Democracies in Danger

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ID23426319
AuthorsAlfred Stepan (corresponding author), Alfred C Stepan, Hrachʻya Tatʻevyan
Year2009
Pages185
Publication date2009-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueDemocracies in danger (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.56021/9780801892905
OpenAlexW606677549
ISBN9780801892905
Open LibraryOL22672411M
LanguageEN
Citations received11

New governments established during the third wave of democratization in Latin America, Eastern and Central Europe, Africa, and Asia face increasing threats to stabilization and consolidation. Alfred Stepan, a major voice in democratization studies, gathers leading experts in political science and government to better understand what is going wrong and how it can be fixed. The contributors identify and analyze three key problems that endanger these democracies: ethnonational conflicts, domestic security and the role of police and military, and power sharing in presidential and semi-presidential systems. For each of these issues, essays evaluate promising new policies, advance alternatives, and suggest political reforms that could increase the success of democratic governance. Stepan's introduction reflects on why these three critical issues have been neglected or misconceptualized by practitioners and theorists alike. A conclusion by Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former president of Brazil, offers unique insight on how to successfully manage and solve these problems. Democracies in Danger is the product of informed and productive dialogue between former prime ministers and presidents of new democracies and leading democratization scholars. It will be essential in setting research agendas and policy discussions for a broad range of scholars and practitioners.

Consolidation (business) · Corporate governance · Democracy · Democratic consolidation · Democratization · Economics · Latin Americans · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Power sharing · Presidential system · Sociology · Third wave · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration · Political stability

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