Paths Toward Democracy: The Working Class and Elites in Western Europe and South America

by Ruth Berins Collier

Book Overview

The question of whether democratization is an elite-led process from above or a popular triumph from below continues to be an area of contention among political scientists. Examining the experiences of countries that have provided the main empirical base for recent theorizing, namely, Western Europe and South America, this book delineates a more complex and varied set of patterns. The volume explores democratization through a comparative analysis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521643821
• ISBN13: 9780521643825
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"