Theories , methods and historical perspectives

There is an undoubted challenge in understanding and interpreting the multi-layered and multi-dimension processes of democratization and gauging their significance. This collection explains aspects or experiments in democratization across the world and relates the substantial body of work across thematic fields of research

Developing Democracy beyond the State, Gráinne De Búrca, S. 3-54. - Globalization and Democracy, Donatella Della Porta, S. 55-74. - Diffusion and the International Context of Democratization, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch and Michael Ward, S. 75-97. - Democracy's Third Wave, Samuel Huntington, S. 99-120. - Other Domains of Democratic Theory: Space, Power and the Politics of Democratization, David Slater, S. 121-148. - Democratization and Ideational Diffusion: Europe, Mercosur and Social Citizenship, Jean Grugel, 149-193. - Disembedded Democracy?: Globalization and the 'Third Way', Joseph Lewandowski, S. 195-211. - Human Rights, Principled Issue-Networks, and Sovereignty in Latin America, Kathryn Sikkink, S. 213-244. - Democracy and the Multinationals, Richard Youngs, S. 245-264. - Civil Society and Peacebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Roberto Belloni, S. 265-286 . - The Contradictions of Democratization by Force: The Case of Iraq, David Beetham, S. 289-300. - The International Context of Morocco's Stalled Democratization, Francesco Cavatorta, S. 301-320. - Transnationalizing Democracy Promotion: The Role of Western of Political Foundations and Think Tanks, James Scott, S. 321-343. - The Politics of 'Public Opinion' in the Philippines, Eva-Lotta Hedman, S. 345-363. - EU Accession of Central and Eastern European Countries : Democracy and Integration as Conflicting Logics, Kristi Raik, S. 365-385

Democratization as Deliberative Capacity Building, John Dryzek, S. 3-24. - Citizenship and Social Class, Thomas Marshall, S. 25-31. - Of the Limits to the Authority of Society over the Individual, John Stuart Mill, S. 33-47. - Recent Theories of Democracy and the 'Classical Myth', Carole Pateman, S. 49-68. - Socialism and Democracy, Joseph Schumpeter, S. 69-130. - Democracy as a Universal Value, Amartya Sen, S. 131-144. - Dissident Citizenship: Democratic Theory, Political Courage, and Activist Women, Holloway Sparks, S. 145-178. - Comparative Democratization: Big and Bounded Generalizations, Valerie Bunce, S. 181-210. - Democracy with Adjectives: Conceptual Innovation in Comparative Research, David Collier and Steven Levitsky, S. 211-230. - Three Paradoxes of Democracy, Larry Diamond, S. 231-243. - An Economic Theory of Political Action in a Democracy, Anthony Downs, S. 245-264. - Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy, Seymour Martin Lipset, S. 265-304. - Modernization: Theories and Facts, Adam Przeworski and Fernando Limongi, S. 305-330. - What Democracy Is… And Is Not, Philippe Schmitter and Terry Lynn Karl, S. 331-343. - The Historical Turn in Democratization Studies : a New Research Agenda for Europe and Beyond, Giovanni Capoccia and Daniel Ziblatt, S. 345-376

How Democracies Emerge: The "Sequencing" Fallacy, Thomas Carothers, S. 3-18. - What Do We Know about Democratization after Twenty Years?, Barbara Geddes, S. 19-47. - Toward Consolidated Democracies, Juan Linz and Alfred Stepan, S. 49-68. - Democratization Backwards: The Problem of Third Wave Democracies, Richard Rose and Doh Chull Shin, S. 69-92. - Market Economy and Democratic Polity, David Beetham, S. 95-111. - Democratization, Sequencing, and State Failure in Africa: Lessons from Kenya, Daniel Branch and Nic Cheeseman, S. 113-137. - Comparing Democratic Systems, Donald Horowitz, S. 139-145. - On the State, Democratization, and Some Conceptual Problems: A Latin American View with Glances at Some Post-Communist States, Guillermo O'Donnell, S. 147-170. - Institutions Matter?, Adam Przeworski, S. 171-182. - Democratization and Dissension: the Formation of the Workers' Party, Margaret E. Keck, S. 183-209. - Backlash in Bolivia: Regional Autonomy as a Reaction against Indigenous Mobilization, Kent Eaton, S. 211-241. - Rethinking Responses to State Failure, with Special Reference to Africa, Brennan E. Kraxberger, S. 243-259. - Democratization and the Institutionalization of Latin American Political Parties, Robert H. Dix, S. 262-281. - Democracy from the Outside-In? International Organizations and Democratization, Jon Pevehouse, S. 285-319. - Markets, States, and Democracy: Patron-Client Networks and the Case for Democracy in Developing Countries, Mustaq H. Khan, 321-343. - Why Democracy needs a Level Playing Field, Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way, S. 345-356. - Does Oil Hinder Democracy?, Michael L. Ross, S. 357-389. - Post-Neoliberalism in Latin America: Rebuilding and Reclaiming the State after Crisis, Jean Grugel and Pía Riggirozzi, S. 391-411

Labour and Democratization in South Korea and Taiwan, Yin-Wah Chu, S. 3-23. - Adding Collective Actors to Collective Outcomes: Labour and Recent Democratization in South America and Southern Europe, Ruth Berins Collier and James Mahoney, S. 25-43. - Toward Democratic Consolidation, Larry Diamond, S. 45-58. - Questioning Tocqueville in Africa: Continuity and Change in Civil Society during Nigeria's Democratization, Carl LeVan, S. 59-83. - Gendering Politics and Policy in Transitions to Democracy: Chile and South Africa, Georgina Waylen, S. 85-101. - Spaces of Civil Society: the Role of Migrant Non-Governmental Organizations in Beijing and Shanghai, Jennifer Y.J. Hsu, S. 103-120. - Human Rights, Democracy and Development: The Debate in East Asia, Rosemary Foot, S. 123-137. - Religion and Democratization in Africa, Jeff Haynes, S. 139-161. - The Politics of Democratization: Lessons from Bosnia and Iraq, Alex Jeffrey, S. 163-184. - Democracy, Indigenous Movements and the Postliberal Challenge in Latin America, Deborah J. Yashar, S. 185-212. - Democracy's Labor: Disjunctive Memory in a Bolivian Workes' Union, Robert Albro, S. 213-233. - Waves of Change within Civil Society in Latin America: Mexico City and Sao Paulo, Adrian Gurza Lavalle and Natália S. Bueno, S. 235-269 . - The Taming of the Idea of Civil Society, Gideon Baker, S. 273-300. - Democratizing Civil Society in Latin America, Alison Brysk, S. 301-315. - Civil Society, Social Capital and Development: Dissection of a Complex Discourse, Goran Hyden, S. 317-344. - NGOs, Civil Society and Democratization: A Critical Review of the Literature, Claire Mercer, S. 345-365. - Accounting for the 'Dark Side' of Social Capital: Reading Robert Putnam on Democracy, James Putzel, S. 367-379