Politicising Democracy [electronic resource] : The New Local Politics of Democratisation / edited by John Harriss, Kristian Stokke, Olle T�rnquist.

Contributor(s): Harriss, John [editor.] | Stokke, Kristian [editor.] | T�rnquist, Olle [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service)Material type: TextTextSeries: International Political Economy SeriesPublisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005Description: XIV, 253 p. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780230502802Subject(s): Political economy | International relations | Economic policy | Development economics | Economic development | Economics | Development Economics | International Relations | Development Studies | Political Economy | Development Policy | Economic PolicyAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 338.9 LOC classification: HD72-88Online resources: Click here to access online In: Springer eBooksSummary: There is a major contradiction in contemporary politics: there has been a wave of democratization that has swept across much of the world, while at the same time globalization appears to have reduced the social forces that have built democracy historically. This book, by an international group of authors, analyzes the ways in which local politics in developing countries - often neglected in work on democratization - render democratic experiments more or less successful in realizing substantial democracy.
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There is a major contradiction in contemporary politics: there has been a wave of democratization that has swept across much of the world, while at the same time globalization appears to have reduced the social forces that have built democracy historically. This book, by an international group of authors, analyzes the ways in which local politics in developing countries - often neglected in work on democratization - render democratic experiments more or less successful in realizing substantial democracy.

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