Bøger i Democratization Studies serien

Explores the nature of the Internet's impact on civil society, addressing such questions as: Is the Internet qualitatively different from the more traditional forms of the media? Does the Internet pose a threat to the coherence of civil society as people are encouraged to abandon shared media experiences and pursue narrow interests?

Though scholarly attention to democracy promotion is increasing, there is still little comparative and theoretically-based work on the protagonists of democracy promotion. This book investigates the motives that drive democracy promotion in a comparative and theoretically oriented manner, exploring how democracy promoters deal with conflicting objectives and the factors that shape their behaviour.

This examination of how Western governments support democracy worldwide considers how countries use this aid.

Explores the relationship between the concepts of democracy and civil society through a comparison of their meaning and function in different historical and cultural contexts. This volume presents contextual studies in Europe, North America, Japan, Russia and Turkey.

Explores the contention that fresh challenges have arisen to democratization and assesses the claim that democratization around the world is facing a serious challenge. This book examines the issues relating to developments within non-democratic states and issues related to the democratic world and its efforts to support the spread of democracy.

This title examines the political role of courts in new democracies in Latin America and Africa, focusing on their ability to hold political power-holders accountable when they act outside their constitutionally defined powers.

The essays in this volume analyse differing aspects of the complex relationship between the media and democracy in a diverse range of national contexts.

This study gives examples of how the Internet is creating new political communities at various levels, both in democracies and authoritarian regimes.

This study gives examples of how the Internet is creating new political communities at various levels, both in democracies and authoritarian regimes.

The essays in this volume analyse differing aspects of the complex relationship between the media and democracy in a diverse range of national contexts.

Brings together leading international scholars to assess the claim that democratization around the world is facing a serious challenge and features in-depth studies on US democracy promotion, the Middle East, Russia, China and new democracies.

This examination of how Western governments support democracy worldwide considers how countries use this aid.

This collection examines the nature, scope and prospects for political opposition under African National Congress political dominance.

Featuring a broad range of perspectives on the democratic process, this collection of essays explores the development of civil society and how civil societies manage democratic change around the world.