Victorious and vulnerable
Subtitle: why democracy won in the 20th century and how it is still imperiled
By: Azar Gat.
Series: Hoover studies in politics, economics, and society
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781442201149; 9781442201163
Subjects: Democracy; Democratization; New democracies; World politics -- 21st century; Capitalism -- Political aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why democracy won in the twentieth century; title: The ascent of capitalist parliamentarianism; title: Free trade or imperialism?; title: The return of the nondemocratic great powers; title: The modern transformation and the democratic peace; title: The democracies' way in conflict; title: Why counterinsurgency fails (with gil merom); title: Did democracies exterminate the natives of North America and Australia?; title: Unconventional terror and the new world disorder; title: Strength and vulnerabilities.