Synopses & Reviews
This comprehensive text comparatively examines the major political development of our time: the explosion of democracy in Eastern Europe and the Third World and its continuing development in Western democracies. Wide-ranging contributions from an internationally renowned group of scholars analyze how the new democracies are experimenting with Western models, while also highlighting the practical and theoretical weaknesses of the models themselves. This volume covers a range of important topical issues including the relationship of democracy in the nation-state to international institutions such as the EC, problems of democracy in postsoviet Russia, continuing threats to civil liberties, and the political manipulation of the economy. The impressive breadth of Developing Democracy makes it essential reading for all students and academics with an interest in comparative politics and democratic theory.
Synopsis
This comprehensive book examines comparatively the major political development of our time: the explosion of democracy in Europe and the Third World, and its deepening in the West.
The book analyzes how the new democracies are experimenting with Western models while also highlighting how these models are themselves seriously problematic. Topics include: the relationship of democracy in the nation-state to trans-national and international institutions such as the EC; problems of democracy in Post-Soviet Russia and Latin America; the continuing threat to civil liberties; and the political manipulation of the economy.