The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century

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Between 1974 and 1990 than thirty countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe shifted from authoritarian to democratic systems of government This global democratic revolution is probably the most important political trend in the late twentieth century In The Third Wave, Samuel P Huntington analyzes the causes and nature of these democratic transitions, evaluates the prospects for stability of the new democracies, and explores the possibility of countries becoming democratic The recent transitions, he argues, are the third major wave of democratization in the modem world Each of the two previous waves was followed by a reverse wave in which some countries shifted back to authoritarian government Using concrete examples, empirical evidence, and insightful analysis, Huntington provides neither a theory nor a history of the third wave, but an explanation of why and how it occurred.Factors responsible for the democratic trend include the legitimacy dilemmas of authoritarian regimes economic and social development the changed role of the Catholic Church the impact of the United States, the European Community, and the Soviet Union and the snowballing phenomenon change in one country stimulating change in others Five key elite groups within and outside the nondemocratic regime played roles in shaping the various ways democratization occurred Compromise was key to all democratizations, and elections and nonviolent tactics also were central New democracies must deal with the torturer problem and the praetorian problem and attempt to develop democratic values and processes Disillusionment with democracy, Huntington argues, is necessary to consolidating democracy He concludes the book with an analysis of the political, economic, and cultural factors that will decide whether or not the third wave continues.Several Guidelines for Democratizers offer specific, practical suggestions for initiating and carrying out reform Huntington s emphasis on practical application makes this book a valuable tool for anyone engaged in the democratization process At this volatile time in history, Huntington s assessment of the processes of democratization is indispensable to understanding the future of democracy in the world. 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Huntington For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I should confess a distaste for Huntington to start I thought Political Order in Changing Societies was crypto fascist, with too much emphasis on the strength of institutions with too little attention paid to their purpose or responsiveness And Clash of Civilizations was essentially racist absolutism, with as much intellectual rigor as a stand up comedian s white people do this, black people do that act Still, that doesn t mean The Third Wave is all bad Huntington should get a lot of I should confess a distaste for Huntington to start I thought Political Order in Changing Societies was crypto fascist, with too much emphasis on the strength of institutions with too little attention paid to their purpose or responsiveness And Clash of Civilizations was essentially racist absolutism, with as much intellectual rigor as a stand up comedian s white people do this, black people do that act Still, that doesn t mean The Third Wave is all bad Huntington should get a lot of respect for trying to explain the undeniable transition toward the liberal democratic model that took place in the latter portion of the 20th century rather than trying to come up with silly one size fits all theories for predicting democratization like Rostow s take off theory.Huntington s explanatio...While Huntington has no concerns about keeping his prose lively, I still found this book worth pushing through for the detailed analysis it presents It s also important to heed the caveats he offers at the beginning this is intended to be an in depth consideration of the conditions, processes, and results of the third wave of democratizations that happened in the second half of the 20th century It is not intended as an authoritative text on all democratization everywhere, though of course While Huntington has no concerns about keeping his prose lively, I still found this book worth pushing through for the detailed analysis it presents It s also important to heed the caveats he offers at the beginning this is intended to be an in depth consideration of the conditions, processes, and results of the third wave of democratizations that happened in the second half of the 20th century It is not intended as an authoritative text on all democratization everywhere, though of course you can t help but draw general conclusions as you read it, which he also doesopenly as the book progresses I read ...The author did not really understand some, if not all, of the countries he wrote about I lost interest in the book as soon as I read him claiming with certainty there were only 400 1000 deaths at Tiananmen Square Massacre The actual number was believe to be much higher Another problemOn page 300 304, he wrote derivatives of Confuciusism in Taiwan, etc and he also said Taiwan had less Confucius influence compared to China.This clearly shows he did not know anything about China and Taiwan The author did not really unders... .It turns out that my review was just for the Clash Of Civilizations I thought Samuel Huntington s insights on reasons for conflict in the future to be fairly unoriginal but then again if it is unoriginal it is most likelyaccurate in political science His theory helps explain some of the current conflicts such as those between the Arabs and Israelis or between Al Qaeda and the United States but it runs into problems when we start to talk about local conflicts The major conflicts may It turns out that my review was just for the Clash Of Civilizations I thought Samuel Huntington s insights on reasons for conflict in the future to be fairly unoriginal but then again if it is unoriginal it is most likelyaccurate in political science His theory helps explain some of the current conflicts such as those between the Arabs and Israelis or between Al Qaeda and the United States but it runs into problems when we start to talk about local conflicts The major conflicts may fall under this paradigm but the genocides in Darfur and Rwanda or the Russian invasion of Georgia occur...Huntington appears to have rushed this book out to have something in the market as the Iron Curtain fell in the early 1990s Poor editing has resulted in lists of countries, when a table would have conveyed the informationclearly A fundamental limitation is that Huntington appears to adopt a flawed US model of democracy without exploring other models The most interesting comments come in the last chapter with Huntington s observation that No Islamic country has sustained a fully Huntington appears to have rushed this book out to have something in the market as the Iron Curtain fell in the early 1990s Poor editing has resulted in lists of countries, when a table would have conveyed the informationclearly A fundamental limitation is that Huntington appears to adopt a flawed US model of democracy without exploring other models The most interesting comments come in the last chapt...This is not for the first time that religious passions and obscurantism has been used as an instrument of imperialist policy in the global power game Religious obscurantism had played in the hands of the British imperialism particularly in its conspiracies hatched against the Ottoman Empire It was also used as an instrument of imperial policy in India for the consolidation and defense of British Indian Empire Some times they encouraged...Though a little dated, this book by Samuel Huntington provides an systematic exposition of democratization as a process Beginning with the underlying and casual causes, he identifies the lack of economic development stating a specific threshold, known as the transitional zone , at which democracy will emerge , a paucity of Protestantism and its concomitant values and ethos, and unforthcoming support and assistance from superpo...Ah, Huntington I guess it was inevitable that I wouldn t make it through a Master s in International Affairs without having to read this one Interesting premise, but history has shown he s gotten it a little bit wrong I have some strong objections to his take on dealing with past human rights abuses in transitional phases There just isn t good evidence to support his claim that you can t pursue peace unless you grant amnesty to perpetrators Latin American cases have proven that you can, and Ah, Huntington I guess it was inevitable that I wouldn t make it through a Master s in International Affairs without having to read this one Interesting premise, but history has shown he s gotten it a little bit wrong I have some str...

The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century
  • English
  • 06 July 2018
  • Paperback
  • 384 pages
  • 0806125160
  • Samuel P. Huntington
  • The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century