Description
Democracy and Political Change in the Third World
Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science Series
Coordinator: Haynes Jeff
Language: EnglishKeywords
Civil Society; democratic; Democratic Consolidation; consolidation; Political Parties; illiberal; Illiberal Democracies; democracies; Follow; transition; Dense; electoral; Facade Democracies; freedom; Electoral Democracies; house; Party System Institutionalisation; facade; Consolidate Democracy; only; Gus Dur; Tamil Nadu; UK Audit; East Timor; Central Government; Fukuyama; Party Proliferation; EU’s Promotion; European Commission Dg; India’s Democratic Political System; Democratic Audit; Party Institutionalisation; Pact Order; MMD Government; Developmental Alternatives
Publication date: 07-2001
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Hardback
Publication date: 04-2006
256 p. · 15.6x23.4 cm · Paperback
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This book examines the experience of democracy in developing countries such as Mexico, Zambia, India and Indonesia. It considers the patchy democratic record of such countries, as well as investigating the relationship between external and domestic factors to democratisation. The contributors assess the importance to democratic progress of a number of key variables, including:
*the institutionalisation of political parties and electoral systems
* the role of civil society
*the influence of external actors, such as the European Union