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100			_aCiprut,Jose V. (ed.)
245		0	_aDemocratizations: comparisons, confrontations, and contrasts
260			_aLondon
260			_bMIT Press
260			_c2008
300			_a368p.
365			_dUSD
520			_aDemocracy is not in steady state and democratizations are open-ended processes; they depend on structures and functions in systemic contexts that idiosyncratically evolve in tone, tenor, direction, and pace. They affect and are affected by scores of determinants, both perceived and hypothetical. In interlinked chapters that span a number of disciplines, this volume reexamines the basic traits, the comparable outcomes, and the self-defining dynamics of some of the more widely attempted versions of democracy across the world. It discusses some of the controversies that can speed up or slow democratizations (depending on systemic structures, functions, processes, and contexts at play inside, outside, and across political boundaries). The crucial question these chapters address is whether democratization is possible without an understanding of what is expected from a mode of citizenship inseparable from an ethic of freedom.
650			_aDemocracy-Case studies
942			_cB _2ddc