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Bringing together a leading group of international experts in the fields of politics, economics, sociology, journalism, anthropology and law, this book covers key themes that have a bearing on the quality and sustainability of democratic practices and relates them to policies in specific countries or regions.

The book focuses upon the impact of religion on democratization in a number of countries. This book was published as a special issue of Democratizations.

This book examines the varying aftermaths of the Arab Uprisings, explaining the trajectories of different states, in particular Tunisia, Egypt and Syria, and, specifically, the limits of the democratization originally demanded by those who launched the Uprisings.

This book defines and examines the three principal strategies of EU democracy promotion in comparative analyses of Eastern European and Arab countries in its neighbourhood and thereby specifies the conditions under which EU democracy promotion is likely to be effective and how. This book was originally published as a special issue of Democratization.

In recent years, an increasing amount of research has argued that the successful transformation of rebel organization into parties is critical to stable post-conflict peace and democratization. However, this process is not well understood. This volume brings together some of the most notable scholars in the field to discuss questions around the issue. This book was originally published as a special issue of Democratization.

This book examines Western efforts at democracy promotion, reactions by illiberal challengers and regional powers, and political and societal conditions in target states. It is argued that Western powers are not unequivocally committed to the promotion of democracy and human rights, while non-democratic regional powers cannot simply be described as "autocracy supporters". This volume examines in detail the challenges by three illiberal regional powers —　China, Russia　and Saudi Arabia　— to Western (US and　EU) efforts at democracy promotion. The contributions specifically analyze their actions in Ethiopia and Angola in the case of China, Georgia and Ukraine in the case of Russia, and Tunisia in the case of Saudi Arabia. Democratic powers such as the US or the EU usually prefer stability over human rights and democracy. If democratic movements threaten stability in a region, neither the US nor the EU supports them. As to illiberal powers, they are generally not that different from their democratic counterparts. They also prefer stability over turmoil. Neither Russia　nor China　nor Saudi Arabia explicitly promote autocracy. Instead, they seek to suppress democratic movements in their periphery the minute these groups threaten their security interests or are perceived to endanger their regime survival. This was previously published as a special issue of Democratization.

The book provides an original typology of religiously oriented parties that is a useful guide to understand their nature, their organisational models and, crucially, how they might impact on democracy and democratization in a number of different contexts across the world. It was published as a special issue of Democratization.

Does a ban on ethnic parties help to prevent ethnic conflict? And even if so, is such a ban democratic? This book examines the evidence from Africa, the continent that has the most extensive experience with ethnic party bans.This book was published as a special issue of Democratizations.

The book focuses on the reaction of the Eurasia authoritarian regimes to the colour revolutions in the region and shows how autocratic rulers studied various democracy promotion techniques to combat regime change in their state. This book was published as a special issue of Democratization.

This book defines and examines the three principal strategies of EU democracy promotion in comparative analyses of Eastern European and Arab countries in its neighbourhood and thereby specifies the conditions under which EU democracy promotion is likely to be effective and how.This book was originally published as a special issue of Democratization.

The book subjects international support for political parties in new and emerging democracies to detailed critical and comparative analysis, drawing on original field research findings from several countries in Europe, Africa and elsewhere.This book was published as a special issue of Democratizations.

Focuses on the impact of religion on democratization in a number of countries.

Discusses the attempts by the EU at encouraging democracy in the Mediterranean region. Rather than concentrating on the relations between the incumbent authoritarian regimes and the opposition in the relevant countries, this collection of articles inverts the focus and attempts to look at them 'inside-out'.

Examines the role that political Islam plays in processes of democratization in the Muslim world, detailing the political processes that facilitate the collective learning of democratic ways of solving the practical problems of those polities. This book represents an important contribution to the debate on democratization and political Islam.

This book - previously published as a special issue of the journal Democratization - brings together essays that offer theoretical and empirical insights into the hitherto insufficiently explored relationship between religion and democracy.

Brings together a leading group of international experts in the fields of politics, economics, sociology, journalism, anthropology and law. This book covers key themes that have a bearing on the quality and sustainability of democratic practices and relates them to policies in specific countries or regions.

This book reviews the interplay between domestic contexts and democracy promotion efforts in selected countries of the former Soviet Union and the Western Balkans. This book was published as a special issue of Democratization.

Two decades after the `third wave¿ of democratization began to roll across sub-Saharan Africa, this book provides a very timely investigation into the overall progress and setbacks over that period, the many challenges that remain and the prospects for future democratization in Africa. This book was originally published as a special issue of Democratization

Two decades after the `third wave¿ of democratization began to roll across sub-Saharan Africa, this book provides a very timely investigation into the overall progress and setbacks over that period, the many challenges that remain and the prospects for future democratization in Africa. This book was originally published as a special issue of Democratization