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Democracy in Developing Countries, Volume 2: AfricaLarry Diamond, Juan Linz, and Seymour Martin Lipset, editors In Volume 2 of the multi-volume Democracy in Developing Countries, the authors follow a common analytical framework to trace the experiences with democratic and authoritarian rule in six African countries and assess the underlying causes of democratic success and failure. Volumes 3 and 4 of the set cover Asia and Latin America in the same fashion.
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Consolidating Democracy in South KoreaLarry Diamond and Byung-Kook Kim, editors Since its inception in 1987, Korean democracy has been an arena of continual drama and baffling contradictions: periodic waves of societal mobilization and disenchantment; initial continuity in political leadership, followed by the successive election to the presidency of two former opposition leaders and the arrest of two former heads of state; a constant stream of party renamings and More > | |
Transition Without End: Nigerian Politics and Civil Society Under BabangidaLarry Diamond, Anthony Kirk-Greene, and Oyeleye Oyediran, editors Since 1986, Nigeria has been struggling without success to return to a civilian, democratic form of government: as political parties, presidential candidates, economic reform programs, and top military officers have come and gone, the country has become mired in an authoritarian limbo, a transition without end. This wide-ranging study examines the rise and fall of democratic transition and More > | |
Democracy in Developing Countries: Latin America, 2nd EditionLarry Diamond, Jonathan Hartlyn, Juan J. Linz, and Seymour Martin Lipset, editors Extensively revised since the first edition was published in 1989, this analytically balanced and empirically rich volume thoroughly examines the historical, cultural, social, economic, political, and international factors that affect both the prospects for and the nature of political democracy in Latin America.
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Politics in Developing Countries, 2nd EditionLarry Diamond, Juan Linz, and Seymour Martin Lipset, editors This second edition of the highly regarded Politics in Developing Countries again presents case studies of experiences with democracy in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, along with the editors' synthesis of the factors that facilitate and obstruct the development of democracy around the world. The new edition adds a chapter on South Africa and brings the other nine studies More > | |
Electoral Reform in the United States: Proposals for Combating Polarization and ExtremismLarry Diamond, Edward B. Foley, and Richard H. Pildes, editors In the midst of the political ugliness that has become part of our everyday reality, are there steps that can be taken to counter polarization and extremism—practical steps that are acceptable across the political spectrum? To answer that question, starting from the premise that the way our political processes are designed inevitably creates incentives for certain styles of politics and More > | ![]() |
Multi-Track Diplomacy: A Systems Approach to Peace, 3rd editionLouise Diamond and John McDonald Exceptional in its systemic approach to peacemaking and conflict resolution, Multi-Track Diplomacy identifies the actors and activities that contribute to peacemaking and peacebuilding processes. The authors show how each of nine tracks is interlinked with all the others, providing new ideas, fresh perspectives, and an extensive guide to further resources.
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Decentralization in Africa: The Paradox of State StrengthJ. Tyler Dickovick and James S. Wunsch, editors In recent decades, laws passed by African governments to transfer power and resources to local and other subnational governments (SNGs) have been greeted by many in the policy community with enthusiasm. But how far has decentralization really gone in Africa? How well does it work? And what have been its consequences? The authors of Decentralization in Africa work within a common conceptual More > | ![]() |
Evaluating Peace OperationsPaul F. Diehl and Daniel Druckman Winner of the International Association for Conflict Management's Outstanding Book Award, 2012!
There has been a great deal written on why peace operations succeed or fail.... But how are those judgments reached? By what criteria is success defined? Success for whom? Paul Diehl and Daniel Druckman explore the complexities of evaluating peace operation outcomes, providing an original, More > | ![]() |
Latin America's Economic Development: Confronting Crisis, 2nd EditionJames L. Dietz, editor This revised edition of Latin America's Economic Development continues to provide a heterodox perspective on Latin America's economic problems, with institutional and neostructuralist views dominating. The selections richly convey that there are viable alternatives to the neoliberal approach dominating so much of policymaking, as well as academic debate, since the 1980s.
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