Regression of Democracy?
1st Edition
Published on 21. June 2013
265 pages
978-3-531-93302-3 (ISBN)
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Dr. Gero Erdmann is Head of Research Programme 1 and Head of GIGA Office Berlin of the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg.
Prof. Dr. Marianne Kneuer is Professor for Comparative Politics and International Relations at the University of Hildesheim, Germany.
Prof. Dr. Marianne Kneuer is Professor for Comparative Politics and International Relations at the University of Hildesheim, Germany.
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Content
- Intro
- Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft Sonderheft 1 / 2011
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Bibliography
- Decline of Democracy: Loss of Quality, Hybridisation and Breakdown of Democracy
- 1. Introduction1
- 2. The research problem and the literature
- 3. Taking stock of the situation
- 3.1 Frequency of decline
- 3.2 The institutional or age dimension
- 3.3 The economic conditions
- 4. Case-oriented approaches
- 4.1 Structurally biased approaches
- 4.2 Process-oriented approaches
- 5. The conceptual issue: Quality and more
- 6. The international dimension
- 7. Conclusion and desiderata
- Bibliography
- Quality Criteria for Democracy. Why Responsiveness is not the Key
- 1. On the relevance of quality criteria
- 2. The Quality of Democracy - Methodical Solution Strategy and Findings
- 3. Responsiveness - a core basis for democracy?
- 4. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Is the international environment becoming less benign for democratisation?
- 1. Introduction: Why now?
- 2. Assumptions
- 3. Modernising the analytical framework
- (i) The international dimensions of multi-directional regime change
- (ii) Influences: active and passive, direct and indirect
- 4. Comparing international strategies for securing democracy's advance and maintaining or renewing authoritarian rule
- (i) Is socialisation any different?
- 5. Weak and insignificant states are part of the international (dis)order too
- 6. Concluding remarks
- References
- The United States of America - a Deficient Democracy
- 1. Introduction: Terminology and Research Question
- 2. Freedom, Equality and Control: Development and Standards for the Measurement of Democracy
- 2.1 Fundamental Concepts
- 2.2 Varying Concepts of Democracy: Participation, Competition and/or Control
- 2.3 The "Democracy Matrix" as a Basis for Determining the Quality of a Democracy
- 3. The Quality of American Democracy: Strengths and Weaknesses
- 3.1 Decision-making Processes (Elections)
- 3.2 Institutional Intermediation
- 3.3 Public Communication
- 3.4 Effective Rule of Law
- 3.5 Setting and Implementation of Laws
- 4. Conclusion and Prospects for American Democracy
- Literature
- Deficits in Democratic Quality? The Effects of PartySystem Institutionalisation on the Quality of Democracy in Central Eastern E
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Do parties and party systems matter for democratic quality?
- 3. The party systems in CEE and their institutionalisation
- 3.1 Inter-party competition
- 3.2 Party roots in society
- 3.3 Legitimacy of parties
- 3.4 Party organization
- 4. Instability of party systems and the implications for the quality of democracy
- 5. Conclusion: Why the stability of party systems matters
- Annex
- Bibliography
- Internet sources
- Do Party Systems Make Democracy Work? A Comparative Test of Party-system Characteristics and Democratization in Francophone Afri
- 1. Introduction1
- 2. Theoretical Framework: A Functionalist Argument
- 3. Comparative Design
- 4. Operationalization of Party-system Characteristics
- 5. Results
- 5.1 Country Cases
- 5.2 Comparative Analysis
- 6. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Annex
- Annex 2: Detailed Summary of Results
- Elections, Democratic Regression and Transitions to Autocracy: Lessons from Russia and Venezuela
- Elections, Democratic Regression and Transitions to Autocracy: Lessons from Russia and Venezuela
- Functions of elections in different types of political systems
- Core developments in the electoral arenas of Russia and Venezuela
- Functions of elections in Russia and Venezuela
- Functions of elections in a comparative perspective: an outlook
- Literature
- Wilted Roses and Tulips: The Regression of Democratic Rule in Kyrgyzstan and Georgia
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Theoretical Framework
- 3. From 'Feckless Pluralism' to 'Dominant Power Politics': Georgia and Kyrgyzstan since Independence
- From Independence to Revolution
- The Rose and Tulip Revolutions
- The Aftermath
- 4. Post-revolution Blues: Explaining the Regression of Democracy
- From Presidential to Super-presidential Systems
- Fading Opposition
- The Role of Foreign Actors
- 5. Beyond Georgia and Kyrgyzstan: Ukraine and Serbia in Comparison
- 6. Conclusion
- References
- Democratic Survival or Autocratic Revival in Interwar Europe A Comparative Examination of Structural Explanations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Hypotheses and Measurement
- 3. Empirical Analysis
- Will History Repeat Itself in a Third 'Reverse' Wave?
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Results of Discriminant Analysis
- List of References
