Power to the People: Democratization Around the World

by Robert K. Schaeffer and Robert Schaffer

Since 1974, more than thirty countries around the world have democratized. The fall of dictators on both sides of the Cold War divide was triggered by regional economic crises and compounded by different political problems: the death of a dictator, defeat in war, or popular protest. The civilians who replaced dictators, juntas, and one-party regimes extended power to people long excluded from politics. They also set about restoring civil society and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081332338X
• ISBN13: 9780813323381
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"