Book chapter
The political economy of democratization
Towards Illiberal Democracy, pp.107-133
Palgrave Macmillan UK
1995
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 ...
Details
- Title
- The political economy of democratization
- Authors/Creators
- K. Jayasuriya (Author/Creator)
- Contributors
- D. Bell (Editor)D. Brown (Editor)K. Jayasuriya (Editor)D. Jones (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Towards Illiberal Democracy, pp.107-133
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Identifiers
- 991005544849407891
- Copyright
- 1995 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Asia Research Centre
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
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