Regional Differences in Democratization: The East Versus the South
Regional Differences in Democratization: The East Versus the South
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民主化的地区差异:东方与南方
DOI:
10.1080/1060586x.1998.10641452
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发表时间:
1998
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
Valerie J. Bunce
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作者:
Valerie J. Bunce
What unites these two discussions then is a question that can be stated simply but that is in practice devilishly difficult to answer. What precisely is the place of "place" in comparative analysis? Put more precisely: what constitutes context how distinct is context and at what point do contextual differences violate the assumption central to the notion of controls in comparative study of similarities existing alongside differences? The purpose of this article is to wrestle with these questions-and provide some tentative answers-by working systematically through two issues that figure prominently in the literature on democratization that present a clear contrast between the east and the south and that provide as a result an opportunity to assess the power and specific consequences of one context in particular-that is region. The first issue is the impact of the authoritarian past after authoritarianism. The other is the relationship between democratization and economic reform. (excerpt)