Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy

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Democracy Assistance from the Third Wave

Democracy Assistance from the Third Wave

Polish Engagement in Belarus and Ukraine

The role of Western NGOs in the transition of postcommunist nations to democracy has been well documented. In this study, Paulina Pospieszna follows a different trajectory, examining the role of a former aid recipient (Poland), newly democratic itself, and its efforts to aid democratic transitions in the neighboring states of Belarus and Ukraine.

Poverty of Democracy

Poverty of Democracy

The Institutional Roots of Political Participation in Mexico

Holzner uses case study evidence drawn from eight years of fieldwork in Oaxaca and from national surveys to show how the institutionalization of a free-market democracy created a political system that discourages the political participation of Mexico’s poor by limiting their access to politicians at the local and national level.

Corruption and Democracy in Latin America

Corruption and Democracy in Latin America

A groundbreaking national and regional study of corruption and its relation to democracy in Latin America. This book provides policy analysis and prescription through a wide-ranging methodological, empirical, and theoretical survey.

Newsrooms in Conflict

Newsrooms in Conflict

Journalism and the Democratization of Mexico

Examines the dramatic changes within Mexican society, politics, and journalism that transformed an authoritarian media institution into many conflicting styles of journalism with very different implications for deepening democracy in the country.

Institutions And The Fate Of Democracy

Institutions And The Fate Of Democracy

Germany And Poland In The Twentieth Century

A detailed investigation of the development of democratic political institutions, this book offers insight into the emerging governments of these two countries.

Restructuring Domination

Restructuring Domination

Industrialists and the State in Ecuador

Using Ecuador as her case study, she shows how industrial growth has given birth to an exclusive, ingrown bourgeoisie that is highly dependent on the state and foreign capital and is increasingly alienated from the peasants and urban poor.

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