Research Catalog

Title

Pathways to freedom : political and economic lessons from democratic transitions / edited by Isobel Coleman and Terra Lawson-Remer ; with Charles Landow.

Publication

• New York : Council on Foreign Relations, [2013]
• ©2013

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Coleman, Isobel
• Lawson-Remer, Terra

Description

viii, 256 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"Many developing countries have launched transitions from authoritarianism to democracy over the past twenty-five years. While some have succeeded in building relatively strong democracies with shared prosperity, others have stumbled. As a wave of change continues to unfold across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, the policy-relevant insights that can be gleaned from recent transitions are more salient than ever. Through case studies on Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, South Africa, Thailand, and Ukraine, Pathways to freedom explores the structural factors and policy choices that shaped eight important transitions--some successful, others less so. The case studies focus on six themes: socioeconomic inclusion and exclusion, economic structure and policies, civil society and media, legal system and rule of law, government structure, and education and demography. Additional chapters examine these themes in light of the quantitative evidence on democratization and highlight concrete policy recommendations from across the case studies. With concise historical analysis and forward-looking prescriptions, Pathways to freedom offers an authoritative and accessible look at what countries must do to build durable and prosperous democracies--and what the United States and others can do to help"--Back cover.

Subjects

• Entwicklungsländer
• Politisches System
• Fallstudiensammlung
• Developing countries > Economic conditions > Case studies
• Democratization > Political aspects > Developing countries > Case studies
• Zivilgesellschaft
• Demokratisierung
• Wirtschaftswachstum
• Developing countries > Politics and government > Case studies
• Wirtschaftsreform
• Democratization > Developing countries > Case studies
• Politischer Wandel
• Democratization > Economic aspects > Developing countries > Case studies

Genre/Form

Fallstudiensammlung.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Political and economic lessons from democratic transitions / Isobel Coleman and Terra Lawson-Remer -- Statistical evidence / Jan Teorell -- Mexico / Shannon K. O'Neil -- Brazil / Carlos Pio -- Poland / Grzegorz Ekiert and George Soroka -- South Africa / John Campbell -- Indonesia / Joshua Kurlantzick -- Thailand / Joshua Kurlantzick -- Ukraine / Andrew Wilson -- Nigeria / John Campbell -- Strategies for successful democratization / Isobel Coleman and Terra Lawson-Remer.

ISBN

• 9780876095669
• 087609566X

LCCN

2013387043

OCLC

• ocn849493624
• 849493624
• SCSB-5865698

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries