TY  - BOOK
AU  - Swain,Ashok
AU  - Amer,Ramses
AU  - Öjendal,Joakim
TI  - Democratization Project: Opportunities and Challenges
T2  - Anthem Politics and International Relations
SN  - 9781843313250
AV  - JC423 -- .D38136 2009eb 
U1  - 321.8 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London
PB  - Anthem Press
KW  - Democratization
KW  - Peace-building
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Front Matter -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Main Body -- Chapter One. The Democratization Project: Peace, Conflict and Development, by Ashok Swain, Ramses Amer and Joakim Ojendal -- Introduction and Context -- Democracy and Democratization -- Democracy and Development -- International and Global Dimensions -- Democracy, Peace and Conflict -- Structure of the Book -- References -- Chapter Two. Non-Authorized Military Interventions and Legitimization by the United Nations, by Ramses Amer -- Purpose and Structure -- Defining Non-Authorized Military Intervention and Selecting Cases -- The United Nations Response to the Selected Interventions -- Assessing the Impact on the Legitimacy of the United Nations -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Three. From Condemnation to Legitimization of Outcome: The United Nations and the Use of Force in Inter-State Relations, by Patrik Johansson and Ramses Amer -- Purpose and Structure -- The Regulation of the Use of Force in the Charter of the United Nations -- The Security Council in the Post Cold War Era - More Active -- The Pattern of Reactions to Foreign Military Intervention -- Contending Explanations to Diverging Trends in Security Council Behaviour -- Notes -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Chapter Four. Demos or Deus: Patterns of Religious Dimensions in Asian Armed Conflicts, 1945-2005, by Isak Svensson and David Rangdrol -- Introduction -- Theoretical Debate on Religion, Conflict and Democracy -- Research Design -- Empirical Patterns -- Discussion -- Conclusions and Future Research -- Notes -- Chapter Five. The Left and Democratic Consolidation - Deepening Democracy in Latin America? by Martin Nilsson -- Introduction -- Democratic Consolidation- A Critical Review -- The Rebirth and Conceptualizing of the Democratic Left; The Old and the New Left- Democratization in the Neoliberal Era -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter Six. Democracy without People? - The Risk of Monopolizing the Democratization Project, by Luz Paula Parra-Rosales -- Different Approaches to Democracy in Latin America -- The Revolutionary Democracy Approach -- Challenges and Opportunities of the Revolutionary Democracy Approach -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Seven. The Role of Hamas in Building Palestinian Democracy in the Midst of Violence, by Michael Schulz -- Methodology -- Previous Theoretical Claims -- The Competition Between Fateh and Hamas -- Civil Society - Building Democracy from Below? -- Popular Support -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Eight. Elections and Violence in Sri Lanka: Understanding Variation Across Three Parliamentary Elections, by Kristine Hoglund -- Introduction -- Explaining Electoral Violence -- Elections and Violence in Sri Lanka -- Political System and Electoral Design -- Electoral Violence: Background and Overview -- The October 2000 Parliamentary General Election -- The December 2001 Parliamentary General Election -- The April 2004 Parliamentary General Election -- Analysis -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter Nine. Post-Accord Elections and Armed Conflict, by Anna K. Jarstad -- Introduction -- The PAE Data Collection -- Key Variables -- Patterns of Post-Accord Elections -- Post-Accord Elections and Armed Conflict -- Features of Elections with Potentially Negative Effects -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Ten. Peace Through Democracy? The Challenges of Postwar Democratization in Weak and War-Torn States, by Thomas Ohlson and Mimmi Soderberg Kovacs -- Introduction -- In the Aftermath of the Democracy Euphoria -- The Character of the Weak State -- Democratizing the Weak State -- The Legacies of Civil War and Democratizaton; Conclusions -- Notes -- References
N2  - This collection of essays addresses the important challenges and opportunities presented by the democratization process and the thorough societal changes occurring in many parts of the world
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