Paths Toward Democracy: The Working Class and Elites in Western Europe and South America

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 B. Collier,Ruthberins Collier
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 09/13/1999
Pages: 244
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.05w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780521643825

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