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Democracy and Democratization : Post-Communist Europe in Comparative Perspective (SAGE Politics Texts series)
Democracy and Democratization Post-Communist Europe in Comparative Perspective - SAGE Politics Texts series Author:John D Nagle, Alison Mahr Democracy and Democratization develops a comprehensive analysis and critical evaluation of the democratization process in post-communist Europe. It is the first text to view the transitions in East-Central Europe within a larger European and global context. Divided into three parts, the first part introduces competing theories and concept... more »s of democracy and democratization processes fom Western Europe while the historical experience of East-Central Europe provides useful lessons for the present transitions to democracy.The second part explores the emerging political landscape of the new democracies, including the formation of civil society, economic restructuring, evolving interest groups, party systems and electoral competition, and elite//citizen relations.The final part compares post-communist democratization with earlier and ongoing processes in Southern Europe, Latin America, and East and Southeast Asia, providing a braod framework for understanding regional patterns and problems of democrartization. The politics of EU accession are introduced to place the transitions within the wider context of European integration and to consider the effects of global economic competition on the newly emerging democracies.Democracy and Democratization will be essential reading for all students of political science seeking a long-term perspective on key contemporary issues around democratization.« less