False Starts, Succession Crises, and Regime Transition

Flirting with Openness in Indonesia

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2867391
AutoresJacques Bertrand (0000-0002-5008-9440, McGill University, autor correspondente)
Ano1996
Volume69
Fascículo3
Páginas319
Data de publicação1996-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPacific Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2760922
OpenAlexW2316126354
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5

IN THE LAST DECADE, studies of to democracy have addressed the variety of ways that states have come to establish democratic regimes.' Few findings, however, enable us to generalize across cases or to provide a parsimonious explanation of the wave of democratization around the world. If any general consensus emerges from this literature, it is that the process is very complex, it follows many different historical paths, and the outcome is uncertain. Transitions are neither linear nor irreversible. For the many transitions that we have witnessed recently, there have also been failed such as Nigeria and Algeria, as well as such as China and Indonesia. By I mean the beginnings of a process of liberalization or democratization2 that does not lead to a regime transition but instead is followed by a return to the status quo or to a reinforcement of the authoritarian regime. Explanations for false starts, as well as for successful transitions, begin with the initial motivations of political leaders to engage in a process of liberalization or democratization. The processes can follow two general scenarios. First, political leaders may initiate liberalization or democratization in response to the pressures of a mounting civil society that render

Ecological succession · Flirting · Openness to experience · Political science · Transition (genetics) · Asian Studies and History · Psychology · Social Psychology