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Book SynopsisIt will be essential in setting research agendas and policy discussions for a broad range of scholars and practitioners.
Trade Review"Democracies in Danger harnesses cutting-edge research by world-class scholars to the urgent task of designing feasible proposals to make new democracies work better. The result is an invaluable contribution that will be required reading for academics and practitioners alike." - Richard Snyder, Brown University"
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: Undertheorized Political Problems in the Founding Democratization Literature
Part I: Managing Potential Cultural Conflicts Democratically
Chapter 1. Civil Society, Islam, and Ethnocommunal Conflict
Chapter 2. Debating Secession Peacefully and Democratically: The Case of Canada
Part II: Toward Creating and Controlling Democratically Usable Security Services
Chapter 3. The New "Double Challenge": Democratic Control and Efficacy of Military, Police, and Intelligence
Chapter 4. Beyond Threats to Democracy from the Armed Forces, Police, and Intelligence: The Spanish Case
Part III: Refining Presidentialism and Semi-Presidentialism
Chapter 5. Latin America's Interrupted Presidencies: Alternatives?
Chapter 6. The Predicament of Semi-presidentialism
Conclusion: The Way Forward
Notes
List of Contributors
Index
