1st Edition

The Consolidation of Democracy Comparing Europe and Latin America

By Carsten Q. Schneider Copyright 2009
196 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book investigates the successes and failures in consolidating those democratic regimes that emerged in Europe and Latin America in the last quarter of the 20 th century. The theoretical approach developed combines the most prominent political-institutional and socio-structural approaches to explaining the Consolidation of Democracy (CoD). Reinterpreting conventional claims, Schneider’s... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Meanings and Measures of the Consolidation of Democracy (COD)  3. The Consolidation of Democracy across Time and Space  4. COD, Causal Complexity, and FS/QCA  5. Contexts, Institutions, and the Consolidation of Democracy  6. Reframing Debates: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

 

Biography

Carsten Q. Schneider is Associate Professor and founding Director of the Center for Study of Imperfections in Democracy (DISC) at the Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary.