The Fate of Young Democracies

by Nathan Converse and Ethan B. Kapstein

Book Overview

The recent backlash against democracy in such countries as Bolivia, Venezuela, Russia, and Georgia poses renewed concerns about the viability of this regime type in the developing world. Drawing on a unique data set of every democratization episode since 1960, this book explores the underlying reasons for backsliding and reversal in the world's fledgling democracies and offers some proposals with respect to what the international community might do...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052173262X
• ISBN13: 9780521732628
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"