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The political economy of democratization
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The political economy of democratization

K. Jayasuriya
Towards Illiberal Democracy, pp.107-133
Palgrave Macmillan UK
1995
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Abstract

In the burgeoning literature on transition to democracy, two competing research programmes may be identified: that is structural, and process-oriented explanations. 1 These two programmes adopt distinct methodological stances—analysts adopting structural explanations tend to be historical and comparative, whereas those working with strategic explanations tend to focus on short-term events. The structural explanation envisages democratic transition as the outcome of long-term forces that are in turn shaped by specific ...

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