Political Development And Democratic Theory Rethinking Comparative Politics

Author : Steven J. Hood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315289953

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Political Development and Democratic Theory by Steven J. Hood Pdf

Most comparativists have assumed that democratization is best understood by looking at regimes in the transition and consolidation phases of democracy without really considering the essence of democracy - liberal rights and democratic virtues. Democracy is seen as a mechanistic process without considering the ideas that build democratic regimes. This book begins afresh by proposing that comparativists need to consider democracy to be a combination of rights and virtues, and that the difficulties of democratic transitions, consolidation, and maintenance are essentially problems relating to balancing rights and virtues in the regime. How do we reemphasize these aspects of democracy at a time when comparative literature focuses almost solely on democratic procedure? By combining the best elements of comparative theory and liberal democratic philosophy, Hood argues that comparativists can sharpen the scholarly tools we need to understand both the problems of democratization and maintaining democracy. He provides the reader with a valuable overview of comparative theory and how our abandonment of political philosophy has led to our acceptance of social science methods that can only lead to superficial analyses of democratizing regimes and established democracies.

Author : Hood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 8120326180

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Political Development And Democratic Theory: Rethinking Comparative Politics by Hood Pdf

Author : Jørgen Møller,Svend-Erik Skaaning
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-22
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 1138830402

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Democracy and Democratization in Comparative Perspective by Jørgen Møller,Svend-Erik Skaaning Pdf

This book provides an introduction to democratic theory and empirical research on democracy and democratization. The book first examines conceptions of democracy from the origins in ancient Greece to the present day, then tracks when and where modern democracy has developed. On this basis, the book reviews the major debates and schools of thought dealing with domestic and international causes and consequences of democratization. Based on a systematic distinction between minimalist and maximalist definitions of democracy, the book provides a comprehensive and critical assessment of existing theories. Furthermore, using a comparative, historical perspective, it not only sketches the development in the conceptions of democracy and the corresponding empirical reality but also discusses whether causal relationships differ across periods. Finally, the book documents the way in which all of this has been reflected by the development within the literature. In doing so, the book offers a coherent framework, which students and scholars can use to grasp the literature on democracy and democratization as a whole. Democracy and Democratization in Comparative Perspective will be of interest to students of political science, democracy and democratization, comparative politics, political theory, and international relations.

Author : Mark I. Lichbach
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107025813

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Democratic Theory and Causal Methodology in Comparative Politics by Mark I. Lichbach Pdf

Barrington Moore bequeathed comparativists a problem: how to reconcile his causal claim of "no bourgeoisie, no democracy" with his normative "dream of a free and rational society." In this book, Mark I. Lichbach harmonizes causal methodology and normative democratic theory, illustrating their interrelationship. Using a dialogue among four specific texts, Lichbach advances five constructive themes. First, comparativists should study the causal agency of individuals, groups, and democracies. Second, the three types of collective agency should be paired with an exploration of three corresponding moral dilemmas: ought-is, freedom-power, and democracy-causality. Third, at the center of inquiry, comparativists should place big-P Paradigms and big-M Methodology. Fourth, as they play with research schools, creatively combining prescriptive and descriptive approaches to democratization, they should encourage a mixed-theory and mixed-method field. Finally, comparativists should study pragmatic questions about political power and democratic performance: In building a democratic state, which democracy, under which conditions, is best, and how might it be achieved?

Author : Jorge Nef,Bernd Reiter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137020017

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The Democratic Challenge by Jorge Nef,Bernd Reiter Pdf

This text provides a critical but systematic overview of democratic theory and practice in the contemporary world. The authors show that recent developments are more complex than admitted by proponents of the idea of a democratic world with, what they call, de-democratization of various forms running in parallel with democratization.

Author : Richard Davis Anderson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001-12-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691089171

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Postcommunism and the Theory of Democracy by Richard Davis Anderson Pdf

Why did the wave of democracy that swept the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe starting more than a decade ago develop in ways unexpected by observers who relied on existing theories of democracy? In Postcommunism and the Theory of Democracy, four distinguished scholars conduct the first major assessment of democratization theory in light of the experience of postcommunist states. Richard Anderson, Steven Fish, Stephen Hanson, and Philip Roeder not only apply theory to practice, but using a wealth of empirical evidence, draw together the elements of existing theory into new syntheses. The authors each highlight a development in postcommunist societies that reveals an anomaly or lacuna in existing theory. They explain why authoritarian leaders abandon authoritarianism, why democratization sometimes reverses course, how subjects become citizens by beginning to take sides in politics, how rulers become politicians by beginning to seek popular support, and not least, how democracy becomes consolidated. Rather than converging on a single approach, each author shows how either a rationalist, institutionalist, discursive, or Weberian approach sheds light on this transformation. They conclude that the experience of postcommunist democracy demands a rethinking of existing theory. To that end, they offer rich new insights to scholars, advanced students, policymakers, and anyone interested in postcommunist states or in comparative democratization.

Author : Renske Doorenspleet
Publisher : Springer
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319916569

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Rethinking the Value of Democracy by Renske Doorenspleet Pdf

This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the instrumental value of democracy in a comparative perspective. Based on extensive analyses of quantitative studies from different disciplines, it explores both the expected beneficial and harmful impact of democracy. Democracy’s reputation as delivering peace and development while controlling corruption is an important source of its own legitimacy. Yet, as this book acutely demonstrates, the arguments tend to be normatively driven interventions in ideologically charged policy debates. The book argues that we need neither a utopian framing of democracy as delivering all ‘good things’ in politics nor a cynical one that emphasizes only the ‘dangerous underbelly’ of this form of government. The author also raises critical questions about the value of the study of democracy: the choice for particular concepts and measures, the unknown mechanisms, and the narrow focus on specific instrumental values. This volume will be necessary reading for anyone interested in debates on democracy in the contemporary global context.

Author : Hans Keman
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2002-05-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0761954775

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Comparative Democratic Politics by Hans Keman Pdf

This essential new book brings together world class scholars to provide a completely new comparative politics text. It offers a comprehensive reivew of the complete democratic process and provides a framework for measuring and evaluating contemporary democracy and democratic performance around the world.

Author : Gabriel Abraham Almond
Publisher : Little Brown
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : UCAL:B3975584

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Understanding Political Development by Gabriel Abraham Almond Pdf

Author : Rod Dacombe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137588258

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Rethinking Civic Participation in Democratic Theory and Practice by Rod Dacombe Pdf

This book makes an important contribution to contemporary debates over the place of civic participation in democratic theory and practice. Drawing on a detailed case study of the Blackbird Leys area of Oxford, the book employs a novel empirical approach to ask whether widespread participation in civic life can enhance the prospects for democracy, given the low levels of participation which tend to exist in deprived areas. Throughout, it presents an account of participation rooted in the history and development of the case, in order to avoid the kinds of abstraction which are characteristic of many existing studies in the area. The book will appeal to scholars working on democratic theory in applied settings, and will be of interest to anyone concerned with inequalities in civic participation.

Author : Dirk Berg-Schlosser
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-08-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783866499119

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Democratization by Dirk Berg-Schlosser Pdf

Problems of democratization, its successes, failures and future prospects, belong to the most pressing concerns of our times. Empirical democratic theory has received many new impulses since the last ""wave"" of democratization in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa and Southeast and East Asia. In this volume the ""state of the art"" in this respect is discussed by leading international experts in this field including Laurence Whitehead, Gerardo Munck, Axel Hadenius and Juan Linz. From the contents: Some significant recent developments in the field of Democratization Concepts, measurements and sub-types in Democratization Research Agendas, findings, challenges Successes and failures of the new democracies Some thoughts on the victory and future of democracy

Author : Gabriel Abraham Almond
Publisher : Boston : Little, Brown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Comparative government
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035564744

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Political Development by Gabriel Abraham Almond Pdf

Author : Irene L. Gendzier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : 1786801450

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Development Against Democracy - New Edition by Irene L. Gendzier Pdf

A classic, radical study of development via US foreign policy from the post-war period.

Author : Guillermo A. O'Donnell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Comparative government
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173008382506

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Democracy, Law, and Comparative Politics by Guillermo A. O'Donnell Pdf

Author : Lisa Disch
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781474442626

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Constructivist Turn in Political Representation by Lisa Disch Pdf

This volume traces the roots of the constructivist turn in the distinct (and competing) traditions of Continental and Anglo-American Western political thought. Divided into three thematic parts, these 13 newly commissioned essays develop the constructivist turn as a central concept. They advance the insight that there can be no democratic politics without representation; constituencies or groups exist as agents of democratic politics only insofar as they are represented.