Diffusion of democracy : the past and future of global democracy / Barbara Wejnert

"This book explores the course and causes of the worldwide diffusion of democracy through an assessment of the political and economic development of individual countries from the year 1800 to 2005. Using this extended range of data and examining multiple variables Barbara Wejnert creates a conc...

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Autores principales:Wejnert, Barbara (Autor)
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado:Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2014
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Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Understanding democracy once more; 2. Factors in contributing to democratization; 3. Trajectory and temporal rate of democratization; 4. Democratic or autocratic future of the world? 5. Why is democracy desirable? Outcomes of democracies and autocracies; 6. Epilogue: democratic/autocratic world through a journalistic lens in 2013; Appendix 1. Description of variables of expressed value, risk and countries tolerance of democracy adoption; Appendix 2. Selected predictors of democratic growth; Appendix 3. Statistical modelling of contrasting definitions of democratic growth.