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Democracy in Decline?
Larry Diamond
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Description for Democracy in Decline?
Paperback. This short collection of essays is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the latest thinking on one of the most critical questions of our era. Editor(s): Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F. Series: A Journal of Democracy Book. Num Pages: 144 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218.
For almost a decade, Freedom House's annual survey has highlighted a decline in democracy in most regions of the globe. While some analysts draw upon this evidence to argue that the world has entered a democratic recession, others dispute that interpretation, emphasizing instead democracy's success in maintaining the huge gains it made during the last quarter of the twentieth century. Discussion of this question has moved beyond disputes about how many countries should be classified as democratic to embrace a host of wider concerns about the health of democracy: the poor economic and political performance ... Read more
For almost a decade, Freedom House's annual survey has highlighted a decline in democracy in most regions of the globe. While some analysts draw upon this evidence to argue that the world has entered a democratic recession, others dispute that interpretation, emphasizing instead democracy's success in maintaining the huge gains it made during the last quarter of the twentieth century. Discussion of this question has moved beyond disputes about how many countries should be classified as democratic to embrace a host of wider concerns about the health of democracy: the poor economic and political performance ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
A Journal of Democracy Book
Condition
New
Weight
218g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421421216
SKU
V9781421421216
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About Larry Diamond
Larry Diamond is a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, where he directs the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. Marc F. Plattner is the vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy. Plattner and Diamond are founding coeditors of the Journal of Democracy and ... Read more
Reviews for Democracy in Decline?
The authors share the understanding that some more recent events-the rise of the Islamic state in the Middle East, China's muscleflexing in the South China Sea, and Russia's annexation of Crimea-are elements in a bigger picture that suggests the rules-based international order built by democratic powers should no longer be taken for granted.
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