The State of Democracy : : Democracy Assessments in Eight Nations Around the World /

The State of Democracy : : Democracy Assessments in Eight Nations Around the World / / edited by David Beetham, Iain Kearton, Nalini Vittal, Sarah Bracking, Stuart Weir.

The State of Democracy: Democracy Assessments in Eight Nations Around the World is the robust and sensitive study of democratisation in eight very different countries at varying stages of democratisation - Bangladesh, El Salvador, Italy, Kenya, Malawi, New Zealand, Peru and South Korea. This unique...

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TeilnehmendeR:
Beetham, David,
Bracking, Sarah,
Kearton, Iain,
Vittal, Nalini,
Weir, Stuart,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : Brill | Nijhoff,, 2002.
Year of Publication:2002
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contributors.
  • About the editors.
  • About International IDEA.
  • Acknowledgements.
  • Abbreviations.
  • Foreword.
  • Part 1 : Introduction.
  • Why conduct democracy assessments?
  • What is distinct about the IDEA framework and method.
  • Part 2 : The framework of assessment questions.
  • Citizenship, law and rights.
  • Representative and accountable government.
  • Civil society and popular participation.
  • Democracy beyond the state.
  • Part 3 : Democracy assessment from eight nations (summaries).
  • Bangladesh.
  • El Salvador.
  • Italy.
  • Kenya.
  • Malawi.
  • New Zealand.
  • Peru.
  • South Korea.
  • Part 4 : Key democratic indicators compared. (topics chosen from sections in the IDEA Handbook)
  • Violent conflict.
  • The position of minorities.
  • Justice and the judiciary.
  • Legal aid.
  • Prison and the death penalty.
  • Civil and political rights.
  • Government spending.
  • Basic service and health-care.
  • Electoral participation and proportionality.
  • Party financing.
  • Party choice.
  • Capacity govern.
  • Control of the military.
  • Corruption.
  • Press freedom.
  • Women in public and political life.
  • Political consultation.
  • Decentralisation.
  • Asylum-seekers and refugees.
  • Part 5 : Conclusions about the democratisation process.
  • Tables.
  • Part 1: 1.1. Democratic principles and mediating values.
  • 1.2. The assessment framework: overview.
  • Part 3: 3.1. Bangladesh: Basic socio-economic indicators.
  • 3.2. El Salvador: Electoral participation, 1988-2000.
  • 3.3. Kenya: Indicators of inequality (with selected comparator countries).
  • 3.4. Kenya: Monetary indicators, 1990s.
  • 3.5. Malawi: Basic socio-economic indicators.
  • 3.6. New Zealand: Key indicators by ethnic group, 1996-2000.
  • 3.7. New Zealand: Women in government - New Zealand and selected OECD countries, 1996.

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