TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bitar Chacra,Sergio
AU  - Lowenthal,Abraham F.
ED  - International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, (International IDEA), Stockholm
TI  - Democratic transitions: conversations with world leaders 
SN  - 9781421417608 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
AV  - JC 330.3 D383 2015
U1  - 321.8 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Political leadership
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Democratización
KW  - Estudio de casos
KW  - Liderazgo politico
KW  - Democratization
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-454) and index
N2  - Democratic Transitions is a balanced, thoughtful, empirically-based volume that adds an important dimension to our understanding of both the theoretical and the policy issues surrounding the spread of democracy abroad. It is a major addition to the literature on post-authoritarian transitions and on the "how-to" of consolidating democracy after dictatorship. In an era of undue pessimism about the fate of democracy worldwide, it is a timely reminder of how democratic transitions can be made to work. * Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs * ... In evoking all of these collective distilled experiences from some of the world most successful politicians from recent decades, Bitar and Lowenthal also convey their passion for democracy forcefully, and they enable the college freshman and the scholar to understand better the events and processes that have shaped the world for the better in which we live.
ER  -