Politics in Developing Countries : Comparing Experiences with Democracy / ed. by Larry Diamond, Seymour Martin Lipset, Juan Linz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bruhn, Kathleen, Contributor.

Coulon, Christian, Contributor.

Dasgupta, Jyotirindra, Contributor.

Diamond, Larry Jay, Editor.

Friedman, Steven, Contributor.

Lamounier, Bolívar, Contributor.

Levy, Daniel C., Contributor.

Linz, Juan J. (Juan José), 1926-2013, Editor.

Lipset, Seymour Martin, Editor.

Özbudun, Ergun, Contributor.

Samudavanija, Chai-Anan, Contributor.

Steinberg, David I., Contributor.

Valenzuela, Arturo, Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (592 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Presents case studies of experiences with democracy in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, along with the editors' synthesis of the factors that facilitate and obstruct the development of democracy around the world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction: What Makes for Democracy?

2 Chile: Origins and Consolidation of a Latin American Democracy

3 Brazil: Inequality Against Democracy

4 Mexico: Sustained Civilian Rule Without Democracy

5 Turkey: Crises, Interruptions, and Reequilibrations

6 India: Democratic Becoming and Developmental Transition

7 Thailand: A Stable Semidemocracy

8 The Republic of Korea: Pluralizing Politics

9 Nigeria: The Uncivic Society and the Descent into Praetorianism

10 Senegal: The Development and Fragility of Semidemocracy

11 South Africa: Divided in a Special Way

The Contributors

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mai 2023)

ISBN:

1-68585-845-7