on systemic structures, functions, processes, and contexts at play inside, outside, and across political boundaries). The crucial question these chapters address is whether democratization is possible without an understanding of what is expected from a mode of citizenship inseparable from an ethic of freedom.

Contents:

1 Democratizations: Perspectives and Contexts / Jose V. Ciprut 1

2 From Rule of Law to Freedoms to Enlightened Self-Government: Emplacement of Value in Democratization / Charles F. Doran 31

3 Liberal Democracy: Interrogating the Premises and Inferences / Aryeh Botwinick 53

4 Globalizations and Democratizations: Forces, Counterforces / Henry Teune 73

5 Federalism: The Highest Stage of Democracy? / John Kincaid 93

6 Democratizing the European Union: With or without Popular Sovereignty? / Andreas Heinemann-Gruder 119

7 Democratizations in Central Europe: Comparative Perspectives / Jerzy J. Wiatr 145

8 Russian Civil Society: Elite Versus Mass Attitudes to the Democratization of Russia / Vladimir Shlapentokh 165

9 Development without Democratization? China, Law, and the East Asian Model / Jacques deLisle 197

10 Democratizations in Africa: Attempts, Hindrances, and Prospects / Stephen Brown, Paul Kaiser 233

11 Immigration from and Democratizations in Latin America: Crossing the Mexico-U.S. Border / Douglas S. Massey, S. Mara Perez 259

12 Voice, Participation, and the Globalization of Communication Systems / James Patrick McDaniel, Timothy Kuhn, Stanley Deetz 281

13 Democratic Prospects in Undemocratic Times / Patrick J. Deneen 301

14 Pictures at an Exhibition in the Guise of an Epilogue / Jose V. Ciprut 321.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262270366

0262270366

9781441604460

1441604464

OCLC:

317117454

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