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020			_a9781107110984 (ebook)
020			_z9781107047112 (hardback)
020			_z9781107625259 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aJC423 _b.W3643 2014
082	0	0	_a321.8 _223
100	1		_aWejnert, Barbara, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDiffusion of Democracy : _bThe Past and Future of Global Democracy / _cBarbara Wejnert.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (366 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis book explores the course and causes of the worldwide diffusion of democracy through an assessment of the political and economic development of individual countries from the year 1800 to 2005. Using this extended range of data and examining multiple variables Barbara Wejnert creates a conceptual model for the diffusion of democracy and to measure national democratization. The author characterizes each nation's political system, its networking with other countries, level of development, and media advancement, in order to pinpoint what leads to national and regional progress to or regress from democratization. Her innovative findings challenge established thinking and reveal that the growth of literacy does not lead to democratization but is instead an outcome of democracy. She also finds that networks between non-democratic and democratic states are more important to a nation's democratization than financial aid given to non-democratic regimes or the level of national development.
650		0	_aDemocracy
650		0	_aDemocratization
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107047112
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107110984
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37417 _d37417