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Douglas Chalmers (Ed.) - Problems Confronting Contemporary Democracies: Essays in Honor of Alfred Stepan (ND Kellogg Inst Int'l Studies) - 9780268023720 - V9780268023720
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Problems Confronting Contemporary Democracies: Essays in Honor of Alfred Stepan (ND Kellogg Inst Int'l Studies)

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Description for Problems Confronting Contemporary Democracies: Essays in Honor of Alfred Stepan (ND Kellogg Inst Int'l Studies) Hardcover. Editor(s): Mainwaring, Scott; Chalmers, Douglas A. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 794.

What are the consequences of different paths toward democracy? How can religion support democratic diversity? And what ongoing dilemmas do democratic governments face in reining in the armed forces that once ruled? The original essays in Problems Confronting Contemporary Democracies investigate these and other questions, which Alfred Stepan addressed in his pioneering work as one of the most prominent comparative political scientists of the past four decades. The contributors, who came together at a conference in Stepan's honor at Columbia University in 2007, pay tribute to his work and illuminate some of the debates he launched, while advancing understanding of ... Read more

The essays in Problems Confronting Contemporary Democracies demonstrate the substantive, geographic, and methodological range of Stepan's work by building on many of his major scholarly contributions. Principal themes include authoritarianism, the breakdown of democratic regimes, transitions from authoritarianism to democracy, democratic consolidation, the role of the military in politics, and ways—including the varieties of federalism—to manage conflict democratically in societies that are divided by religious, ethnic, and national cleavages. The contributions range from Latin America to the post-Soviet regions, Iran, China, Turkey, Israel, Spain and Portugal, and the United States. This volume will appeal to students and scholars of political science, sociology, and international studies, particularly Latin American and Middle Eastern studies.

Contributors: Scott Mainwaring, Douglas Chalmers, J. Samuel Fitch, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Mark Ungar, László Bruszt, Robert M. Fishman, Mirjam Künkler, Ryan E. Carlin, Cecilia Martínez-Gallardo, Jonathan Hartlyn, Juan J. Linz, Thomas Jeffrey Miley, Ashley Esarey, Edward L. Gibson, Shamil Midkhatovich Yenikeyeff, Brian H. Smith, Murat Akan, Hanna Lerner

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Condition
New
Weight
813g
Number of Pages
502
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268023720
SKU
V9780268023720
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About Douglas Chalmers (Ed.)
Douglas Chalmers is professor emeritus of political science, Columbia University. Scott Mainwaring is the Eugene and Helen Conley Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

Reviews for Problems Confronting Contemporary Democracies: Essays in Honor of Alfred Stepan (ND Kellogg Inst Int'l Studies)
"For the past half-century Alfred Stepan has been one of the world's most innovative and influential scholars in the field of comparative politics. . . . Stepan's distinction as a comparativist has now been marked by an excellent volume in his honour, edited by Scott Mainwaring and Douglas Chalmers. In order to give the book intellectual coherence the editors limit ... Read more

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