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Achieving Democracy opens with a discussion of the historical
development of democracy, examining its benefits and various
theoretical explanations. It then proceeds to test these theories
with empirical evidence, through the examination of country cases
studies from the first, second, and third waves of democracy. These
case studies were carefully selected for their theoretical
importance as well as their geographic, economic, and demographic
diversity. Lastly, the work presents an assessment of the potential
for democracy in the Middle East based on what is learned from the
case studies and concludes with a synthesizing of the findings.
Pedagogical tools appear throughout, including hypothesis-testing
exercises, discussion questions, tables summarizing primary
independent variables associated with democratization, summary of
evidence to support or refute a variable's importance, and further
readings. Achieving Democracy fills in a gap in the literature by
presenting democratic theory in an accessible manner to
intermediate undergraduate students, supplying them with the
necessary tools to assess theories empirically and to understand
democratization fully.
This is an analysis of how respect of the rule of law varies across
countries that share a common historical heritage and similar
socio-economic challenges. The book is a thorough study that
focuses on the impact of the current crime wave on citizens'
respect for the law in countries such as Nicaragua, Panama, Costa
Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. The work opens with a
brief review of the literature on the rule of law and legal
socialization, followed by an historical overview of the
democratization and justice reform in Central America from the
1990s to the present. Set as a comparative, micro-level study, the
work then looks at an array of measures from citizens' toleration
of government abuses of power to vigilante justice and the
reporting of crime to police. Lastly, an empirical model is
developed to predict citizens' attitudes, combining both these
micro-level individual attributes with macro-level measures of
institutional performance. A unique look at the process of
democratization from a comparative perspective, "Citizens' Support
for the Rule of Law in Central America" will appeal to faculty,
researchers, and students interested in Latin American politics,
comparative politics, and democratic transition.
The book is a thorough study that focuses on the impact of the
current crime wave on citizens' respect for the law in countries
such as Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, and
Honduras. The work opens with a brief review of the literature on
the rule of law and legal socialization, followed by an historical
overview of the democratization and justice reform in Central
America from the 1990s to the present. Set as a comparative,
micro-level study, the work then looks at an array of measures from
citizens' toleration of government abuses of power to vigilante
justice and the reporting of crime to police. Lastly, an empirical
model is developed to predict citizens' attitudes, combining both
these micro-level individual attributes with macro-level measures
of institutional performance. A unique look at the process of
democratization from a comparative perspective, Citizens' Support
for the Rule of Law in Central America it will appeal to faculty,
researchers, and students interested in Latin American politics,
comparative politics, and democratic transition.
Achieving Democracy opens with a discussion of the historical
development of democracy, examining its benefits and various
theoretical explanations. It then proceeds to test these theories
with empirical evidence, through the examination of country cases
studies from the first, second, and third waves of democracy. These
case studies were carefully selected for their theoretical
importance as well as their geographic, economic, and demographic
diversity. Lastly, the work presents an assessment of the potential
for democracy in the Middle East based on what is learned from the
case studies and concludes with a synthesizing of the findings.
Pedagogical tools appear throughout, including hypothesis-testing
exercises, discussion questions, tables summarizing primary
independent variables associated with democratization, summary of
evidence to support or refute a variable's importance, and further
readings. Achieving Democracy fills in a gap in the literature by
presenting democratic theory in an accessible manner to
intermediate undergraduate students, supplying them with the
necessary tools to assess theories empirically and to understand
democratization fully.
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