Democratization has swept the globe over the past generation and analysts and policy makers have been struggling to keep up. Bookshelves have been filled with case studies and assessments of this kaleidoscope of experiences, and a related scholarly community has developed seeking to systematize all this material in accordance with well-defined schemas and causal models. But experience keeps wrong footing the country analysts. So in this interpretation the author goes back to foundational issues. He argues that democratization is best understood as a complex, long-term, dynamic and open-ended process extending over generations. Standard models of causal explanation need to be supplemented by more interpretative approaches. Basic questions of citizen security, the nature of public accountability and the role of money as a source of political power need reconsideration. The delicate balance between monetary authority and democratic consent is also examined in the light of the financial crises that have afflicted so many new democracies.
- ISBN10 0199253277
- ISBN13 9780199253272
- Publish Date 1 November 2002 (first published 4 July 2002)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 November 2002
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 310
- Language English