The Sources of Democratic Consolidation / / Gerard Alexander.
Why did precarious and collapsed democracies in Europe develop into highly stable democracies? Gerard Alexander offers a rational choice theory of democratic consolidation in a survey of the breakdowns of and transitions to democratic institutions. Through an analysis of developments in Spain, Brita...
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Alexander, Gerard, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Sources of Democratic Consolidation / Gerard Alexander. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018] ©2002 1 online resource (304 p.) : 12 tables, 5 line drawings text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- PART I THEORY -- 1. Rational Regime Preferences in Europe -- 2. Democracy with Whom? Authoritarianism under Whom? -- 3. Predictability and Democratic Consolidation -- PART II CASES -- Introduction to Part II: Case Selection and Measuring Independent and Dependent Variables -- 4. The Right and the Breakdown of Spanish Democracy, 1931-1936 -- 5. Democratic Transition and Consolidation in Spain, 1976-1986 -- 6. Political Risks and Regime Outcomes in Europe before 1940 -- 7. Political Risks and Regime Outcomes in Europe after 1945 -- 8. Consolidation into the Future and outside Europe -- Appendix: Interviews on the Spanish Right's Beliefs in the 1970s and 1980s -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Why did precarious and collapsed democracies in Europe develop into highly stable democracies? Gerard Alexander offers a rational choice theory of democratic consolidation in a survey of the breakdowns of and transitions to democratic institutions. Through an analysis of developments in Spain, Britain, France, Germany, and Italy, Alexander explores how key political sectors established the long-term commitment to democracy that distinguishes consolidated democracies. Alexander makes a highly accessible rationalist argument about the conditions under which such commitments emerge, arguing that powerful sectors abandon options for overthrowing democratic rules only when they predict low risks in democracy. The author's argument parallels established claims about the predictability essential to the development of modern capitalism. The Sources of Democratic Consolidation outlines Alexander's claim that a political precondition, rather than an economic or social precondition, exists for consolidated democracies. Drawing on interviews and archival research, the author links his argument to evidence from the five largest countries in Western Europe from the 1870s to the 1980s and also discusses the implications for the prospects for democratic consolidation in other regions. Political pacts, power-sharing, and institutional designs, he says, may help stabilize uncertain democracies, but they cannot create consolidation. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024) Political Science & Political History. West European History. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501720482 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501720482 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501720482/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- PART I THEORY -- 1. Rational Regime Preferences in Europe -- 2. Democracy with Whom? Authoritarianism under Whom? -- 3. Predictability and Democratic Consolidation -- PART II CASES -- Introduction to Part II: Case Selection and Measuring Independent and Dependent Variables -- 4. The Right and the Breakdown of Spanish Democracy, 1931-1936 -- 5. Democratic Transition and Consolidation in Spain, 1976-1986 -- 6. Political Risks and Regime Outcomes in Europe before 1940 -- 7. Political Risks and Regime Outcomes in Europe after 1945 -- 8. Consolidation into the Future and outside Europe -- Appendix: Interviews on the Spanish Right's Beliefs in the 1970s and 1980s -- References -- Index |
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