'From Solidarity to Geopolitics' : support for democracy among Postcommunist states

The Resource 'From Solidarity to Geopolitics' : support for democracy among Postcommunist states
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'From Solidarity to Geopolitics' : support for democracy among Postcommunist states
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support for democracy among Postcommunist states
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Tsveta Petrova, Harriman Institute, Columbia University
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Language
eng
Summary
"This book theorizes a mechanism underlying regime-change waves, the deliberate efforts of diffusion entrepreneurs to spread a particular regime and regime-change model across state borders. Why do only certain states and nonstate actors emerge as such entrepreneurs? Why, how, and how effectively do they support regime change abroad? To answer these questions, the book studies the entrepreneurs behind the third wave of democratization, with a focus on the new eastern European democracies - members of the European Union. The study finds that it is not the strongest democracies nor the democracies trying to ensure their survival in a neighborhood of nondemocracies that become the most active diffusion entrepreneurs. It is, instead, the countries where the organizers of the domestic democratic transitions build strong solidarity movements supporting the spread of democracy abroad that do. The book also draws parallels between their activism abroad and their experiences with democratization and democracy assistance at home"--
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DLC
Dewey number
320.447
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index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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