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This new volume brings together expert contributors to explore the intersection of two major contemporary themes: globalization, and the contribution that both domestic party politics and international party support make to democratization.

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The book subjects international support for political parties in new and emerging democracies to detailed critical and comparative analysis, drawing on original field research findings from several countries in Europe, Africa and elsewhere.This book was published as a special issue of Democratizations.

This volume brings together studies of the small number of previously established states that have retained and/or restored democracy despite - in many cases - formidable economic, social or political challenges. It seeks to establish common themes, whether or not they appear to fit a grand casual theory. It is, after all, the very adaptability of democratic systems that characterises their persistence, durability and resilience.

This collection assesses global trends in democratisation, reviews the condition of international democracy promotion and enquires into whether serious competition in the form of autocracy promotion is now a major possibility. This book was published as a special issue of Contemporary Politics.

The only introduction to politics in the developing world to combine theoretical approaches, society-state relations, and policies with a series of illustrative country-based case studies.

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* An accessible introduction for all social science students* A balanced, comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the issues and trends* A guide to the past, present and future of foreign aidForeign aid has undergone considerable changes over the past fifty years. Foreign Aid in a Changing World explores the changes and locates them in a context of wider economic and political developments. These are the developments affecting all countries,...

Augustine's notions of human nature and of person have not received adequate systematic treatment, despite their centrality to all the important areas of his thought. Although he notoriously changed his mind on many major points, his explorations of human nature and person remained central and to a great extent consistent across his mature and most important works. In this insightful and accessible book, Peter Burnell examines the crucial issu...

This new volume brings together expert contributors to explore the intersection of two major contemporary themes: globalization, and the contribution that both domestic party politics and international party support make to democratization.

This examination of how Western governments support democracy worldwide considers how countries use this aid. Attention is paid to post-conflict situations and semi-authoritarian regimes where democratization has stalled, and international support of democratic decentralization is assessed.

This examination of how Western governments support democracy worldwide considers how countries use this aid. Attention is paid to post-conflict situations and semi-authoritarian regimes where democratization has stalled, and international support of democratic decentralization is assessed.

This title brings together competing theories of civil society with critical studies of the role of civil society in diverse situations and the way in which it has been promoted as the key to democratization. The combination of contemporary theory and practical applications provides valuable reading for students of civil society and contemporary social and political change, and its policy implications for Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.

In Democratiation through the Looking-Glass, Peter Burnell and his contributors provide a revealing image of how our knowledge and understanding of democratiation may be improved by viewing the topic through a more multidisciplinary lens and from the perspective of more broadly-based comparative analyses. Burnell and his contributors encourage readers to both look and think outside of the box, beyond the limited parameters that usually shape t...

Explores the contention that fresh challenges have arisen to democratization and assesses the claim that democratization around the world is facing a serious challenge. This book examines the issues relating to developments within non-democratic states and issues related to the democratic world and its efforts to support the spread of democracy.