Democracy in Small States: Persisting Against All Odds
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| Anteprima |
Populism
and the personalization of politics appears to be threatening the
existence of democracy as we know it all over the world. It is now more
important than ever to understand the history of this form of regime:
why it has thrives and fails. But, existing studies are limited by their
focus on a few large and predominately rich states. This book takes the
opposite approach: it investigates how politics is practiced in the
smallest states where hyper-personalization has always been a ubiquitous
feature of political life. It optimistically finds that
hyper-personalized democracy can actually persist against all odds, but
also cautions that political practices in small states are often
markedly different to larger states. Oxford Studies in Democratization
is a series for scholars and students of comparative politics and
related disciplines. Volumes concentrate on the comparative study of the
democratization process that accompanied the decline and termination of
the cold war. The geographical focus of the series is primarily Latin
America, the Caribbean, Southern and Eastern Europe, and relevant
experiences in Africa and Asia. The series editor is Laurence Whitehead,
Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
