Paths Toward Democracy - The Working Class and Elites in Western Europe and South America

Klappentext Examining the experiences of Western Europe and South America, Professor Collier delineates a complex and varied set of patterns of democratization. Zusammenfassung The question of whether democratization is an elite-led process from above or a popular triumph from below continues to be an area of contention among political scientists. Examining the experiences of countries which have provided the main empirical base for recent theorizing! namely! Western Europe and South America! this book delineates a more complex and varied set of patterns. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Elite-driven reform in early democratization; 3. Social democracy and political calculations; 4. Labor action in recent democratization; 5. Conclusion: toward an integrated approach; Bibliography.

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• Authors: Ruth Berins Collier, Ruth Berins (University of California Collier
• Assisted by: Robert H. Bates (Editor), Peter Lange (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.09.1999
• EAN: 9780521643696
• ISBN: 978-0-521-64369-6
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparati
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education