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Oxford University Press, USA
Democracy in Small States: Persisting Against All Odds
Democracy in Small States: Persisting Against All Odds
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Populism and the personalization of politics appears to be threatening the existence of democracy as we know it all over the world. It is now more important than ever to understand the history of this form of regime: why it has thrives and fails. But, existing studies are limited by their
focus on a few large and predominately rich states. This book takes the opposite approach: it investigates how politics is practiced in the smallest states where hyper-personalization has always been a ubiquitous feature of political life. It optimistically finds that hyper-personalized democracy
can actually persist against all odds, but also cautions that political practices in small states are often markedly different to larger states. Oxford Studies in Democratization is a series for scholars and students of comparative politics and related disciplines. Volumes concentrate on the comparative study of the democratization process that accompanied the decline and termination of the cold war. The geographical focus of the series is
primarily Latin America, the Caribbean, Southern and Eastern Europe, and relevant experiences in Africa and Asia. The series editor is Laurence Whitehead, Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
Author: Jack Corbett, Wouter Veenendaal
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 12/04/2018
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780198796718
Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2019
Explaining political stability in small states'.
focus on a few large and predominately rich states. This book takes the opposite approach: it investigates how politics is practiced in the smallest states where hyper-personalization has always been a ubiquitous feature of political life. It optimistically finds that hyper-personalized democracy
can actually persist against all odds, but also cautions that political practices in small states are often markedly different to larger states. Oxford Studies in Democratization is a series for scholars and students of comparative politics and related disciplines. Volumes concentrate on the comparative study of the democratization process that accompanied the decline and termination of the cold war. The geographical focus of the series is
primarily Latin America, the Caribbean, Southern and Eastern Europe, and relevant experiences in Africa and Asia. The series editor is Laurence Whitehead, Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
Author: Jack Corbett, Wouter Veenendaal
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 12/04/2018
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780198796718
Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2019
About the Author
Jack Corbett is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Being Political: Leadership and Democracy in the Pacific Islands (Hawaii, 2015); and Australia's Foreign Aid Dilemma: Humanitarian Aspirations Confront Democratic Legitimacy (Routledge, 2017) as
well as numerous articles and book chapters.
Explaining political stability in small states'.
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