New Challenges to Democratization: 15 (Democratization and Autocratization Studies)

ISBN 10: 041546742X / ISBN 13: 9780415467421

Published by Routledge, 2009

About this Item

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. Editor(s): Burnell, Peter; Youngs, Richard. Series: Democratization Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white tables, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352. . 2009. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: New Challenges to Democratization: 15 (Democratization and Autocratization Studies)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041546742X
• ISBN 13: 9780415467421
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This important text explores the widespread contention that new challenges and obstacles have arisen to democratization, assessing the claim that support for democratization around the world is facing a serious challenge.

Bringing together leading international scholars of democratization, including Thomas Carothers, Michael McFaul, Laurence Whitehead, Bassma Kodmani, Nancy Bermeo, Marina Ottaway, Shaun Breslin and,Renske Doorenspleet, 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. Featuring in-depth studies on the limits of US democracy promotion, the Middle East, Russia, China and new democracies, the book sheds light on such questions as:

• Is the wave of democratization now in retreat or should we be careful not to exaggerate the importance of recent setbacks?
• Do serious, sustainable alternatives to democracy now exist?
• Is international democracy promotion finished?

New Challenges to Democratization brings together a variety of academics and writers from major think-tanks in the United States and Europe, and makes the book ideally suited to a wide international readership. This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars of democratization, comparative politics and international politics.

About the Author

Peter Burnell is Professor of Politics at the University of Warwick, UK, and was also founding Editor of the international journal Democratization.

Richard Youngs is Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, and Director of the Democratization programme at FRIDE in Madrid, Spain.