This book examines the international factors such as enforced democracy and globalization that have affected the Great …

democratization/de-democratization -- Investigating the Classical Ombudsman within the Indian Context -- The Imperatives of Democracy … they relate to corruption, and also whether democracy should be based on universal principles or local context and …

This book presents a re-examination of classical issues in the relationship between different forms of democratization …, civil, political and social, and examines Chile's transition to democracy during the 1990s as a typical case of the modern … sequence. It highlights the lasting institutional limits to social democratization in countries that are democratizing in the …

This book assesses the interconnectedness of democracy and economic development. It concentrates on how to … conceptualize and to measure democracy and quality of democracy in global comparison. The author makes the argument that a quality-of-democracy …1 Introduction: How to Conceptualize Democracy, Quality of Democracy in Global Comparison, and Democracy as Innovation …

reflexive learning processes through democracy and public involvement. It identifies the most central social practices, dilemmas … reflexivity and learning in the face of public dispute, it explores phenomena such as problem solving, democratization, public …

oligarchy’s rise to power and the dangers it represents for democracy today. There have been many books since the financial … developed world, in their entirety. This book will be of interest to students, practitioners and researchers, as well as the …