Why Democracies Develop and Decline
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- Editors:
- Michael Coppedge, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
- Amanda B. Edgell, University of Alabama
- Carl Henrik Knutsen, Universitetet i Oslo
- Staffan I. Lindberg, Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden
- Date Published: December 2023
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781009078238
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The Varieties of Democracy project (V-Dem) pioneered new ways to conceptualize and measure democracy, producing a multidimensional and disaggregated data set on democracy around the world that is now widely used by researchers, activists, and governments. Why Democracies Develop and Decline draws on this data to present a comprehensive overview and rigorous empirical tests of the factors that contribute to democratization and democratic decline, looking at economic, social, institutional, geographic, and international factors. It is the most authoritative and encompassing empirical analysis of the causes of democratization and reversals. The volume also proposes a comprehensive theoretical framework and presents an up-to-date description of global democratic developments from the French Revolution to the present. Each chapter leverages the specialized expertise of its authors, yet their sustained collaboration lends the book an unusually unified approach and a coherent theory and narrative.
Read more- A comprehensive and empirically informed overview of the different causes of democracy
- New data sheds light on prominent theories of democratization and democratic decline
- Contributions present state-of-the art theories and empirical insights on a wide variety of topics pertaining to democratization
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‘[T]his volume, with its rich findings and theoretical framework, is certain to become a go-to reference for scholars of democratization and democratic survival.’ Alex M. Kroeger, Perspectives on Politics
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- Date Published: December 2023
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781009078238
- length: 396 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 23 mm
- weight: 0.643kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction Michael Coppedge, Amanda B. Edgell, Carl Henrik Knutsen and Staffan I. Lindberg
2. The Ups and Downs of Democracy, 1789-2018 Carl Henrik Knutsen and Svend-Erik Skaaning
3. Long-Run Factors John Gerring
4. International Influence: The Hidden Dimension Michael Coppedge, Benjamin Denison, Paul Friesen, Lucía Tiscornia and Yang Xu
5. Economic Determinants Carl Henrik Knutsen and Sirianne Dahlum
6. Political Institutions and Democracy Allen Hicken, Samuel Baltz and Fabricio Vasselai
7. Democracy and Social Forces Michael Bernhard and Amanda B. Edgell
8. Causal Sequences in Long-Term Democratic Development and Decline Michael Coppedge, Amanda B. Edgell, Carl Henrik Knutsen and Staffan I. Lindberg.
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