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This book compares five newly emerged democracies in Europe, South East Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Cutting across vastly different historical and cultural backgrounds, this book tells the story of how societies come to terms with a painful past and how politics, culture, and the economy intertwine in the process of creating new democratic nations. The volume pioneers a new approach to the study of democratization. It does so by combining comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of South Africa, Poland, (East) Germany, South Korea, and Chile-that is, five countries where a similar general thrust of democratization is set against the most diversified cultural and historical backgrounds.

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Author:   Prof. Dr. Ursula J. van Beek ,  Prof. Dr. Dirk Berg-Schlosser ,  Dr. Hans-Dieter Klingemann ,  Prof. em. Dr. Joern Rusen
Publisher:   Verlag Barbara Budrich
Imprint:   Verlag Barbara Budrich
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.708kg
ISBN:  

9783938094235

ISBN 10:   3938094230
Pages:   496
Publication Date:   12 September 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Van Beek and her associates have produced a major, even a seminal, volume. European Poltitical Sciences, December 2010 ... an important contribution to the study of democratisation, ... for its novel perspective as well as the scope and depth of its case studies. European Political Science 2006 All in all, the study impresses... Steffen Kaiitz, University of Chemnitz, German Politics This book fully lives up to the distinguished reputation (of its authors). The book is admirably clearly written, theoretically astute and offers interseting insights into well-established paradigms as well as original, empirically based, observations. ... Thus the book is an extremely valuable and innovative addition to the ever-growing regime transition and cosolidation literature. Daunis Auers (University of Latvia) in Political Studies Review

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