Overview

This book offers a critical and comparative examination of international support to political parties and party systems in emerging and prospective new democracies in several world regions. It combines the insights of a strong international grouping of leading academics and pioneering doctoral studies, and draws on extensive new field work inquiries. The wide-ranging coverage pools evidence from countries in Europe and Eurasia, Africa, East Asia and Central America. The book shows how far international support still has to go if it is to achieve its aims of helping party politics make a constructive contribution to furthering democracy. It advances our understanding both of the role the political parties are playing in the different polities and the sometimes negative impact of democracy promotion actors from outside. By contributing original theoretical perspectives and empirical findings, the book points the way forward to agendas for future research and new courses of action. It will be of interest to academics and the policy-making and practitioner communities alike. This book was published as a special issue of Democratizations.

Full Product Details

Author:   Peter Burnell (University of Warwick, UK) ,  Andre Gerrits (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9780415850209

ISBN 10:   0415850207
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   31 May 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

"1. Introduction: Promoting Party Politics in Emerging Democracies Peter Burnell and André Gerrits 2. Party Politics in Georgia and Ukraine and the Failure of Western Political Party Assistance Max Bader 3. The Consequences of Partisanship in Party Aid: The Case of Serbia Marlene Spoerri 4. Challenges and Contradictions in Promoting Political Moderation in the Balkans: The Case of Bosnia Herzegovina John Hulsey 5. An Uneasy Symbiosis: The Impact of International Administration on Political Parties in Post-Conflict Countries Maja Nenadovic 6. ""Sons of War"": Parties, Party Systems and the International Community in Post-War El Salvador and Cambodia Jeroen de Zeeuw 7. Democracy Promotion in Mixed Regimes: The Role of Party Aid in Morocco Nicole Bolleyer and Lise Storm 8. Political Party Assistance in Transition: Germany’s Stiftungen in sub-Saharan Africa Kristina W. Seissenbach 9. In Search of the Impact of International Support for Political Parties in New Democracies: Malawi and Zambia Compared Lise Rakner and Lars Svasand 10. Conclusion: Party Assistance and Political Party Research Gero Erdmann"

Reviews

Author Information

Peter Burnell is a Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, England. He was founding editor of the international journal Democratization for many years and has publishd extensively on issues in democratization and international democracy support in particular. Andre W. M. Gerrits is Jean Monnet Chair in European Studies at the University of Amsterdam and Senior Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael, The Hague.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions