Bücher der Reihe Democratization Studies

Presents an analysis of democracy in Europe, with a focus on the EU member states. This book seeks to provide a critical reconceptualization of the notion of democratic political culture by developing a 'multiple democracies' theoretical approach. It analyzes multiple political cultures and their role in the emergence of democratic regimes.

This book examines the attempts of one group of young democracies, from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), to channel this pro-democracy agenda into both national and European foreign policy and development support. It looks at how CEE is `upstream¿ changing the EU on crucial policy issues as part of the common foreign and security policy. Furthermore, it tracks the process whereby imported ideas and norms are recycled for further export `downstream¿, and how these concepts are received in countries outside of the EU including the post-Soviet space, the Western Balkans, the Middle East and North Africa region and Central Asia.

This book examines the state of democratisation theory and practice that reopens and revives the democratic transition debate, exploring the factors that lead to the demise of autocracy, the pathways and processes of change, and the choice for an eventual consolidation of democracy. The essays, written by international democratisation specialists, tackle the series of questions raised by a body of literature that remains highly useful to understand contemporary political turbulence and transformation, considering numerous crucial issues.

This book explores the past, present and future of democratic values and practice, focussing on conceptions of democracy that reconcile radical plurality with democratic practices, presenting examples and perspectives framed by `globality¿, rather than an East/West binary.

This book examines the attempts of one group of young democracies, from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), to channel this pro-democracy agenda into both national and European foreign policy and development support. It looks at how CEE is `upstream¿ changing the EU on crucial policy issues as part of the common foreign and security policy. Furthermore, it tracks the process whereby imported ideas and norms are recycled for further export `downstream¿, and how these concepts are received in countries outside of the EU including the post-Soviet space, the Western Balkans, the Middle East and North Africa region and Central Asia.

Explores the relationship between the concepts of democracy and civil society through a comparison of their meaning and function in different historical and cultural contexts. This volume presents contextual studies in Europe, North America, Japan, Russia and Turkey.

Explores the contention that fresh challenges have arisen to democratization and assesses the claim that democratization around the world is facing a serious challenge. This book examines the issues relating to developments within non-democratic states and issues related to the democratic world and its efforts to support the spread of democracy.

This volume focuses on the issue of change in democratic politics in terms of experimental or actual innovations introduced either within political parties or outside the party system, involving citizen participation and mobilization.

This study gives examples of how the Internet is creating new political communities at various levels, both in democracies and authoritarian regimes.

Investigates the successes and failures in consolidating various democratic regimes that emerged in Europe and Latin America in the last quarter of the 20th century. This book suitable for political scientists, particularly those with an interest in democracy, democratization, comparative politics and comparative methodology.

Why are some regimes democratic while others are not? Specifically, how have Spain and Italy managed to become democratic while Turkey, which shares many similar characteristics, has not? Providing a comparative case study analysis, this book offers some clues as to the reasons for successful transitions to democracy.

This examination of how Western governments support democracy worldwide considers how countries use this aid.

The essays in this volume analyse differing aspects of the complex relationship between the media and democracy in a diverse range of national contexts.

This collection examines the nature, scope and prospects for political opposition under African National Congress political dominance.

Featuring a broad range of perspectives on the democratic process, this collection of essays explores the development of civil society and how civil societies manage democratic change around the world.

Defends the case for the expansion of the democratic model to the global political sphere. This book examines the nexus between the phenomenon of international exclusion and the political response of global democracy. It defends a model of cosmo-federalism that is all-inclusive, multilayered and rooted.