Democracy Challenged: The Rise of Semi-Authoritarianism

by Marina Ottaway

Book Overview

During the 1990s, international democracy promotion efforts led to the establishment of numerous regimes that cannot be easily classified as either authoritarian or democratic. They display characteristics of each, in short they are semi-authoritarian regimes. These regimes pose a considerable challenge to U.S. policymakers because the superficial stability of many semi-authoritarian regimes usually masks severe problems that need to be solved...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870031953
• ISBN13: 9780870031953
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"