{"product_id":"consolidating-the-third-wave-democracies-larry-diamond-9780801857959","title":"Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies: Regional Challenges","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn in-depth analysis of the struggle to consolidate new and fragile democracies--available two paperback volumes for course use.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe global trend that Samuel P. Huntington has dubbed the \"third wave\" of democratization has seen more than 60 countries experience democratic transitions since 1974. While these countries have succeeded in bringing down authoritarian regimes and replacing them with freely elected governments, few of them can as yet be considered stable democracies. Most remain engaged in the struggle to consolidate their new and fragile democratic institutions. \u003ci\u003eConsolidating the Third Wave Democracies\u003c\/i\u003e provides an in-depth analysis of the challenges that they face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConsolidating the Third Wave Democracies\u003c\/i\u003e is available in two paperback volumes, each introduced by the editors and organized for convenient course use. The first paperback volume, \u003ci\u003eThemes and Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e, addresses issues of institutional design, civil-military relations, civil society, and economic development. It brings together some of the world's foremost scholars of democratization, including Robert A. Dahl, Samuel P. Huntington, Juan J. Linz, Guillermo O'Donnell, Adam Przeworski, Philippe C. Schmitter, and Alfred Stepan. The second paperback volume, \u003ci\u003eRegional Challenges\u003c\/i\u003e, focuses on developments in Southern Europe, Latin America, Russia, and East Asia, particularly Taiwan and China. It contains essays by leading regional experts, including Yun-han Chu, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, Thomas B. Gold, Michael McFaul, Andrew J. Nathan, and Hung-mao Tien.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry Diamond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801857953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801857959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.03w x 0.85d","brand":"Larry Diamond","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065131348223,"sku":"9780801857959","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9494899f-1830-4670-9390-87be20402bd6.jpg?v=1768673199","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/consolidating-the-third-wave-democracies-larry-diamond-9780801857959","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}