Can Democracy be Designed?

Robin Luckham (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 1842771515 / ISBN 13: 9781842771518

Published by Bloomsbury 3PL, 2003

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Can Democracy be Designed? | Robin Luckham (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2003 | Bloomsbury 3PL | EAN 9781842771518 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Can Democracy be Designed?
• Publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1842771515
• ISBN 13: 9781842771518
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 21D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 500 grams
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Synopsis

Constitution-making for democracy has always been a highly political and contested process. It has never been more ambitious, or more difficult, than today as politicians and experts attempt to build democratic institutions that will foster peace and stability in countries torn by violent conflict. The extended investigation out of which this book has grown has ranged across three continents. It has examined such apparently intractable cases as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sri Lanka and Fiji, as well as apparent 'success stories' like South Africa, Ghana and Uganda.

The authors, while regarding democracy as a general entitlement, refuse to subscribe to a triumphalist view which sees it as a universal panacea. Instead they seek to understand how democratic institutions actually facilitate (or sometimes fail to facilitate) improved governance and the management of conflict in a variety of national settings.

This thoughtful and empirical set of explorations is highly relevant to other societies wrestling with similar problems of institutional design in situations of democratic transition and/or deep-seated social conflict.

About the Authors

Robin Luckham is an emeritus fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. His books include Democratization in the South: The Jagged Wave (1996) and Politicians and Soldiers in Ghana 1966-1972 (2014).

Anne Marie Goetz is a political scientist and a fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. Her books include Women Development Workers: Implementing Credit Programmes in Bangladesh (2001) and Getting Institutions Right for Women in Development (Zed, 1997).

Sunil Bastian is an independent researcher. Bastian's research focuses on the political economy of Sri Lankan conflicts, with a special focus on globalization and foreign aid. He is the co-editor of Can Democracy be Designed? (2003, Zed Books).