1st Edition

New Challenges to Democratization

Edited By Peter Burnell, Richard Youngs Copyright 2010
236 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This important text explores the widespread contention that new challenges and obstacles have arisen to democratization, assessing the claim that support for democratization around the world is facing a serious challenge. Bringing together leading international scholars of democratization, including Thomas Carothers, Michael McFaul, Laurence Whitehead, Bassma Kodmani, Nancy Bermeo, Marina... Read more

1. New Challenges to Democratization Peter Burnell  2. State Sovereignty and Democracy: An Awkward Coupling Laurence Whitehead  3. Ideological Challenges to Democracy: Do they Exist? Marina Ottaway  4. The Continuing Backlash against Democracy Promotion Thomas Carothers  5. Democracy Assistance and the Search for Security Nancy Bermeo  6. Public Support versus Dissatisfaction in New Democracies: An Inside Challenge? Renske Doorenspleet  7. External Sources and Consequences of Russia’s ‘Sovereign Democracy Michael Mcfaul and Regine A Spector  8. Democratizing One-Party Rule in China Shaun Breslin  9. Democratization by Whom? Resistance to Democracy Promotion in the Middle East Bassma Kodmani  10. Energy: A Reinforced Obstacle to Democratization? Richard Youngs  11. Addressing Democracy’s Challenges Peter Burnell and Richard Youngs

Biography

Peter Burnell is Professor of Politics at the University of Warwick, UK, and was also founding Editor of the international journal Democratization.

Richard Youngs is Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, and Director of the Democratization programme at FRIDE in Madrid, Spain.