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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778112503321

Autore

Brownlee Jason <1974->

Titolo

Authoritarianism in an age of democratization / / Jason Brownlee [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007

ISBN

1-107-17966-1

1-281-08607-X

9786611086077

0-511-80234-X

0-511-35090-2

0-511-34914-9

0-511-34817-7

0-511-57357-X

0-511-35000-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 264 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

320.53

Soggetti

Authoritarianism

Democratization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-244) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedications; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Authoritarianism in an Age of Democratization; 1 The Political Origins of Durable Authoritarianism; 2 The Inception of Ruling Parties; 3 Institutional Legacies and Coalitional Tensions; 4 Ruling Parties and Regime Persistence: Egypt and Malaysia during the Third Wave; 5 Elite Defections and Electoral Defeat: Iran during the Third Wave; 6 Confrontation and Democratization: The Philippines during the Third Wave; 7 Conclusions; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Far from sweeping the globe uniformly, the 'third wave of democratization' left burgeoning republics and resilient dictatorships in its wake. Applying more than a year of original fieldwork in Egypt, Iran, Malaysia, and the Philippines, in this book Jason Brownlee shows that



the mixed record of recent democratization is best deciphered through a historical and institutional approach to authoritarian rule. Exposing the internal organizations that structure elite conflict, Brownlee demonstrates why the critical soft-liners needed for democratic transitions have been dormant in Egypt and Malaysia but outspoken in Iran and the Philippines. By establishing how ruling parties originated and why they impede change, Brownlee illuminates the problem of contemporary authoritarianism and informs the promotion of durable democracy.