Political Transition In China
In: New Zealand international review, Band 33, Heft 2, S. 17-21
ISSN: 0110-0262
In: New Zealand international review, Band 33, Heft 2, S. 17-21
ISSN: 0110-0262
In: Journal of democracy, Band 11, Heft 3, S. 166-169
ISSN: 1086-3214
In: Strategic analysis: a monthly journal of the IDSA, Band 7, Heft 7, S. 500-507
ISSN: 1754-0054
In: Journal of Theoretical Politics, Band 17, Heft 4, S. 465-496
I address the role of social mobility in political transitions. I develop a political economy model of regime transitions that incorporates social mobility as a key feature of the economy capturing the political attitudes toward redistribution. I show that social mobility facilitates democratization by reducing the conflict over redistribution between the rich and the poor. Furthermore, it facilitates democratic consolidation by reducing the likelihood of a coup under democracy. On the other hand, social mobility helps to keep an authoritarian regime stable by reducing the likelihood of mass movements against political elites. 3 Figures, 1 Appendix, 43 References. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Ltd., copyright 2005.]
In: Review of African political economy, Band 22, Heft 64, S. 183-197
ISSN: 0305-6244
Der Beitrag entwickelt aus einer Kritik der bisherigen Forschung und Theoriebildung in der Frage der Demokratisierung und des politischen Umbruchs einen eigenen theorieorientierten Rahmen zur Analyse der Übergangsprozesse in Afrika. Für die künftige Forschung verlangt der Autor u.a., diese Übergangsprozesse als historische Entwicklungen zu begreifen, die traditionellen Dimensionen der spezifisch afrikanischen Zivilgesellschaft zu erkennen und einen interdisziplinären Analyseansatz zu verwenden. (DÜI-Kör)
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In: The journal of communist studies and transition politics, Band 10, Heft 3, S. 1-12
ISSN: 1352-3279
THE AUTHORS ASSESS HUNGARY'S TRANSITION FROM COMMUNISM TO DEMOCRACY AND NOTE RELATIVE SUCCESS CHARACTERIZED BY MULTI-PARTY ELECTIONS, A PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT WITH A CLEAR DIVISION OF POLITICAL FUNCTIONS, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PRIVATE SECTOR. THEY ATTRIBUTE THIS SUCCESS, IN PART, TO THE REFORM EXPERIENCE OF THE COMMUNIST ERA. THEY CONCLUDE THAT FURTHER PROGRESS IS DEPENDENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT, AS WELL AS ON THE SUCCESS WITH WHICH NEW GOVERNMENTS TACKLE PROBLEMS OF PROPERTY OWNERSHIP, POPULAR CONSULTATION, AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT.
In: Review of African political economy, Band 22, Heft 64
ISSN: 1740-1720
This article examines some of the inadequacies of dominant Western perspectives, especially those originating from the US for studying political transitions in Africa, by focusing on the current democratic transitions. It attributes the major flaws to the hegemonic and ideological interests which these transitions are designed to serve and which underlie approaches made popular by Western scholars, to a 'periodic' conceptualisation of the process of transition itself, to the consequent treatment of transition in an ahistorical manner and the abandonment of previous perspectives of social and political change, and to the failure to relate transitions to the developmental needs of countries involved as determined by the peoples themselves. It discusses how these weaknesses can be overcome and outlines the requirements for a more adequate framework for studying transitions.
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In: CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3957
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In: Athenea Digital: Revista de Pensamiento e Investigacion Social, Heft 10, S. 172-184
Politics, Law and Psychology are fields that come together in the symbolic. This text takes evidence from those three areas to develop an analysis of political symbols and political transitions. The development of the analysis goes through three stages. The first succinctly describes the concept of transition and its meaning. The second closely examines the notion of the symbol, in terms of its definition, to explain aspects that allow us to understand it, characterise it and make its functions clear. Finally, from the author's experience as a witness and as an actor, I suggest three ways of understanding symbols in the processes of political transition: as symbols of change, as symbols of acknowledgment, and as symbols of support.
In: Northwestern University Law Review, Band 105
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In: Journal of theoretical politics, Band 17, Heft 4, S. 465-496
ISSN: 1460-3667
I address the role of social mobility in political transitions. I develop a political economy model of regime transitions that incorporates social mobility as a key feature of the economy capturing the political attitudes toward redistribution. I show that social mobility facilitates democratization by reducing the conflict over redistribution between the rich and the poor. Furthermore, it facilitates democratic consolidation by reducing the likelihood of a coup under democracy. On the other hand, social mobility helps to keep an authoritarian regime stable by reducing the likelihood of mass movements against political elites.
In: British journal of political science, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 49-79
ISSN: 1469-2112
Once again, Spain is in political transition. The death of Franco in 1975 provided the opportunity for rationalizing an awkward political system. The objective of the politicians who gathered to draft a new constitution was twofold: to organize a state that was to be both modern and legitimate in a society that is still in many ways 'pre-civic' but, at the same time, increasingly tied to the industrial and post-industrial West.
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In: The journal of communist studies & transition politics, Band 10, Heft 3, S. 1-12
ISSN: 1743-9116