Democratisation in the 21st Century
The 2010s has been a critical period in the continuing trend of the spread of democracy worldwide. From the Arab Spring countries of Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Yemen to the unfolding turmoil in Myanmar and Ukraine, by way of the upheavals in Burkina Faso, Senegal and Ivory Coast, social mobilisation against autocratic, corrupt or military regimes has precipitated political transitions that are characteristic of democratisation.
Democratisation in the 21st Century examines the state of democratisation theory and practice and reopens and revives the democratic transition debate, exploring the factors that lead to the demise of autocracy, the pathways and processes of change and the choices for an eventual consolidation of democracy. For all its insights and shortcomings, the framework of transitology a body of literature that has comparatively and through case study analysis examined common patterns, sequences, crises and outcomes of transitional periods has been largely eschewed. The essays, written by international democratisation specialists, tackle the series of questions raised by a body of literature that remains highly useful to gaining an understanding of contemporary political turbulence and transformation.
This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of governance, democratisation, comparative politics, international relations, political science and, more broadly, history.
Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou is Deputy Director and Academic Dean at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and Adjunct Professor in the International History Department at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. He is also Visiting Professor in the doctoral school at Sciences Po Paris.
Timothy D. Sisk is Professor and Associate Dean for Research at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies and steering faculty of the Si Chou Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy, University of Denver, USA.
Democratization Studies
(Formerly Democratization Studies, Frank Cass)
Democratization Studies combines theoretical and comparative studies with detailed analyses of issues central to democratic progress and its performance, all over the world.
The books in this series aim to encourage debate on the many aspects of democratization that are of interest to policy-makers, administrators and journalists, aid and development personnel, as well as to all those involved in education.
25 Democratic Transitions
Modes and outcomes
Sujian Guo and Gary A Stradiotto
26 Political Leadership, Nascent Statehood and Democracy
A comparative study
Ulrika Mller and Isabell Schierenbeck
27 Democracy, Participation and Contestation
Civil society, governance and the future of liberal democracy
Edited by Emmanuelle Avril and Johann Neem
28 Democratic Transformation and Obstruction
EU, US and Russia in the South Caucasus
Nelli Babayan
29 Politics and Democracy in Microstates
Wouter Veenendaal
30 Democratizing Central and Eastern Europe
Successes and failures of the European Union
Luca Tomini
31 Causes and Consequences of Democratization
The regions of Russia
Anastassia V. Obydenkova and Alexander Libman
32 Democratization in EU Foreign Policy
New member states as drivers of democracy promotion
Edited by Benedetta Berti, Kristina Mikulova and Nicu Popescu
33 Democratisation in the 21st Century
Reviving transitology
Edited by Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou and Timothy D. Sisk
Democratisation in the 21st Century
Reviving transitology
Edited by
Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou and Timothy D. Sisk
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Title: Democratization in the 21st century : reviving transitology / edited by Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou and Timothy D. Sisk.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016. | Series:
Democratization studies ; 33 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
MOHAMMAD-MAHMOUD OULD MOHAMEDOU AND TIMOTHY D. SISK
MOHAMMAD-MAHMOUD OULD MOHAMEDOU AND TIMOTHY D. SISK
KATERYNA PISHCHIKOVA AND RICHARD YOUNGS
PIPPA NORRIS
BENJAMIN REILLY
ANDR LIEBICH
JULIEN MORENCY-LAFLAMME
DIEGO ABENTE-BRUN AND IGNACIO GONZLEZ-BOZZOLASCO
BAHGAT KORANY
PHILIPPE C. SCHMITTER
Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou is Deputy Director and Academic Dean of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and Adjunct Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, as well as Lecturer in the doctoral school at Sciences Po Paris. He was previously Associate Director of the Harvard University Programme on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research in Cambridge, Director of Research of the International Council on Human Rights Policy, and Research Associate at the Ralph Bunche Institute on the United Nations at the City University of New York Graduate Center. His published works include Understanding Al Qaeda Changing War and Global Politics (Pluto, 2011), Contre-Croisade Le 11 Septembre et le Retournement du Monde (LHarmattan, 2011) and Iraq and the Second Gulf War State-Building and Regime Security (Austin and Winfield, 2002).
Timothy D. Sisk is Professor and Associate Dean for Research at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver and steering faculty of the Si Chou Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy at the School. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. Prior to joining the University of Denver in 1998, Sisk was a Program Officer and Research Scholar in the Grant Programme of the United States Institute of Peace in Washington. He is the author or editor of a dozen books, scholarly articles and research reports, including