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Die Krise im Euro-Raum stellt sowohl die Integration Europas als auch die Demokratie in Europa in Frage. Die Globalisierung lässt keine andere Option als eine Weiterentwicklung der Europäischen Integration zu: Es geht nicht mehr um das Ob, sondern um das Wie. Vor dem Hintergrund einer kritischen Analyse der bisherigen Integration in verschiedenen Politikfeldern, vor allem der Finanzpolitik, werden dafür Handlungsstrategien aufgezeigt. Als Zielorientierung für mehr Demokratie in der EU dienen wissenschaftliche Befunde zur Funktionsweise westlicher Demokratien.

Democratization. --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies

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Peacebuilding is an interactive process that involves collaboration between peacebuilders and the victorious elites of a postwar society. While one of the most prominent assumptions of the peacebuilding literature asserts that the interests of domestic elites and peacebuilders coincide, Costly Democracy contends that they rarely align. It reveals that, while domestic elites in postwar societies may desire the resources that peacebuilders can bring, they are often less eager to adopt democracy, believing that democratic reforms may endanger their substantive interests. The book offers comparative analyses of recent cases of peacebuilding to deepen understanding of postwar democratization and better explain why peacebuilding missions often bring peace—but seldom democracy—to war-torn countries.

Peace-building. --- Democratization. --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- Building peace --- Peacebuilding --- Conflict management --- Peace --- Peacekeeping forces

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The last quarter of a century has seen an unprecedented wave of democratization around the globe. In these transitions from authoritarian rule to a more democratic order the media have played a key role both by facilitating, but frequently also inhibiting democratic practices to take root. This book provides an accessible and systematic introduction to the media in transitional democracies. It analyses the problems that occur when transforming the media into independent institutions that are able to inform citizens and hold governments to account. The book covers the following topics: - The persistence of political interference - Media markets and political ownership - Defining journalism after regime changes - The role of the media in divided societies - The effectiveness of international media development programmes. The book takes a comparative view by exploring the interplay of political and media transitions in different pathways of democratization that took place in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia. It will be of interest to advanced students and scholars who want a better understanding of the media outside established western democracies. The book will also be of great value to policymakers who are involved in strengthening the media in transitional democracies.

Political systems --- Mass communications --- Mass media --- New democracies. --- Médias --- Nouvelles démocraties --- Political aspects. --- Aspect politique --- New democracies --- Political aspects --- New democracies.Political aspects. --- #SBIB:309H1016 --- cultuurfilosofie --- mediatheorie --- media --- politiek --- nieuwe media --- internet --- pers --- journalistiek --- 130.2 --- Media: socio-culturele aspecten (massamedia en maatschappij, met inbegrip van cultuurhistorische werken en werken over de maatschappelijke en politieke effecten van de (diverse) media) --- Médias --- Nouvelles démocraties --- Countries, Newly democratic --- Democracies, New --- Democratic states, New --- Emerging democracies --- Nations, Newly democratic --- New democratic states --- Newly democratic states --- States, Newly democratic --- Democracy --- Democratization --- Newly independent states --- Communication in politics --- Mass media Political aspects --- Mass media - Political aspects

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Democracy --- Démocratie --- History --- Histoire --- Institutions politiques --- Italie --- Politique et gouvernement --- 321.8 --- Social sciences States Democracies --- Démocratie --- Italy --- Politics and government --- 21st century

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This book analyses the recent and on-going regime changes, their internal causes and the external factors that either stimulate or obstruct political reforms. Comparing today’s political reforms with the evolution of the political systems in the Western world, and especially with the sequencing of and congruence between the development of civil institutions and economic and political systems then and there, permits to reveal serious problems with the current attempts at regime change. A comparison of the processes started by Gorbachev in Russia and the Chinese reforms initiated by Deng Xiaoping, and the current situation in these countries and their respective positions in the world, highlights both the benefits and dangers of radical reforms. The second part of the book is devoted to the study of moral, legal and political aspects of various forms of external interference with the aim of influencing change.

Regime change. --- Democratization. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / General --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- Change, Regime --- Political violence --- Interim governments --- Legitimacy of governments