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This groundbreaking text on globalization provides a comprehensive and enlightening overview of globalization issues and topics. Emphasizing the theory and methods that social scientists employ to study globalization, the text reveals how macro globalization processes impact individual lives—from the spread of scientific discourse to which jobs are more or less likely to be offshored. The author presents a clear image of “the big globalization picture” by skillfully exploring, piece by piece, a myriad of globalization topics, debates, theories, and empirical data. Compelling chapters on theory, global civil society, democracy, cities, religion, institutions (sports, education, and health care), along with three chapters on global challenges, help readers develop a broad understanding of key topics and issues. Throughout the text, the author encourages readers to relate their personal experiences to globalization processes, allowing for a more meaningful and relevant learning experience.
Trends and Transitions in Democracy
Trends and Transitions in Democracy
Objectives
This chapter will help you
- identify global waves of democracy;
- understand the difference between procedural and substantive dimensions of democracy;
- assess the supply of democracy according to the greater demands on democracy;
- understand how neighborhood factors affect the diffusion of democracy;
- assess the progress toward democracy in various regions of the world;
- evaluate the fragility of governments in transition; and
- understand the problems and prospects of democracy in regions of the developing world and ways that democracy can be thwarted in established democracies.
Democracy is not a static system. It is not the case that a society is or is not a democracy. Societies may have more or less democratic features. Some may have elections—procedural democracy—but do not give people the civil liberties ...
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