Democracy

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Boxes......Page 10
Figures......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
1 What Is Democracy?......Page 15
Definitions of Democracy......Page 21
Elements of Democracy, Democratization, and De-Democratization......Page 25
State Capacity and Regime Variation......Page 29
2 Democracy in History......Page 39
Precursors of Democracy......Page 43
French Democratization and De-Democratization, 1600–2006......Page 47
Waves of Democratization......Page 54
Post-Socialist Democratization......Page 59
What’s to Explain?......Page 63
3 Democratization and De-Democratization......Page 65
Signs of Democratization and De-Democratization......Page 73
Astonishing Switzerland......Page 80
What Next?......Page 86
4 Trust and Distrust......Page 94
Trust Networks Put Out Fires......Page 97
Essential Concepts......Page 101
The Democratic Dilemma......Page 105
Back to the United States......Page 110
Trust and Distrust in Argentina......Page 114
5 Equality and Inequality......Page 120
Creation of Categorical Inequality......Page 125
Regimes and Inequality......Page 131
Inequality and Democracy in South Africa......Page 134
Resistance, Confrontation, and Revolution......Page 139
Mechanisms at Work......Page 144
6 Power and Public Politics......Page 147
Transforming Power Configurations......Page 151
Taxation, Negotiated Consent, and Avoidance of Consent......Page 157
Spanish Democratization......Page 160
Background Factors......Page 161
Immediate Causes......Page 162
Franco and After......Page 169
Power, Trust, and Inequality......Page 172
7 Alternative Paths......Page 175
Venezuela, Oil, and Switched Trajectories......Page 179
Enter Chávez......Page 182
If the Entire World Were Venezuela......Page 187
Weak States and Civil War......Page 190
Other Shocks......Page 193
State Capacity and Democracy......Page 198
8 Democracy\'s Pasts and Futures......Page 200
Change and Variation in Regimes......Page 203
Payoffs......Page 205
Futures......Page 217
References......Page 221
Index......Page 243