Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Postcommunist World (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Postcommunist World examines three waves of democratic change that took place in eleven different former Communist nations. It draws important conclusions about the rise, development, and breakdown of both democracy and dictatorship in each country, providing a comparative perspective on the post-Communist world. The first democratic wave to sweep this region encompasses the rapid rise of democratic regimes from 1989 to 1992 from the ashes of Communism and Communist states. The second wave arose with accession to the European Union (from 2004 to 2007) and the third, with the electoral defeat of dictators (1996 to 2005) in Croatia, Serbia, Georgia, and Ukraine. The authors of each chapter in this volume examine both internal and external dimensions of both democratic success and failure.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511654824
• Artikelnr.: 38193471

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue Valerie Bunce, Michael McFaul and Kathryn Stoner-Weiss; Part I.
Waves of Regime Change: From Dictatorship to Democracy ... and Back?: 1.
The missing variable: the 'international system' as the link between third
and fourth wave models of democratization Michael McFaul; 2. A regional
tradition: the diffusion of democratic change under communism and
post-communism Valerie Bunce and Sharon Wolchick; Part II. Encouraging
Democracy: The Role of the EU: 3. When Europeanization meets
transformation: lessons from the unfinished East European revolutions Alina
Pippidi; 4. Democratization in post-communist Europe: illiberal regimes and
the leverage of the European Union Milada Vachudova; Part III. Choosing
Regime Change: Democratizing Elections: 5. A post-communist transition in
two acts: the 1996-97 antigovernment struggle in Bulgaria as a bridge
between the 1989-92 and 1996-2007 democratization waves in Eastern Europe
Tsveta Petrova; 6. Defining and domesticating the electoral model: a
comparison of Slovakia and Serbia Valerie Bunce and Sharon Wolchik; 7.
Georgia's rose revolution: from regime weakness to regime collapse Cory
Welt; 8. Importing revolution: internal and external factors in Ukraine's
2004 democratic breakthrough Michael McFaul; Part IV. Resisting Reform:
Backsliding Democracies and Enduring Autocracies: 9. Resistance to
contagion: sources of authoritarian stability in the former Soviet Union
Lucan Way; 10. Comparing oranges and apples: the internal and external
dimensions of Russia's turn away from democracy Kathryn Stoner-Weiss; 11.
Contagion deterred: preemptive authoritarianism in the former Soviet Union
(the case of Belarus) Vitali Silitski; 12. A horse of a different color:
revolution and regression and Kyrgyzstan Scott Radnitz; Epilogue: the
changing character of the global struggle for democracy Valerie Bunce,
Michael McFaul and Kathryn Stoner-Weiss.