Debates on Democratization
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Diamond, Larry / Plattner, Marc F. / Costopoulos, Philip J., PUBLISHER: Johns Hopkins University Press, For more than twenty years, ong>ong>theong>ong> Journal ong>ofong> Democracy has been a leading voice in ong>ong>theong>ong> conversation between scholars and practitioners about government by consent and its place in ong>ong>theong>ong> contemporary world. If democracy means anything, it means robust debates. Over ong>ong>theong>ong> years, ong>ong>theong>ong> pages ong>ofong> ong>ong>theong>ong> Journal have certainly seen ong>ong>theong>ong>ir share ong>ofong> lively and illuminating scholarly disagreements. As a service to students and teachers who wish to deepen ong>ong>theong>ong>ir understanding ong>ofong> ong>ong>theong>ong> questions and controversies that surround contemporary democratization, ong>ong>theong>ong> Journal has now brought togeong>ong>theong>ong>r a series ong>ofong> exchanges on ong>ong>theong>ong> topic. Debates on Democratization explores ong>ong>theong>ong> issues ong>ofong> democratic consolidation, ong>ong>theong>ong> reality ong>ofong> ong>ong>theong>ong> transition paradigm, ong>ong>theong>ong> advisability ong>ofong> attempting to "sequence" elections and oong>ong>theong>ong>r liberal-democratic reforms, ong>ong>theong>ong> nature and prospects ong>ofong> ong>ong>theong>ong> "color revolutions" in ong>ong>theong>ong> former Eastern Bloc, and ong>ong>theong>ong> relative merits ong>ofong> presidentialism and its alternatives from ong>ong>theong>ong> point ong>ofong> view ong>ofong> democratic governance and stability. ong>ong>Theong>ong> volume is filled with insightful, thought-provoking arguments by leading thinkers in ong>ong>theong>ong> field. Graduate and undergraduate students alike will find it a useful guide to key issues facing emerging democracies today.