Wege zur Demokratie: Die Arbeiterklasse und die Eliten in Westeuropa und Südamerika

Author/Contributor(s):	Collier, Ruth Berins
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Date:	09/13/1999
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

The question of whether democratization is an elite-led process from above or a popular triumph from below continues to be an area of contention among political scientists. Examining the experiences of countries that have provided the main empirical base for recent theorizing, namely, Western Europe and South America, this book delineates a more complex and varied set of patterns. The volume explores democratization through a comparative analysis that examines the role of labor in relation to elite strategies in both contemporary and historical perspectives.