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The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late 20th Century Volume 4

The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late 20th Century Volume 4

Huntington, Samuel P.

Paperback

Series: Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture, Book 4

General Political ScienceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0806125160
ISBN13: 9780806125169
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: Mar 15 1993
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.95
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.20
Language: English

Between 1974 and 1990 more than thirty countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe shifted from authoritarian to democratic systems of government. This global democratic revolution is probably the most important political trend in the late twentieth century. In The Third Wave, Samuel P. Huntington analyzes the causes and nature of these democratic transitions, evaluates the prospects for stability of the new democracies, and explores the possibility of more countries becoming democratic. The recent transitions, he argues, are the third major wave of democratization in the modem world. Each of the two previous waves was followed by a reverse wave in which some countries shifted back to authoritarian government. Using concrete examples, empirical evidence, and insightful analysis, Huntington provides neither a theory nor a history of the third wave, but an explanation of why and how it occurred.

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