New Challenges to Democratization (Democratization Studies)

The important text explores the widespread contention that new challenges and obstacles have arisen to democratization and assesses the claim that democratization around the world is facing a serious challenge. Bringing together leading international scholars of democratization, including: Thomas Carothers, Michael McFaul, Laurence Whitehead, Bassma Kodmani, Nancy Bermeo, Shaun Breslin and Mark Leonard this book examines the issues relating to developments within non-democratic states and issues related to the democratic world and its efforts to support the spread of democracy. It features in-depth studies on the limits of US democracy promotion, the Middle East, Russia, China and new democracies, and will shed light on such questions as:· Is the wave of democratization now in retreat, or just treading water; or should we be careful not to exaggerate the importance of recent setbacks?· Do serious, sustainable alternatives to democracy now exist?· Is international democracy promotion about to run out of steam? · What implications do recent trends have for the global political order?This book will be of interest to students and scholars of democratization, comparative politics and international politics.Burnell, Peter is the author of 'New Challenges to Democratization (Democratization Studies)', published 2009 under ISBN 9780415467414 and ISBN 0415467411.