Parties, movements, and democracy in the developing world

Nancy Bermeo, Deborah J. Yashar

Research output: Book/ReportBook

19 Scopus citations

Abstract

This volume analyzes regime politics in the developing world. By focusing on the civilian, collective actors that forge democracy and sustain it, this book moves beyond materialist arguments focusing on GDP, poverty, and inequality. With case material from four continents, this volume emphasizes the decisive role played by parties and movements in forging democracy against the odds. These pivotal collectivities are consistently the key civilian collectivities that successfully mobilized for democracy, that helped forge enduring democratic institutions, and that shaped the quality of the democracies that emerged; they are the ones tasked with mobilizing along a range of social cleavages, confronting seemingly inhospitable conditions, and coordinating the process of regime change. While the presence of parties and movements alone is not sufficient to explain democracy, their absence is detrimental to enduring democratic regimes. Thus, this volume refocuses our attention on parties and movements as critical mechanisms of regime change.

Original languageEnglish (US)
PublisherCambridge University Press
Number of pages229
ISBN (Electronic)9781316661581
ISBN (Print)9781107156791
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2016

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Social Sciences

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Parties, movements, and democracy in the developing world'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this