Democracy and Political Change in the Third World
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780203402405
Subjects: Democracy
Description: This book examines the experience of democracy in developing countries such as Mexico, Zambia, India and Indonesia. The book will be of interest to scholars of Comparative Politics, Third World Politics and Development studies.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Series editor's preface; Introduction: the 'Third World' and the third wave of democracy; Quality assessment of democracy in the 'Third World'; Illiberal democracy in the 'Third World': an empirical enquiry; Electoral institutional change and democratisation: election administration quality and the legitimacy of 'Third World' elections; Party institutionalisation and the new democracies; External actors in processes of democratic consolidation: the European Union and Malawi.; title: Democratic transition and consolidation in MexicoTaking stock of democracy in Zambia; Political parties and the development of Indian democracy; Indonesia's democratisation; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.