The resilience of democracy

Burnell, Peter J., Peter Calvert

"If the past is any guide, many of the new 'Third Wave' democracies can be expected to fall by the wayside. Moreover, a significant part of the world's peoples do not enjoy democratic government. This volume brings together studies of many of the small number of previously established states that have retained and/or restored democracy despite - in many cases - formidable economic, social or political challenges. It seeks to establish common themes, whether or not they appear to fit a grand causal theory."--Jacket.