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

• Autore: Grodsky Brian K. <1974->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 321.8
• Soggetto topico: Democratization; Legitimacy of governments
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The democratization disconnect
• ISBN: 1-4422-6935-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798550803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II