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Title: The Global Resurgence of Democracy by Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner ISBN: 0-8018-5305-2 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: July, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: A vital theoretical and comparative foundation
Comment: Diamond and Plattner offer a valuable update from their 1993 book, now comprised of articles from the Journal of Democracy from 1990 through 1995. Anchored by a thorough introduction, the first section introduces the third wave of democratization, the new world disorder, and definitions and dangers of democracy. Articles on institutional choices debate the structural questions of democracy, with a broad perspective on presidential, parliamentary, constitutional and representative questions. A new section on civil society discusses an area to which political scientists are bringing renewed attention. Eight new chapters make up the cautiously optimistic section on the prospects for democracy.
A strength of this book as a teaching tool is that it offers both theory and comparative chapters. Several articles are broad-based, discussing paradoxes intrinsic to all democracies or the gap between democratic concepts and political realities, for example. Others are country- or region-specific, such as civil society in Russia or pluralism in the Arab world.
A second strength is the frequent intermixing of political, economic and cultural concerns. In many individual chapters and in the collection overall, the reader is reminded that institutions, currencies and mores do not exist or operate in vacuum. Rather, they influence and change each other -- and not always for the better. Chapters on technocratic economic emphasis in post-communist states and ethnic divisions and underdevelopment in Africa are particularly revealing.
By highlighting the research published in the Journal of Democracy, this volume offers educators a valuable collection for comparative and theoretical approaches to democratization. The readings prompted thoughtful debates among my students on the central issues. Such a fluid field depends upon regular updates, and this reviewer looks forward to using future editions. (January 2000)
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Title: The Global Divergence of Democracies by Larry Jay Diamond, Marc F. Plattner ISBN: 0801868424 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe by Juan J. Linz, Alfred Stepan ISBN: 0801851580 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword by Seymour Martin Lipset ISBN: 0393316149 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation by Larry Jay Diamond ISBN: 080186156X Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century (Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series, Vol 4) by Samuel P. Huntington ISBN: 0806125160 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: March, 1993 List Price(USD): $17.19 |
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