Assessing the Quality of Democracy

Informationen zum Autor Larry Diamond is coeditor of the Journal of Democracy , codirector of the International Forum for Democratic Studies, and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Leonardo Morlino is a professor of political science at the University of Florence and director of the Research Centre on Southern Europe and author of Democrazie e Democratizzazioni . Klappentext This volume focuses on the best ways to evaluate and improve the quality of new democratic regimes. The essays elaborate and refine several themes of democratic quality: the rule of law, accountability, freedom, equality, and responsiveness and feature six comparative cases, each of which applies these thematic elements to two neighboring countries. Zusammenfassung Schmitter! European University Institute! Florence; Doh Chull Shin! University of Missouri at Columbia.

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• Authors: Larry Diamond, Larry (Director Diamond, Larry (EDT)/ Morlino Diamond, Larry Morlino Diamond
• Assisted by: Larry Diamond (Editor), Larry (Director Diamond (Editor), Diamond Larry (Editor), Leonardo Morlino (Editor), Morlino Leonardo (Editor)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.01.2006
• EAN: 9780801882876
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8287-6
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Series: A Journal of Democracy Book; Journal of Democracy Book; A Journal of Democracy Book; Journal of Democracy Book
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Political structures: democracy, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, political theory;non-US legal system