Regression of Democracy? [electronic resource] /
Erdmann, Gero.editor.
Kneuer, Marianne.editor.
Democratization since the implosion of the communist bloc displays a mixed balance. While the neo-democracies in Central Eastern European Countries can be seen as largely consolidated, many other processes of democratization in other parts of the world such as Africa, Asia and Latin America got stuck as unconsolidated or became defective democracies, some ‘regressed’ into hybrid regimes or were even turned into autocracies. While transitology dealt with the transition from authoritarian rule, the reverse process, the transition from democratic rule, remained almost completely outside the scholarly attention. This special issue will address the problems of the regression of democracy and aims at closing the gap between research on democracy and democratization on one side and the emergence of authoritarian regimes on the other. The contributions of this volume analyse the different phenomena in which decline of democracy fans out: the loss of quality, which means a silent regression; the backslide into hybrid regimes (hybridization); and the breakdown of democracy.
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Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft Sonderheft 1 / 2011; Foreword; Introduction; Bibliography; Decline of Democracy: Loss of Quality, Hybridisation and Breakdown of Democracy; 1. Introduction1; 2. The research problem and the literature; 3. Taking stock of the situation; 3.1 Frequency of decline; 3.2 The institutional or age dimension; 3.3 The economic conditions; 4. Case-oriented approaches; 4.1 Structurally biased approaches; 4.2 Process-oriented approaches; 5. The conceptual issue: Quality and more; 6. The international dimension; 7. Conclusion and desiderata; Bibliography
Quality Criteria for Democracy. Why Responsiveness is not the Key1. On the relevance of quality criteria; 2. The Quality of Democracy - Methodical Solution Strategy and Findings; 3. Responsiveness - a core basis for democracy?; 4. Conclusion; Bibliography; Is the international environment becoming less benign for democratisation?; 1. Introduction: Why now?; 2. Assumptions; 3. Modernising the analytical framework; (i) The international dimensions of multi-directional regime change; (ii) Influences: active and passive, direct and indirect
4. Comparing international strategies for securing democracy's advance and maintaining or renewing authoritarian rule(i) Is socialisation any different?; 5. Weak and insignificant states are part of the international (dis)order too; 6. Concluding remarks; References; The United States of America - a Deficient Democracy; 1. Introduction: Terminology and Research Question; 2. Freedom, Equality and Control: Development and Standards for the Measurement of Democracy; 2.1 Fundamental Concepts; 2.2 Varying Concepts of Democracy: Participation, Competition and/or Control
2.3 The "Democracy Matrix" as a Basis for Determining the Quality of a Democracy3. The Quality of American Democracy: Strengths and Weaknesses; 3.1 Decision-making Processes (Elections); 3.2 Institutional Intermediation; 3.3 Public Communication; 3.4 Effective Rule of Law; 3.5 Setting and Implementation of Laws; 4. Conclusion and Prospects for American Democracy; Literature; Deficits in Democratic Quality? The Effects of PartySystem Institutionalisation on the Quality of Democracy in Central Eastern E; 1. Introduction; 2. Do parties and party systems matter for democratic quality?
3. The party systems in CEE and their institutionalisation3.1 Inter-party competition; 3.2 Party roots in society; 3.3 Legitimacy of parties; 3.4 Party organization; 4. Instability of party systems and the implications for the quality of democracy; 5. Conclusion: Why the stability of party systems matters; Annex; Bibliography; Internet sources; Do Party Systems Make Democracy Work? A Comparative Test of Party-system Characteristics and Democratization in Francophone Afri; 1. Introduction1; 2. Theoretical Framework: A Functionalist Argument; 3. Comparative Design
4. Operationalization of Party-system Characteristics
Includes bibliographical references.
Democratization since the implosion of the communist bloc displays a mixed balance. While the neo-democracies in Central Eastern European Countries can be seen as largely consolidated, many other processes of democratization in other parts of the world such as Africa, Asia and Latin America got stuck as unconsolidated or became defective democracies, some ‘regressed’ into hybrid regimes or were even turned into autocracies. While transitology dealt with the transition from authoritarian rule, the reverse process, the transition from democratic rule, remained almost completely outside the scholarly attention. This special issue will address the problems of the regression of democracy and aims at closing the gap between research on democracy and democratization on one side and the emergence of authoritarian regimes on the other. The contributions of this volume analyse the different phenomena in which decline of democracy fans out: the loss of quality, which means a silent regression; the backslide into hybrid regimes (hybridization); and the breakdown of democracy.
Political science.
Comparative politics.
Political Science.
Comparative Politics.