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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812861003321

Autore

Grodsky Brian K. <1974->

Titolo

The democratization disconnect : how recent democratic revolutions threaten the future of democracy / / Brian Grodsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4422-6935-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Democratization

Legitimacy of governments

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The roots of the democratization disconnect -- The rise and impact of democratic legitimacy -- Democratization's first wave and the economics of political liberty -- Struggles for human dignity before democratic legitimacy : of communists, fascists and fundamentalists -- Fueling the third wave : human dignity and democratization in communist Poland -- Crowning the third wave at the bottom of Africa -- The beginning of the end of democracy's third wave : Yugoslavia -- Georgia's Rose Revolution and the affirmation of democratic legitimacy -- The Arab Spring in Egypt : a view from democratization's peak -- Saving democracy from the threats of democratic legitimacy.

Sommario/riassunto

The most recent wave of democratic revolutions has convinced many in the West of the triumph of political rights. But Grodsky argues forcefully that nothing could be further from the truth. As newly democratic regimes turn away from democracy, he clearly shows that they threaten to undermine the still-evolving notion of democratic legitimacy.