@article{1385507,
      recid = {1385507},
      author = {Ciprut, Jose V.},
      title = {Democratizations : comparisons, confrontations, and  contrasts /},
      publisher = {MIT Press,},
      address = {Cambridge, Mass. :},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiii, 368 pages)},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {A cross-disciplinary examination of democratization, as  seen in different attempts at it across the globe.Democracy  is not in steady state and democratizations are open-ended  processes; they depend on structures and functions in  systemic contexts that idiosyncratically evolve in tone,  tenor, direction, and pace. They affect and are affected by  scores of determinants, both perceived and hypothetical. In  interlinked chapters that span a number of disciplines,  this volume reexamines the basic traits, the comparable  outcomes, and the self-defining dynamics of some of the  more widely attempted versions of democracy across the  world. It discusses some of the controversies that can  speed up or slow democratizations (depending on systemic  structures, functions, processes, and contexts at play  inside, outside, and across political boundaries). The  crucial question these chapters address is whether  democratization is possible without an understanding of  what is expected from a mode of citizenship inseparable  from an ethic of freedom.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1385507},
}