| Democracy and Democratization: Post-Communist Europe in Comparative Perspective Contributor(s): Nagle, John D. (Author), Mahr, Alison (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761956794 ISBN-13: 9780761956792 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $82.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy |
| Dewey: 321.809 |
| LCCN: 99073784 |
| Series: Sage Politics Texts |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.05 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This wide-ranging overview of the processes of democratization in post-Communist Europe, places the transitions in East-Central Europe within a broad European and global context. The authors begin with a introduction to the concept and theories of democracy and then examine the emerging politics of the new democracies to set the post-Communist transitions in longer-term comparative perspective with earlier and existing processes of democratization in Southern Europe, Latin America, and East and Southeast Asia. Finally the politics of EU accession are introduced to place the transitions within the wider context of European integration. Concluding with a summary of recent critiques of modern democ |
