Product Description: FROM THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION: With the collapse of the Berlin Wall, went the conflict that had oriented our thinking and action about politics for more than half a century. Europe, from West to East, suddenly found itself in a much-enlarged democratic space...read more

Product Description: A contradictory creation indeed, the European Union has most of the institutions of a modern democracy, yet it does not function as one. Moreover, its growing scope of activity and supranational decision making processes are undermining the legitimacy of democracy in its member states...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The essays appearing in the collection Transitions from Authoritarian rule . . . will serve as reference points for students of redemocratization for years to come. Other essays will serve as classic case studies . . . the volumes deserve to be read time and again...read more

Product Description: An array of internationally noted scholars examines the process of democratization in southern Europe and Latin America. They provide new interpretations of both current and historical efforts of nations to end periods of authoritarian rule and to initiate transition to democracy, efforts that have met with widely varying degrees of success and failure...read more