Conditions for democratic consolidation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11904324 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Beetham (University of Leeds, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 60 |
| Publication date | 1994-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of African Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-6244 • E-ISSN: 1740-1720 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03056249408704053 |
| OpenAlex | W2036093947 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 15 |
This survey of the literature on conditions for democratic consolidation suggests the necessity of going beyond procedural definitions of democracy (based on fair, honest and periodic elections) to more normative ideas about decision‐making being controlled by all members of the group as equals. In this view, democracy is a matter of the degree to which basic principles are realised and democratisation is always and everywhere an unfinished process. Four factors which facilitate democratic consolidation — the experience of transition itself, a country's economic system, its political culture and its constitutional arrangements — are analysed through an assessment of ten key hypotheses implicit in the literature
Consolidation (business · Democracy · Democratic consolidation · Democratization · Economic system · Economics · Law and economics · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion and Society Interactions · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Accounting
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Arrivals and departures
Democracy and human rights during the Covid-19
The Determinants of the Success of Transitions to Democracy
The 1996 Zambian elections
Sovereignty, democracy & Zimbabwe's tragedy
The politics of food and starvation
Oil and democratisation in Ghana
Whither Zimbabwe? crisis & democratisation
Namibia in the First Decade of Independence
Popular versus liberal democracy in Nicaragua and Tanzania
Market economy and democratic polity
Consolidating democracy in Ghana
Too many parties and still counting
Foreign Aid and Democratization
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Silence in context
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Cultural diversity and sectarian attitudes in postwar Lebanon
Democracies
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Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Presidents vs. Parliaments
On the state, democratization and some conceptual problems
Transitions to Democracy
Nationalism and Democracy
The Alternatives to ‘Liberal Democracy
The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict
Transitions to Democracy
Democracy's Third Wave
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| Unique citing works | 35 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,13 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2025 (31) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 34 |