International perspectives on contemporary democracy

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Title:

International perspectives on contemporary democracy

Author:

Nardulli, Peter F.

ISBN:

9780252033353

9780252075445

Publication Information:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2008.

Physical Description:

xi, 264 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series:

Democracy, free enterprise, and the rule of law.

Democracy, free enterprise, and the rule of law

Series Title:

Democracy, free enterprise, and the rule of law.

Contents:

1. International Perspectives on Democracy in the Twenty-first Century / Brian F. Gaines and Peter F. Nardulli -- I. Democratization on the Frontiers of the Third Wave -- 2. Democratization in the Twenty-first Century: The Prospects for the Global Diffusion of Democracy / Larry Diamond -- 3. Is Democracy Contagious? Diffusion and the Dynamics of Regime Transition / Zachary Elkins -- 4. A Fourth Wave? The Role of International Actors in Democratization / Bruce Russett -- 5. "Western Institutions" and "Universal Values": Barriers to the Adoption of Democracy / Lisa Anderson -- II. Globalization and Democracy -- 6. Issues, Information Flows, and Cognitive Capacities: Democratic Citizenship in a Global Era / James H. Kuklinski, Paul J. Quirk and Buddy Peyton -- 7. Globalization, the Decline of Civic Commitments, and the Future of Democracy / Wendy Rahn -- 8. Globalization, Sovereignty, and Democracy: The Role of International Organizations in a Globalizing World / Beth Simmons -- 9. Democracy and Markets in the Twenty-first Century: An Agenda / John R. Freeman -- 10. Economic Globalization and Democracy / Melissa A. Orlie.

Subject Term:

Democracy.

Democratization -- International cooperation.

Added Author:

Nardulli, Peter F.

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Summary

Democracy enjoys unparalleled prestige at the beginning of the twenty-first century as a form of government. Some of the world's most prosperous nations are democracies, and an array of nations in Europe, Africa, and South America have adopted the system. This globalization has also met resistance and provoked concerns about international power exerted by institutions and elites that are beyond the control of existing democratic institutions. In this volume, leading scholars of democracy engage the key questions about how far and how fast democracy can spread, and how international agencies and international cooperation uneasily affect national democracies. At first glance, the efforts of intergovernmental organizations to intervene in a nation's governance seem anything but democratic to that nation. The contributors demonstrate why democracy has been so attractive and so successful, but are also candid about what limits it may reach, and why.

Contributors are Lisa Anderson, Larry Diamond, Zachary Elkins, John R. Freeman, Brian J. Gaines, James H. Kuklinski, Peter F. Nardulli, Melissa A. Orlie, Buddy Peyton, Paul J. Quirk, Wendy Rahn, Bruce Russett, and Beth Simmons.