Overview

This book identifies the main factors shaping the fortunes of democracy globally. Why do some democracies in the same region and presumably subject to similar global influences remain stable while others regress? This is the question guiding all the authors of this edited book. In the search for answers, they examine 16 democracies in paired and tripled comparisons in sub-Saharan Africa, North and Latin America, East Asia, Western and Central Europe, along with two polar cases. Insights from the perspectives of history, political science, economics and international relations are offered along with a sketch of possible future scenarios. Combining approaches anchored in the analytical tradition with empirical case studies and given the broad range of topics, this book is bound to be of interest not only to students and practitioners of democracy but also to the broader academic and general readership.

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Author:   Ursula van Beek
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.811kg
ISBN:  

9783031091223

ISBN 10:   3031091221
Pages:   501
Publication Date:   01 November 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I. A New World 1. Quo Vadis Democracy? Editor's Introduction (Ursula van Beek) 2. From the End of History to the End of the World? Global Challenges to Democracy (Christer Jönsson) 3. Economic and Political Implications of Technological Advances (Krige Siebrits) 4. Back to the Future: The Rise of Nationalist Populism (Ursula van Beek) Part II. Empirical Assessments 5. Global and Regional Developments at the Macro- and Micro-Levels (Ursula Hoffmann-Lange and Dirk Berg Schlosser) Paired and Triple Comparisons Sub-Saharan Africa 6. South Africa and Kenya (Cindy Steenekamp & Catherine Musuva) North America 7. United States - Canada (Laurence Whitehead) Latin America  8. Argentina-Chile-Uruguay (Laurence Whitehead) East Asia 9. South Korea-Taiwan - The Philippines (Dennis Weng) Europe 10. Germany-Italy (Hans-Dieter Klingemann & Ebru Canan-Sokullu) 11. Poland-Estonia (Vello Pettai) Polar Cases 12. Democratic Resilience in Sweden (Hans Agné and Tommy Müller) 13. Varieties of Turkish Democracy: A Progress in Reverse? (Ebru Canan-Sokullu) 14. Cross-Area Finding: Patterns and Prospects (Dirk Berg-Schlosser & Ursula Hoffmann-Lange) 15. Empirical Assessments: The Return of History (Hans-Dieter D. Klingemann, Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Ursula Hoffemann-Lange) 16. Looking Ahead: Democracy and Modernity (Pierre du Toit)

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“The editor has discharged a worthy service in assembling a variety of fine complementary studies. Many of them are accompanied by contextualizing historical surveys … .” (Michael Freeden, Minerva, Vol. 61 (4), 2023)​

Author Information

Ursula van Beek is the founder Director of the former Transformation Research Unit (TRU) and its successor CREDO, the Centre for the Study of Democracy, at the Department of Political Science at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

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