The Ashgate Research Companion to the Politics of Democratization in Europe - Concepts and Histories (Hardcover, New edition)

'Democratization' is a concept often used in academic book titles, yet not many of them deal with the initial breakthrough of democratization. This research companion presents an alternative view to the widespread assumption that Western democracies should be the normative reference for the study of democratization elsewhere. Rather, it questions the universal validity of such an assumption by searching the history of European politics and by paying specific attention to the struggles of democratization accomplished outside Western Europe. The authors apply a comparative approach to analyzing debates in the primary sources in a number of countries and languages and situate the results into a broader European context. Focusing on European democratization from different historical and analytical perspectives, they discuss the politics, concepts and histories involved in democratization as a complex of changes that has altered the conditions of political action and debate in the continent for the past two centuries.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2008
First published:	2009
Authors:	Tuija Pulkkinen
Editors:	Kari Palonen
Dimensions:	181 x 253 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	436
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-7250-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy Promotions
LSN:	0-7546-7250-6
Barcode:	9780754672500

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