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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alfred Stepan (Wallace Sayre Professor of Government, Columbia University)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780801892905ISBN 10: 0801892902 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 30 October 2009 Recommended Age: From 17 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Undertheorized Political Problems in the Founding Democratization Literature Part I: Managing Potential Cultural Conflicts Democratically Chapter 1. Civil Society, Islam, and Ethnocommunal Conflict Chapter 2. Debating Secession Peacefully and Democratically: The Case of Canada Part II: Toward Creating and Controlling Democratically Usable Security Services Chapter 3. The New Double Challenge : Democratic Control and Efficacy of Military, Police, and Intelligence Chapter 4. Beyond Threats to Democracy from the Armed Forces, Police, and Intelligence: The Spanish Case Part III: Refining Presidentialism and Semi-Presidentialism Chapter 5. Latin America's Interrupted Presidencies: Alternatives? Chapter 6. The Predicament of Semi-presidentialism Conclusion: The Way Forward Notes List of Contributors IndexReviews""Democracies in Danger harnesses cutting-edge research by world-class scholars to the urgent task of designing feasible proposals to make new democracies work better. The result is an invaluable contribution that will be required reading for academics and practitioners alike."" - Richard Snyder, Brown University"" Democracies in Danger harnesses cutting-edge research by world-class scholars to the urgent task of designing feasible proposals to make new democracies work better. The result is an invaluable contribution that will be required reading for academics and practitioners alike. - Richard Snyder, Brown University """Democracies in Danger harnesses cutting-edge research by world-class scholars to the urgent task of designing feasible proposals to make new democracies work better. The result is an invaluable contribution that will be required reading for academics and practitioners alike."" - Richard Snyder, Brown University""" Author InformationAlfred Stepan is the Wallace Sayre Professor of Government at Columbia University, coauthor, with Juan J. Linz, of Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe, and coeditor, also with Juan J. Linz, of The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes, both published by Johns Hopkins. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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