Screen LibraryPolitical leadership, nascent statehood and democracy : a comparative study /
"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 pol...
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Democratization studies ;
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| Summary: |
"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 political leadership at the point of nascent statehood to explain the emergence of resilient democracies. It employs four diverse case studies to examine the role of leadership and democratic consolidation. In doing so, the book identifies certain capacities of political leaders at the critical moment of |
| Carrier Form: | x, 199 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-193) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780415710961 (hardback) : 0415710960 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | JC330 |
| CLC: | D730.2 |
| Call Number: | D730.2/M726 |
| Contents: | The success and failure of democratic state building -- Situating the study -- Introduction to the cases -- India -- Pakistan -- Israel -- Palestine -- Summary of results and case comparison -- Implications for th efuture democratic state project. |