Democratization through the looking-glass
- 其他作者: Burnell, Peter J.,
- 出版:
- 稽核項: 1 online resource (x, 283 pages).
- 叢書名: Perspectives on democratization
- 標題: Political structures: democracy. , POLITICAL SCIENCE General. , social sciences. , Political structure and processes. , Transition démocratique , politics , Social Sciences , General. , sociology , Démocratisation. , SOCIAL SCIENCE , Social science literature. , SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology -- Cultural. , Cas, Etudes de. , Sciences sociales. , AnthropologyCultural. , POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. , Public PolicyCultural Policy. , Popular Culture. , Politics and government. , POLITICAL SCIENCE , Electronic books. , democratization , Études régionales. , Democratization. , Social sciences. , SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture. , Area studies. , Society and social sciences. , Transition démocratique Cas, Etudes de.
- ISBN: 1526137305 , 9781526137302
- ISBN: 0719062438 , 9780719062438 , 1280734213 , 9781280734212
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- 附註: Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-274) and index.
- 摘要: "Democratization is a major political phenomenon of the current age. Democratization through the looking glass argues that our perspectives on democratization reflect the intellectual origins of the inquiry. How we see and understand it are influenced by what we 'bring to the table'. By considering democratization across a range of disciplines from anthropology and economics, to sociology, law and area studies, this volume offers a rich combination of analytical frameworks, distinctive insights and leading points of concern. On one level the book provides anyone interested in democratization with a wide-ranging distillation of the main themes, issues, and topics, concisely written by leading experts in their field. On a second level the book advances the case for a broadly-based comparative study which includes Europe and North America alongside developing regions, while maintaining the belief that a multi-disciplinary approach enhances our understanding of democratization far more than that of a narrow political science view. The book is aimed at students of politics willing to explore the boundaries of their subject and all social scientists who need an introduction to this important contemporary phenomenon"--Publisher's description.
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This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. Democratization is a major political phenomenon of the age and has been the focus of a burgeoning political science literature. This book considers democratization across a range of disciplines, from anthropology and economics, to sociology, law and area studies. The construction of democratization as a unit of study reflects the intellectual standpoint of the inquirer. The book highlights the use of normative argument to legitimize the exercise of power. From the 1950s to the 1980s, economic success enabled the authoritarian governments of South Korea and Taiwan to achieve a large measure of popular support despite the absence of democracy. The book outlines what a feminist framework might be and analyses feminist engagements with the theory and practice of democratization. It also shows how historians have contributed to the understanding of the processes of democratization. International Political Economy (IPE) has always had the potential to cut across the levels-of-analysis distinction. A legal perspective on democratization is presented by focusing on a tightly linked set of issues straddling the border between political and judicial power as they have arisen. Classic and contemporary sociological approaches to understanding democracy and democratization are highlighted, with particular attention being accorded to the post-1989 period. The book displays particularities within a common concern for institutional structures and their performance, ranging over the representation of women, electoral systems and constitutions (in Africa) and presidentialism (in Latin America). Both Europe and North America present in their different ways a kind of bridge between domestic and international dimensions of democratization.
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