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Democratization and the mischief of faction /

Why do new democracies succeed in some cases and struggle, backslide, or revert entirely to autocracy in others? What are the specific policies and practices at play? To answer these questions, Benjamin Cole turns to James Madison's ""mischief of faction, "" drawing on a bro...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Cole, Benjamin R. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., [2018]
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Résumé:Why do new democracies succeed in some cases and struggle, backslide, or revert entirely to autocracy in others? What are the specific policies and practices at play? To answer these questions, Benjamin Cole turns to James Madison's ""mischief of faction, "" drawing on a broad array of detailed case studies to demonstrate that factionalism is the most powerful predictor of adverse regime change and state failure in emerging democracies--and an existential threat to mature democracies, including the United States
Description matérielle:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781626377363
1626377367