1st Edition
Democracy and Democratization in Comparative Perspective Conceptions, Conjunctures, Causes, and Consequences
Introduction: We are all Democrats Now Part I: Democracy: What is it? 1. Conceptions of Democracy through the Ages 2. Defining democracy Part II: Democracy: Where and When? 3. The Second Coming of Democracy 4. The Three Waves of Democratization Ch. 5: Democratization in Different Regions of the World Today Part III: Democracy: How and Why? 6. Modernization Theory 7. The Social Forces Tradition 8. Transitology 9. The International Dimension 10. Combining the Competing Perspectives Part IV: Democracy: Consequences 11. International Consequences of Democracy 12. Domestic Consequences of Democracy
Biography
Jørgen Møller is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Svend-Erik Skaaning is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University, Denmark.
"[This] book is an excellent reference for any student of democracy and democratisation since it is essentially a well-researched and well-written review and aggregation of the most significant literature on the subject..it should be included in the curriculum of any graduate course on democracy and democratisation."-Nelli Babayan, Freie Universität Berlin
