Wednesday, 28. July 2010
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This unique and detailed analysis assesses the historical and contemporary factors involved in the democratic consolidation in HUngary, the Czech Republic, and Romania, with an emphasis on the influence of the communist legacy on the process. Contrary to common beliefs, the three countries’ experience of Habsburg, Ottoman, Fascist, and Communist rule forms a sound base of shared historical experience and invites important investigation.
Democratic Consolidation in Eastern Europe
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Friday, 16. July 2010
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What is the optimal size of a local government unit? ‘Consolidation or Fragmentation? The Size of Local governments in Central and Eastern Europe’ addresses this policy relevant question in relation to the emerging democracies of the region.
Consolidation or Fragmentation?: The Size of Local Governments in Central Europe
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Saturday, 12. June 2010
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This volume consists of twenty studies on problems related to “transition to democracy” in central and eastern Europe during the decade following the collapse of communist states. The book focuses on preconditions and problems of transitions, case studies, patterns of performance and consolidation and inter-regional comparative aspects.
Perspectives on Democratic Consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe
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Thursday, 15. April 2010
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This book brings together distinguished specialists on the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. Particular attention is paid to the process of party formation, electoral politics, the rooting of civil society, and the impact of economic reforms on the emergence of interest groups.
The Consolidation of Democracy in East-Central Europe
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Sunday, 21. March 2010
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In The Politics of Democratic Consolidation, a distinguished group of internationally recognized scholars focus on four nations of Southern Europe — Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece — which have successfully consolidated their democratic regimes. Contributors are P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, Richard Gunther, Hans-Jürgen Puhle, Edward Malefakis, Juan J. Linz, Alfred Stepan, Felipe Agüero, Geoffrey Pridham, Sidney Tarrow, Leonardo Morlino, José R. Montero, Gianfranco Pasquino, and Philippe C. Schmitter.
The Politics of Democratic Consolidation: Southern Europe in Comparative Perspective
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Tuesday, 9. March 2010
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The Uniting of Europe provides an accessible introduction to the history of European integration and places European unification within a wider political and economic context The book shows how institutional developments have been conditioned by wider international considerations. The Uniting of Europe considers:
* the impact of the Cold War and the superpowers on Europe
* Britain’s decision to join the Community
* the consequences of German reunification
* the problem of nationalism in Eastern Europe
* key personalities, parties, regimes and political systems.
This Second edition brings the history of the European Union up to date to include the Amsterdam and Nice treaties, as well as other contemporary issues such as the impact of events in Yugoslavia, the changing relationship with the US and British membership of the single currency.
The Uniting of Europe: From Consolidation to Enlargement
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Sunday, 21. February 2010
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Employing a framework that focuses on the actions and choices of elites in creating consolidated democracies, a distinguished group of scholars examines Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Without ignoring the roles of mass publics and institutions, the authors conclude that in independent states with long records of political instability and authoritarian rule, democratic consolidation requires the achievement of elite “consensual unity”–that is, agreement among all politically important elites on the worth of existing democratic institutions and respect for democratic rules-of-the-game, coupled with increased “structural integration” among those elites.
Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe
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Wednesday, 17. February 2010
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Since their classic volume The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes was published in 1978, Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan have increasingly focused on the questions of how, in the modern world, nondemocratic regimes can be eroded and democratic regimes crafted. In Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation, they break new ground in numerous areas. They reconceptualize the major types of modern nondemocratic regimes and point out for each type the available paths to democratic transition and the tasks of democratic consolidation. They argue that, although “nation-state” and “democracy” often have conflicting logics, multiple and complementary political identities are feasible under a common roof of state-guaranteed rights. They also illustrate how, without an effective state, there can be neither effective citizenship nor successful privatization. Further, they provide criteria and evidence for politicians and scholars alike to distinguish between democratic consolidation and pseudo-democratization, and they present conceptually driven survey data for the fourteen countries studied.
Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation contains the first systematic comparative analysis of the process of democratic consolidation in southern Europe and the southern cone of South America, and it is the first book to ground post-Communist Europe within the literature of comparative politics and democratic theory.
“This is an important volume by two major scholars on a central topic — one of broad interest to people in comparative politics, to those interested in democracy, and to regional specialists on Southern Latin America and on Central and Eastern Europe. The book will unquestionably be a major contribution to the literature on constructing democratic governance.” — Abraham F. Lowenthal, University of Southern California
Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe
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