Establishing Democracies

Balancing historical and contemporary cases, this comparative text examines the crucial question of what promotes or prevents the successful founding of democratic systems. Created for upper-level students, this book can be used as a primary text to be supplemented by theoretical readings or as a source of additional case studies.

List of contents

Introduction; (Mary Ellen Fischer.); England: An Unfinished Revolution; (Patricia-Ann Lee.); The United States: Creating the Republic; (Tadahisa Kuroda and Erwin L. Levine.); Germany: Into the Stream of Democracy; (Roy H. Ginsberg.); Japan: Foreign Occupation and Democratic Transition; (Steven A. Hoffmann.); Argentina: The Melancholy of Liberal Democracy; (Aldo C. Vacs.); Romania: The Anguish of Postcommunist Politics; (M. E. Fischer.); Poland: A Troubled Transition; (Sarah Meiklejohn Terry.); Russia: Problems and; Prospects for Democratization; (Carol R. Saivetz.); Conclusion; (M. E. Fischer.).

About the author

Mary Ellen Fischer

Summary

Balancing historical and contemporary cases, this comparative text examines the crucial question of what promotes or prevents the successful founding of democratic systems. Created for upper-level students, this book can be used as a primary text to be supplemented by theoretical readings or as a source of additional case studies.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Ellen Fischer, Fischer Mary Ellen
• Assisted by: Mary Ellen Fischer (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2023
• EAN: 9780367010010
• ISBN: 978-0-367-01001-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, Politics and government