Oxford Studies in Democratization – serie
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Regimes and Democracy in Latin America
Theories and Methods
Häftad, 2007
978 kr
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This volume focuses on democracy in Latin America, and both assesses the state of current knowledge on the topic and identifies new research frontiers in the study of Latin American politics. It provides an overview of research agendas and strategies used in the literature over the past four …
The International Dimensions of Democratization
Europe and the Americas
Av Laurence Whitehead, Laurence Whitehead
Inbunden, 1996
1059 kr
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In recent years, and especially following the end of the cold war, democratization has become one of the most crucial issues on the international political scene. A great many states are undergoing an extraordinary and difficult transition to democracy. And that transition is deeply influenced by …
Human Rights and Democratization in Latin America
Uruguay and Chile
Av Alexandra Barahona de Brito
Inbunden, 1997
2673 kr
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This insightful new work analyses the attempts by Chile and Uruguay to resolve the human rights violations conflicts inherited from military dictatorships. The author focuses on how the post-transitional democratic governments dealt with demmands for official recognition of the truth about the …
Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis
Parties, Groups, and Citizens in Southern Europe
Inbunden, 1998
2856 kr
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The second half of the twentieth century has witnessed several waves of democratization in Europe, the Americas, and in other regions of the world, such as South East Asia. Although for the most part these democratic regimes are no longer haunted by the prospect of a return to authoritarianism, …
Regimes, Politics, and Markets
Democratization and Economic Change in Southern and Eastern Europe
Inbunden, 1997
821 kr
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This ambitious study, by a leading Spanish Social Scientist, analyses the mutual relationship between politics and the economy. Focusing on the experiences of Southern and Eastern Europe, it examines the complex interdependence bewteen democracies, economic growth, social redistribution, and …
The Democratic Developmental State
Political and Institutional Design
Av Mark Robinson, Gordon White
Inbunden, 1998
3452 kr
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The 1990s have witnessed the ascendance of a new orthodoxy which asserts that democracy and development are mutually reinforcing. This is in marked contrast to the dominant consensus that held sway for the previous two decades, which stated that developmental progress in poor societies was best …
Privatization South American Style
Inbunden, 1999
4546 kr
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Privatization South American Style focuses on the politics of privatization in Argentina, Brazil, and Peru. It examines both the micro and macroeconomics of achieving privatization, the policy measures introduced, and factors affecting the implementation of privatization. The political dimensions …
Electoral Systems and Democratization in Southern Africa
Inbunden, 1999
3589 kr
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The design of electoral systems and executive types is increasingly being recognized the key lever of constitutional engineering to be applied in the interests of political accommodation and stability in ethnically divided societies. In this groundbreaking comparative study of democratic design in …
The Legacy of Human Rights Violations in the Southern Cone
Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay
Av Luis Roniger, Mario Sznajder
Inbunden, 1999
3681 kr
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The new democracies of the Southern Cone have publicly professed to reject and condemn the uses of the state power in various forms against citizens under military rule, thus dissociating themselves from their predecessors. And yet the experiences of military rule have become a grim legacy, raising …
The Politics of Accountability in Southeast Asia
The Dominance of Moral Ideologies
Av Garry Rodan, Caroline Hughes
Inbunden, 2014
2119 kr
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Calls by political leaders, social activists, and international policy and aid actors for accountability reforms to improve governance have never been more widespread. For some analysts, the unprecedented scale of these pressures reflects the functional imperatives and power of liberal and …
The Politics of Uncertainty
Sustaining and Subverting Electoral Authoritarianism
Häftad, 2015
751 kr
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Dictatorship is not what it was once. Military and single-party regimes have been withering away. Today, most dictators organize multiparty elections. The Politics of Uncertainty presents an analytical framework and empirical data that allow us to understand the distinctive political dynamics of …
Foreign Pressure and the Politics of Autocratic Survival
Av Abel Escribà-Folch, Joseph Wright
Inbunden, 2015
1647 kr
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Can coercive foreign policy destabilize autocratic regimes? Can democracy be promoted from abroad? This book examines how foreign policy tools such as aid, economic sanctions, human rights shaming and prosecutions, and military intervention influence the survival of autocratic regimes. Foreign …
Legislative Institutions and Lawmaking in Latin America
Av Eduardo Aleman, Eduardo Alemán m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1540 kr
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In this volume, twelve experts on Latin American politics investigate the ways in which the interaction between legislative institutions and the policy positions of key actors affects the initiation and passage of legislation, covering seven Latin American Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, …
The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America
Rethinking Participation and Representation
Av Douglas A. Chalmers, Carlos M. Vilas m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
2288 kr
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Against a broader backdrop of globalization and worldwide moves toward political democracy, The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America examines the unfolding relationships among social change, equity, and the democratic representation of the poor in Latin America. Recent Latin American …
The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America
Rethinking Participation and Representation
Av Douglas A. Chalmers, Carlos M. Vilas m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
3727 kr
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Against a broader backdrop of globalization and worldwide moves toward political democracy, The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America examines the unfolding relationships among social change, equity, and the democratic representation of the poor in Latin America. Recent Latin American …
Building Trust and Democracy
Transitional Justice in Post-Communist Countries
Inbunden, 2017
1576 kr
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This volume explores the effects of transitional justice measures on trust-building and democratization across twelve countries in Central and Eastern Europe and parts of the Former Soviet Union over the period 19892012. The author argues that transitional justice measures have a differentiated …
Democracy in Small States
Persisting Against All Odds
Av Jack Corbett, Wouter Veenendaal
Inbunden, 2018
1504 kr
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Populism and the personalization of politics appears to be threatening the existence of democracy as we know it all over the world. It is now more important than ever to understand the history of this form of regime: why it has thrives and fails. But, existing studies are limited by their focus on …
Routes to Reform
Civil-Military Relations and Democracy in the Third Wave
Av David Kuehn, Aurel Croissant
Inbunden, 2023
1540 kr
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This book examines the conditions under which new democracies succeed or fail in establishing firm and lasting civilian control of the military. David Kuehn and Aurel Croissant introduce a multi-dimensional conceptual framework to evaluate the degree of civilian control in new democracies and to …
Coalitional Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective
Minority Presidents in Multiparty Systems
Av Paul Chaisty, Nic Cheeseman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
2077 kr
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This book provides the first cross-regional study of an increasingly important form of politics: coalitional presidentialism. Drawing on original research of minority presidents in the democratising and hybrid regimes of Armenia, Benin, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Kenya, Malawi, Russia, and Ukraine, it …
Youth in Regime Crisis
Comparative Perspectives from Russia to Weimar Germany
Inbunden, 2018
2123 kr
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How do political regimes respond to the challenges emanating from youth mobilization? This book seeks to understand regime resilience and breakdown by analysing the public meaning of youth, as well as the physical mobilization of young people. Mobilization carried by young people is a key component …
Conditionality & Coercion
Electoral clientelism in Eastern Europe
Av Isabela Mares, Lauren E. Young
Inbunden, 2019
2077 kr
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In many recent democracies, candidates compete for office using illegal strategies to influence voters. In Hungary and Romania, local actors including mayors and bureaucrats offer access to social policy benefits to voters who offer to support their preferred candidates, and they threaten others …
Conditionality & Coercion
Electoral clientelism in Eastern Europe
Av Isabela Mares, Lauren E. Young
Häftad, 2019
794 kr
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In many recent democracies, candidates compete for office using illegal strategies to influence voters. In Hungary and Romania, local actors including mayors and bureaucrats offer access to social policy benefits to voters who offer to support their preferred candidates, and they threaten others …
Coalitional Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective
Minority Presidents in Multiparty Systems
Av Paul Chaisty, Nic Cheeseman m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
520 kr
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This book provides the first cross-regional study of an increasingly important form of politics: coalitional presidentialism. Drawing on original research of minority presidents in the democratising and hybrid regimes of Armenia, Benin, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Kenya, Malawi, Russia, and Ukraine, it …
The Normalization of the Radical Right
A Norms Theory of Political Supply and Demand
Inbunden, 2024
1940 kr
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Radical-right behavior is increasing across Western democracies, often very quickly. Previous research has shown, however, that political attitudes and preferences do not change as quickly. Vicente Valentim argues that the role of social norms as drivers of political behavior is crucial for …
The Promise and Perils of Devolution
Federalism, Regional Autonomy, and Ethnic Conflict
Inbunden, 2025
1568 kr
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A large literature describes the benefits of federalism and regional autonomy for fostering peace and democracy in countries experiencing conflict among ethnic groups. Political leaders are often reticent about devolution, because they fear empowering political opponents or discontented groups that …
The Promise and Perils of Devolution
Federalism, Regional Autonomy, and Ethnic Conflict
Häftad, 2025
456 kr
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A large literature describes the benefits of federalism and regional autonomy for fostering peace and democracy in countries experiencing conflict among ethnic groups. Political leaders are often reticent about devolution, because they fear empowering political opponents or discontented groups that …
Democracy and the State in the New Southern Europe
Av Richard Gunther, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1894 kr
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This volume analyses the evolution of selected public policies and the changing roles and structure of the state in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain since the 1960s. It makes a major contribution to work on recent democratic regime transition in southern Europe, demonstrating how the state has …
Democracy and the State in the New Southern Europe
Av Richard Gunther, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
895 kr
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Accountability Politics
Power and Voice in Rural Mexico
Inbunden, 2007
2923 kr
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How can the seeds of accountability ever grow in authoritarian environments? Embedding accountability into the state is an inherently uneven, partial and contested process. Campaigns for public accountability often win limited concessions at best, but they can leave cracks in the system that serve …
Democracy and Diversity
Political Engineering in the Asia-Pacific
Häftad, 2007
1009 kr
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Is there an Asia-Pacific model of democracy? Over the past two decades, more than a dozen Asian and Pacific states have made the transition to democratic rule. But many of these states are also ethnically, linguistically, and regionally diverse, creating real challenges for effective government. …
