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Fifty or more years ago, Western democracy was threatened by totalitarian regimes. Now dictatorship is under challenge from democracy. Examining emerging democracies in southeast Asia, South Africa, Latin America, India, and other regions, these essays measure the achievements of the movements away from authoritarian rule to a more tolerant style of government.
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Across the world the tide of democracy is running strong. Military men are uneasy in office. Single-party presidents are defensive. Revolutionary leaders are on the run. Theocracies still exist, but the emirs, ayatollahs and sheiks are not at ease, even within the Islamic world. The elderly leaders in Beijing look like an anachronism. Monopoly control is seen as inefficient. Can liberal parliamentary democracy adapt to local needs and work to advantage under conditions very dissimilar from those in the countries of its origins? Are the values of Western civilization a prerequisite for democracy to work? Liberal Democracy In Non-western States addresses the attempts and the possibilities for democracy in the Caribbean and Pacific islands, in Latin America, in Africa, in India, and in Asia; in areas where the majority of the world's population resides with indigenous cultures far removed from Aristotle and Calvin. Seasoned experts make it clear that to achieve a genuine democracy with prosperity, we must advocate more than free elections and a free press. Democracy, if it does take hold, will manifest in new cultural expressions, quite different from those in the west. Liberal Democracy In Non-western States is an important contribution toward a sound understanding of today's international events. -- Midwest Book Review
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- PublisherParagon House
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0943852994
- ISBN 13 9780943852997
- BindingPaperback
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