Requisites of Democracy
Conceptualization, Measurement, and Explanation
1st Edition
Published on 29. March 2012
184 pages
978-1-136-66584-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book brings together the conceptual and theoretical writings of Joseph Schumpeter, Robert A. Dahl, Guillermo O'Donnell, and T. H. Marshall. It demonstrates that most of the different conceptions of democracy in the democratization literature can be ordered in one systematic regime typology that distinguishes between 'thinner' and 'thicker' definitions of democracy.
The authors argue that the empirical pattern revealed by this typology is explained by the combination of internal structural constraints and international factors facilitating democracy. The result of such contending forces is that most of the democratizations in recent decades have only produced competitive elections, rather than 'more demanding' attributes of democracy such as political liberties, the rule of law, and social rights.
Examining theoretical and empirical approaches to measuring, defining and understanding democracy, the book will be of interest to scholars of political theory and comparative politics in general and democratization studies in particular.
The authors argue that the empirical pattern revealed by this typology is explained by the combination of internal structural constraints and international factors facilitating democracy. The result of such contending forces is that most of the democratizations in recent decades have only produced competitive elections, rather than 'more demanding' attributes of democracy such as political liberties, the rule of law, and social rights.
Examining theoretical and empirical approaches to measuring, defining and understanding democracy, the book will be of interest to scholars of political theory and comparative politics in general and democratization studies in particular.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
3 s/w Abbildungen, 28 s/w Tabellen, 3 s/w Zeichnungen
28 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white
File size
2,10 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-66584-4 (9781136665844)
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Conceptualization, Measurement, and Explanation
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Conceptualization, Measurement, and Explanation
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Persons
Jorgen Moller and Svend-Erik Skaaning are both Assistant Professors at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Content
Part 1: Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy 1. Defective Democracy Revisited 2. Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy I: Towards a Classical Typology 3. Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy II: Including Social Rights? Part 2: Trends Across Space and Time 4. Post-Communist Regime Types: Hierarchy across Space 5. Marshall Revisited: The Sequence of Citizenship Rights in the Twenty-First Century Part 3: Explaining the Hierarchy 6. Stateness First? 7. Necessary Conditions of Democracy?
