Post-Communist Democratization: Political Discourses Across Thirteen Countries

✍ Scribed by John S. Dryzek, Leslie Templeman Holmes

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 314
• Series: Theories of Institutional Design
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The study of the democratic transitions of former Communist states has been fertile ground for students of politics. This book provides a novel "ground up" perspective by examining the ways in which ordinary people have viewed and responded to democracy. Examining a number of countries at different stages of transition, they argue that democracy has been understood differently in different places and with varying levels of approval. The authors define their research within the context of each country's history and relate their analysis to future prospects for reform.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 4
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Tables......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
A note on authorship credit......Page 14
PART I Introduction......Page 15
1 The discourses of democratic transition......Page 17
Discourses and models of democracy......Page 20
Freedom and necessity in democratization......Page 28
Q methodology......Page 34
Combining Q methodology and political discourse analysis......Page 38
Selecting subjects......Page 41
Factor analysis and narrative interpretations......Page 42
PART II Pre-transition countries......Page 45
3 China......Page 47
China factor A: Radical Liberal Democracy......Page 55
China factor B: Established Conservatism......Page 59
China factor C: Concerned Traditionalism......Page 60
China factor D: Alienated Egalitarianism......Page 61
Issues in Chinese political culture......Page 63
The prospects for political reform......Page 66
4 Yugoslavia......Page 71
Yugoslavia factor A: Democratic Future......Page 76
Yugoslavia factor B: Participatory Self-Management......Page 84
Yugoslavia factor C: Electoral Authoritarianism......Page 86
The prospects for democratization......Page 87
PART III Halting transitions......Page 91
5 Belarus......Page 93
Belarusian discourses of authority and democracy......Page 96
Belarus factor A+: Liberal Democracy......Page 97
Belarus factor A–: Presidential Populism......Page 101
Belarus factor B: Reluctant Authoritarianism......Page 102
The prospects for democracy in Belarus......Page 104
6 Russia......Page 106
Russian discourses of democracy and reaction......Page 109
Russia factor A: Chastened Democracy......Page 110
Russia factor B: Reactionary Anti-Liberalism......Page 116
Russia factor C: Authoritarian Development......Page 119
The prospects for Russian democracy......Page 121
7 Ukraine......Page 128
Ukrainian discourses of democracy......Page 132
Ukraine factor A: Social Democracy......Page 136
Ukraine factor B+: Communist Nostalgia......Page 137
Ukraine factor B–: Prosperous Contentment......Page 139
Ukraine factor C: Liberal Capitalism......Page 140
Problems and prospects in Ukraine......Page 141
PART IV Transition torn by war......Page 145
8 Armenia......Page 147
Hesitant Armenian discourses of democracy......Page 151
Armenia factor A: Impossible Social Democracy......Page 152
Armenia factor B: Timocracy......Page 156
Armenia factor C: Legalistic Paternalism......Page 157
Prospects......Page 159
9 Georgia......Page 161
Georgia factor A: Democratic Enthusiasm......Page 163
Georgia factor B: Presidential Statism......Page 168
Georgia factor C: Firm Constitutionalism......Page 169
Democratic prospects and problems in Georgia......Page 170
10 Moldova......Page 172
Moldova factor A: Socialist Authoritarianism......Page 175
Moldova factor B: Democratic Development......Page 180
Moldova’s tenuous democratization......Page 182
PART V Late developers......Page 185
From Czechoslovakia to Slovakia......Page 187
Post-Divorce: populism, nationalism, and beyond......Page 189
Slovakia factor A: Developing Pluralism......Page 193
Slovakia factor B: Unitary Populism......Page 201
Prospects......Page 202
12 Romania......Page 204
Romania factor A: Liberal Democracy......Page 209
Romania factor B: Civic Fundamentalism......Page 215
Romania factor C: Deferential Collectivism......Page 216
Prospects......Page 217
13 Bulgaria......Page 220
Bulgaria factor A: New Democratic Thinking......Page 225
Bulgaria factor B: Democratic Nationalism......Page 232
Bulgaria factor C: Populist Isolationism......Page 233
Comparisons and prospects......Page 234
PART VI Trailblazers......Page 237
14 Poland......Page 239
Polish discourses of democracy......Page 243
Poland factor A: Civic Republicanism......Page 247
Poland factor B: Guided Democracy......Page 250
Prospects......Page 252
15 Czechia......Page 254
Czechia factor A: Civic Enthusiasm......Page 257
Czech factor B: Disaffected Egalitarianism......Page 264
Prospects......Page 265
PART VII Conclusions......Page 267
East and West: matters of degree......Page 269
Erasing lines across the East......Page 271
Pasts, presents, and futures......Page 272
Party systems and discursive fields......Page 274
Crossnational patterns......Page 277
Four democratization roads......Page 282
References......Page 288
Index......Page 305