How Democracies Emerge

Lessons from Europe

Bibliographic Data

ID7879527
AuthorsBerman (0000-0002-2960-3660, corresponding author), Sheri Berman
Year2007
Volume18
Issue1
Pages28-41
Publication date2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of democracy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jod.2007.0000
OpenAlexW1979325127
LanguageEN
Citations received34
References cited8

The best way to understand how stable, well-functioning democracies develop is to analyze the political trajectories such countries have actually taken. The political backstory of most democracies includes struggle, conflict, and even violence. Problems and failures can in retrospect often be seen to be integral parts of the long-term processes through which non-democratic institutions, elites, and cultures were delegitimized and eventually eliminated, and their democratic successors forged. Understanding past cases is a crucial step toward putting today’s democratization and democracy promotion discussions into the proper intellectual and historical context

Context (archaeology · Democracy · Democracy promotion · Democratization · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess · Sociology · History · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Education and Schools

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