Paths Toward Democracy: The Working Class and Elites in Western Europe and South America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521643825)

The question of whether democratization is an elite-led process from above or a popular triumph from below continues to be an area of contention among political scientists. Examining the experiences of countries that have provided the main empirical base for recent theorizing, namely, Western Europe and South America, this book delineates a more complex and varied set of patterns. The volume explores democratization through a comparative analysis that examines the role of labor in relation to elite strategies in both contemporary and historical perspectives.

Author: Ruth Berins Collier
ISBN-10: 0521643821
ISBN-13: 9780521643825
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/13/1999
Pages: 244
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.05w x 0.68d