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Democratization is the most comprehensive volume on this critical field of contemporary politics, with insightful coverage of the key theories, actors, dynamics, and developments. This authoritative guide brings together leading experts from diverse international backgrounds, including some of the best known names in the field, making it an invaluable resource to students of democratization. This second edition reflects the dramatic changes in today's political world, with empirical coverage of developments on every continent. It considers the role of new technologies, including a dedicated chapter on social media and democratization, as well as the resilience of authoritarianism and renewed antidemocratic tendencies in many parts of the world.

This title brings together competing theories of civil society with critical studies of the role of civil society in diverse situations and the way in which it has been promoted as the key to democratization. The combination of contemporary theory and practical applications provides valuable reading for students of civil society and contemporary social and political change, and its policy implications for Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.

Cover -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Foreword to the 2020 Edition -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Series Editors' Preface -- Introduction: From Totalitarianism to Democracy in Malawi -- Part One -- Political and Economic Dimensions -- 1. The Mwanza Trial as a Search for a Usable Malawian Past -- The Mwanza Trial from the Government's Perspective -- MCP and the Mwanza Murders -- The Events: Who was Conspiring? -- Conclusion -- 2. Democracy, Ethnicity, and Regionalism: The Malawian Experience, 1992-1996 -- Concepts: Their Definition and Relevance

s Myanmar (Burma) democratizing, or is it moving towards a new form of authoritarianism, perhaps one more consonant with other contemporary authoritarian regimes in Asia?Coming at a critical time, and one of growing interest in this Southeast Asian country among researchers and policy-makers, Debating Democratization in Myanmar addresses this complex question from a range of disciplinary and professional perspectives. Chapters by leading international scholars and practitioners, activists and politicians from Myanmar and around the world cover political and economic updates, as well as the pro

New challenges to democratization / Peter Burnell -- State sovereignty and democracy : an awkward coupling / Laurence Whitehead -- Ideological challenges to democracy : do they exist? / Marina Ottaway -- The continuing backlash against democracy promotion / Thomas Carothers -- Democracy assistance and the search for security / Nancy Bermeo -- Public support versus dissatisfaction in new democracies : an 'inside challenge'? / Renske Doorenspleet -- External sources and consequences of Russia's "sovereign democracy" / Michael Mcfaul and Regine A Spector -- Democratizing one-party rule in China / Shaun Breslin -- Democratization by whom? Resistance to democracy promotion in the Middle East / Bassma Kodmani -- Energy : a reinforced obstacle to democratization? / Richard Youngs -- Addressing democracy's challenges / Peter Burnell and Richard Youngs.