The Resilience of Democracy - Persistent Practice, Durable Idea

This volume brings together studies of the small number of previously established states that have retained and/or restored democracy despite - in many cases - formidable economic, social or political challenges. It seeks to establish common themes, whether or not they appear to fit a grand casual theory. It is, after all, the very adaptability of democratic systems that characterises their persistence, durability and resilience.

List of contents

Democratic society and its enemies, Anthony Arblaster; enduring elite democracy in Botswana, Kenneth Good; democracy in the Commonwealth Caribbean, Paul Sutton; why Costa Rica remains a democracy, Lloyd Pettiford; the possibility of democratic consolidation in Ghana, Jeff Haynes; parties and the people - India's changing party system and the resilience of democracy, Subrata Kumar Mitra; Israel's democracy at 50 - from resilience to residue?, Clive Jones; the consolidation of democracy in Mauritius, Barbara Wake Carroll, Terrance Carroll; survival of an imperfect democracy in the Phillippines, James Putzel; political space in South East Asia - Asian-Style and Other Democracies, Kevin Hewison; Venezuela - degenerative democaracy, Julia Buxton.

About the author

Burnell, Peter; Calvert, Peter

Summary

This volume brings together studies of many of the small number of previously established states that have retained and/or restored democracy despite, in many cases, formidable economic, social or political challenges.

Product details

• Assisted by: Peter Burnell (Editor), Peter (University of Warwick Burnell (Editor), Peter (Warwick University Burnell (Editor), Peter J. Burnell (Editor), Burnell Peter (Editor), Peter Calvert (Editor), Peter (University of Southampton Calvert (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780714680262
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-8026-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: Democratization Studies; Democratization Studies; Democratization and Autocratization Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Political structures: democracy, Politics and government, Political structures / systems: democracy