Jan Teorell

Determinants of Democratization (eBook, ePUB)

Explaining Regime Change in the World, 1972-2006

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What are the determinants of democratization? Do the factors that move countries toward democracy also help them refrain from backsliding toward autocracy? This book attempts to answer these questions through a combination of a statistical analysis of social, economic, and international determinants of regime change in 165 countries around the world in 1972-2006, and case study work on nine episodes of democratization occurring in Argentina, Bolivia, Hungary, Nepal, Peru, the Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, and Uruguay. The findings suggest that democracy is promoted by long-term structural forces such as economic prosperity, but also by peaceful popular uprisings and the institutional setup of authoritarian regimes. In the short-run, however, elite actors may play a key role, particularly through the importance of intra-regime splits. Jan Teorell argues that these results have important repercussions both for current theories of democratization and for the international community's effort in developing policies for democracy promotion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511851346
• Artikelnr.: 37834551

Autorenporträt

Jan Teorell is Associate Professor of Political Science at Lund University. His most recent publications have appeared in Studies in Comparative International Development, the European Journal of Political Research, the Journal of Democracy, Governance, and Political Research Quarterly.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Explaining democratization
2. The shadow of the past: social determinants
3. The power of prosperity: economic determinants
4. The impetus from abroad: international determinants
5. The force from below: popular mobilization
6. Exogenous shocks and authoritarian regime types: institutional contingency
7. Conclusions
Appendix A. Data and variable definitions
Appendix B. Statistical model
Appendix C. Robustness tests
Appendix D. The pathway criterion.