| ID | 073656 |
| Title Proper | Global patterns and postcommunist dynamics |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Bunce, Valerie |
| Publication | 2006. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Many of the new democracies that have been formed since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 lack what had long been understood as preconditions for the democratic project: an earlier history of democratic politics, high personal incomes, a large middle class, and/or settled borders. The most distinctive aspects of this wave of democratic transitions are rapid regime change and the rise of democracies that exhibit a mixture of both authoritarian and democratic elements. This article explores what these new democracies can teach us about the factors that seem to encourage a transition from dictatorship to democracy, and what factors seem to contribute to its sustainability and institutionalization. |
| `In' analytical Note | Orbis Vol. 50, No. 4; Fall 2006: p601-620 |
| Journal Source | Orbis Vol: 50 No 4 |
| Key Words | PostCommunism ; World Politics ; Political System ; Democracies |