Democratization and Autocratization Studies
About the Book Series
Today, studies on democratization and its opposite, autocratization, are characterized by conceptual, theoretical and methodological pluralism, and studies on changes to both coexist, and account for the role of the national and international circulation and diffusion of ideas, and on the consequences of these processes of change on societies.
Democratization and Autocratization Studies offers itself as space for the debate and reference point for all those interested in understanding the most recent regime transition and transformation processes, and to follow the latest developments in the discipline.
The series examines the determinants, modalities, actors, consequences, and correlates of both democratization and autocratization globally, and accepts both empirically grounded and theoretical works. It considers sole- or jointly-authored, and edited, volumes, both full length and shorter, as well as handbooks. All proposals are subjected to peer review.
If you have an idea for a new book in Democratization and Autocratization Studies, please send a written proposal to the Series Editors:
Luca Tomini, Université libre de Bruxelles [email protected]
Seraphine F. Maerz, University of Gothenburg [email protected] , [email protected]
Requisites of Democracy: Conceptualization, Measurement, and Explanation
1st Edition
By Jørgen Møller, Svend-Erik Skaaning
August 09, 2018
This book brings together the conceptual and theoretical writings of Joseph Schumpeter, Robert A. Dahl, Guillermo O’Donnell, and T. H. Marshall. It demonstrates that most of the different conceptions of democracy in the democratization literature can be ordered in one systematic regime ...
Democratisation in the 21st Century: Reviving Transitology
1st Edition
Edited
By Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, Timothy D. Sisk
July 25, 2018
The 2010’s was a critical period in the continuing, established trend of the spread of democracy worldwide: from the Arab Spring countries of Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Yemen to the unfolding turmoil of Myanmar and Ukraine, by way of the upheavals in Burkina Faso, Senegal and Ivory Coast, social ...
Causes and Consequences of Democratization: The regions of Russia
1st Edition
By Anastassia Obydenkova, Alexander Libman
June 30, 2017
In recent decades, the regions of Russia have taken different paths of regime transition. Despite the consolidation of an autocratic regime at national level and the centralization steered by Vladimir Putin’s government, the variation across sub-national regimes persists. Using an innovative ...
Politics and Democracy in Microstates
1st Edition
By Wouter Veenendaal
June 30, 2017
Why are small states statistically more likely to have a democratic political system? By addressing this question from a qualitative and comparative methodological angle, this book analyses the effects of a small population size on political competition and participation. By comparing the four ...
Democratization in EU Foreign Policy: New member states as drivers of democracy promotion
1st Edition
Edited
By Benedetta Berti, Kristina Mikulova, Nicu Popescu
June 16, 2017
New democracies are uniquely positioned to promote democratic values and have a competitive advantage in the global democracy assistance industry. This book examines the attempts of one group of young democracies, from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), to channel this pro-democracy agenda into both...
Democratizing Central and Eastern Europe: Successes and failures of the European Union
1st Edition
By Luca Tomini
February 07, 2017
At first, it was believed that accession to the EU would have a positive effect on the process of democratization in former communist countries. However, over time it became clear that difficulties with the democratic system endured in a number of these countries. This book reconsiders the results...
Democratic Transformation and Obstruction: EU, US, and Russia in the South Caucasus
1st Edition
By Nelli Babayan
November 11, 2016
Although "democracy promotion" has become a popular term for policy makers and scholars, democratization is rarely a smooth or linear transition. While some countries quickly democratize, others lag behind despite a long period of democracy promotion activities. Furthermore, while democracy ...
Ethnic Politics and Democratic Transition in Rwanda
1st Edition
By David Kiwuwa
September 12, 2014
This book offers an examination of how a deeply divided post-conflict society embarks on democratic transition. Using Rwanda as the case study, it combines analysis of democratic transition and ethnopolitical debate, asking why deeply divided ethnic societies have a tendency to fail. Though ...
The Conceptual Politics of Democracy Promotion
1st Edition
Edited
By Christopher Hobson, Milja Kurki
April 24, 2016
How do different meanings of the concept of ‘democracy’ operate in democracy promotion? How do conceptual decisions influence real political events? How is policy and reflection on democracy promotion shaped by the way different practitioners and scholars understand democracy? The Conceptual ...
Democracy, Participation and Contestation: Civil society, governance and the future of liberal democracy
1st Edition
Edited
By Emmanuelle Avril, Johann Neem
April 21, 2016
The establishment of democracy on both sides of the Atlantic has not been a smooth evolution towards an idealized presumed endpoint. Far from it, democratization has been marked by setbacks and victories, a process often referred to as ‘contested democracy’. In view of recent mobilizations such as ...
Democratic Transitions: Modes and Outcomes
1st Edition
By Sujian Guo, Gary A Stradiotto
April 21, 2016
Democratic transitions have occurred in many countries in various regions across the globe, such as Southern Europe, Latin America, Africa, East and Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, and these nations have undergone simuntaneously political, economic and social transformations. ...
Political Leadership, Nascent Statehood and Democracy: A comparative study
1st Edition
By Ulrika Möller, Isabell Schierenbeck
April 21, 2016
Do political leaders determine whether a polity will receive a democratic future or not? Research and advocates of democracy agree on the significance of political elites for democratization, yet there is a need for a more specific understanding of their role. This book develops a theory of ...