Transitions to Democracy: Comparative Perspectives from Southern Europe, Latin America and Eastern Europe (The International Library of Politics and)

The phenomenon of transitions to liberal democracy has become a major concern for political scientists in recent decades. This text covers conceptual issues for regime change, theoretical and comparative interpretations of transition and authoritarian collapse, national case-studies of transition (divided into three area studies) , the international context of transition, the move towards democratic consolidation, and the future of democratic transition studies.. Contents:What democracy is and is not, Phillipe Schmitter and Terry Karl (1991) Liberal democracy: one form or many?, Alan Ware (1992) ; Conceptual issues in the comparative study of regime change and democratisation, Stephanie Lawson (1993) ; Transitions to democracy: toward a dynamic model, Dankwart Rustow (1970) ; Speculations about the prospective demise of authoritarian regimes and its possible consequences, Philippe Schmitter (1985) ; Transitions to democracy, Juan Linz (1990) ; Democracy's third wave, Samuel Huntington (1991) ; Modes of transition in Latin America, Southern and Eastern Europe, Terry Karl and Philippe Schmitter (1991) ; The Southern European examples of democratisation: lessons for Latin America, Arend Lijphart (1990) ; Government performance: an issue and three cases in search of theory, Giuseppe Di Palma (1984) ; Rethinking state and regime: Southern Europe's transition to democracy, Robert Fishman (1990) ; Transitions to democracy and transition through transaction, Donald Share (1987) ; Military rule and democratisation in Mediterranean Europe, Constantine Danopoulos (1991) ; Dilemmas of democratisation in Latin America, Terry Karl (1990) ; Latin America's fragile democracies, Peter Hakim and Abraham Lowenthal (1991) ; The alternatives to liberal democracy: a Latin American perspective, Laurence Whitehead (1992) ; Transitions from authoritarian rule: lessons from Latin America, Jean Grugel (1991) ; Democratisation processes in East Central Europe: a theoretical reconsideration, Grzegorz Ekiert (1991) ; The transition to democracy in Central Europe: a comparative view, Attita Agh (1991) ; Democratisation in Eastern Europe, Paul Lewis (1990) ; The 'comparative revolution' and the transition in Central and Southern Europe, Attila Agh (1993) ; Civil-military relations in comparative perspective: East-Central and South-eastern Europe, Zoltan Barany (1993) ; Democratic transition and the international environment: a research agenda, Geoffrey Pridham (1991) ; The international context of democratic transition, Alfred Tovias (1984) ; The international context for contemporary democratisation: constraints and opportunities upon the choice of national institutions and policies, Philippe Schmitter (1993) ; The consolidation of political democracy in Southern Europe, Philippe Schmitter (1994) ; Democratic consolidation: definition and models, Leonard Morlino (1994) ; Political actors, linkages and interactions: democratic consolidation in Southern Europe, Geoffrey Pridham (1990) ; The consolidation of democracy and representation of social groups, Philippe Schmitter (1991) .