The Democratisation of Disempowerment
The Problem of Democracy in the Third World
Published on 20. July 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
246 pages
978-0-7453-0978-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Democratisation of Disempowerment explores key questions on Third World democratisation. Examining local elites and social movements, violence and Western foreign policy, Islamic political movements and economic preconditions--and how all of these contribute or subvert the chances of democracy in the Third World--the contributors conclude that, whilst democracy is of crucial importance for marginalised people in developing regions, it is not an easy commodity to export.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
371 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7453-0978-1 (9780745309781)
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Jochen Hippler is a political scientist and peace researcher based at the University of Duisburg-Essen. He is the former Director of the Transnational Institute (TNI) in Amsterdam, and author of Nation-Building (Pluto, 2005) and The Next Threat (Pluto, 1995).
Content
1. Jochen Hippler: Third World Democratisation after the End of the Cold War
2. Joel RocAmara: Social Movement and the Process of Democratisation in the Phillipines
3. Xabler Gorostiaga: Democracy in Central America after the End of the Cold War.
4. Peter Schraeder: The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same. African Elites and the Process of Democratisation.
5. Claude Ake: The Democratisation of Disempowerment
6. Niala Maharaj: The Media and Weakening of Democracy in the Caribbean.
7. Achin Vanalk and Praful Bidwal: Communalism and the Democratic Process in India
8. Azmi Bishara: Democratisation in the Middel East
9. Joe Stork: Oil, Islam, Israel: How the US Subverts Democratic Change in the Middle East.
10. Basker Vashee: Democracy and Development in the 1990s
11. Asgedet Ghirmazion: The German Policy Towards Third World Democracy
12. .Susan George: Democratisation and Good Governance: How the World Bank Discovers the Third World as an Actor
13. Franz Nuscheler: Preconditions of Democratic Development in the South.
14. Lisa Laakso: Whose Democracy? Which Democratization?
2. Joel RocAmara: Social Movement and the Process of Democratisation in the Phillipines
3. Xabler Gorostiaga: Democracy in Central America after the End of the Cold War.
4. Peter Schraeder: The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same. African Elites and the Process of Democratisation.
5. Claude Ake: The Democratisation of Disempowerment
6. Niala Maharaj: The Media and Weakening of Democracy in the Caribbean.
7. Achin Vanalk and Praful Bidwal: Communalism and the Democratic Process in India
8. Azmi Bishara: Democratisation in the Middel East
9. Joe Stork: Oil, Islam, Israel: How the US Subverts Democratic Change in the Middle East.
10. Basker Vashee: Democracy and Development in the 1990s
11. Asgedet Ghirmazion: The German Policy Towards Third World Democracy
12. .Susan George: Democratisation and Good Governance: How the World Bank Discovers the Third World as an Actor
13. Franz Nuscheler: Preconditions of Democratic Development in the South.
14. Lisa Laakso: Whose Democracy? Which Democratization?