Democracy under Construction: Patterns from four continentsUrsula J. van Beek Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2005 M09 12 - 496 pages The book compares five newly emerged democracies in Europe, South East Asia, Latin America and Africa. Cutting across vastly dif¬fer¬ent historical and cultural backgrounds it tells the story of how societies come to terms with a painful past and how politics, culture and the economy intertwine in the process of creating new democratic nations. |
Contents
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Part one Political society | 63 |
Part two Economic society | 165 |
Part three Civil society | 241 |
Part four Historical memory | 335 |
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Democracy Under Construction: Patterns from Four Continents Ursula Van Beek,Hans-Dieter Klingemann No preview available - 2005 |
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