Die Rolle von Eliten und kollektiven Akteuren in Transitionsprozessen

Bos, Ellen

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“…Within the agency‐centered school of regime change, several distinct approaches have emerged (for overviews see Bos 1994; Desfor Edles 1995). Whereas Guillermo O'Donnell and Philippe Schmitter (1986:4) have argued that “normal science methodology” is not applicable in situations “where … parameters of political action are in flux,”Przeworski (1991) has endeavored to show precisely that this was still a social science project within the grasp of conventional hypothesis‐testing, utilizing a rational choice perspective.…”

Section: Changing Perspectives: the Role Of Contingency And Agencymentioning

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Domestic and Transnational Perspectives on Democratization

Schmitz

2004

Int Studies Review

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The disciplinary separation between comparative politics and international relations is regularly challenged but persists as a result of institutional inertia and hiring practices. This essay uses the issue of democratization in an attempt to go beyond rhetoric and to develop a framework that integrates the role of transnational activism into the analysis of domestic regime change. Comparative research on democratization confirms that underlying socioeconomic conditions affect the long‐term sustainability of democratic reforms. The initiation of such reforms, as well as the process they take, can best be understood using an agency‐based framework that links domestic and transnational forces. Outside interventions are a potent factor in challenging authoritarian practices, but they do not simply displace existing domestic practices and conditions. Although transnational activists and scholars often celebrate the empowering role of networking and mobilization, the long‐term effects of such interventions are still poorly understood. Transnational ties may distract domestic activists from building effective coalitions at home or undermine their legitimacy overall. Transnational scholars and activists can learn from comparative research how different domestic groups use outside interventions to promote their interests at home.

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Section: Changing Perspectives: the Role Of Contingency And Agencymentioning

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Domestic and Transnational Perspectives on Democratization

Schmitz

2004

Int Studies Review

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“…That view has been reinforced, it should be noted, by the general scepticism with which most scholars working on Eastern Europe treated the elite-based explanations -the theoretical tradition which has most clearly linked the mode of transition with the prospect of democratic consolidation. While the elite-based accounts were perhaps most successful in explaining the breakdown of communism -mainly by reference to the splits within the communist elites and the emergence of democratic counter-elites in the late 1980s (Di Palma 1991; Von Beyme 1996) -they have been considered too limited, too vague, or hindsight-driven to explain the post-transition dynamics by themselves (Welsh 1994;Bos 1996;Munck & Skalnik Leff 1996;Lewis 1997). Therefore, if anything emerges from this cursory view on theoretical explanations of outcomes in Eastern Europe than it is, firstly, the need to integrate structural and agency based explanations into one single explanatory framework.…”

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What has Eastern Europe taught us about the Democratization literature (and vice versa)?

Kopecký

Mudde

2000

European J Political Res

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The relationship between Eastern Europe and democratisation studies so far has been highly asymmetric. In contrast to the vast contribution, both in data and theory, of Eastern Europe to the democratisation literature, the latter has been of only modest use to the understanding of the democratisation processes in post-communist Europe. Despite the growing number of empirically grounded assessments, most notably of degrees of democratic consolidation within East-Central Europe, there is still very little agreement on what exactly is democratic transition and consolidation or on what explains the seemingly widening gap between East-Central Europe on the one hand and the Balkans and post-Soviet republics on the other hand. We believe that at least part of the answer lies in two underdeveloped topics of the democratisation literature: state and nation-building (the 'third' transition) and the international dimension. Moreover, to uncover the answers democratisation studies would greatly profit from expanding its disciplinary and geographical constraints, i.e., by integrating research from, most notably, nationalism studies, international relations as well as democratisation studies of the 'first wave'.

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Old Concepts, Newly Combined—And a New Dataset

Maduz

2020

Contention and Regime Change in Asia

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Die Rolle von Eliten und kollektiven Akteuren in Transitionsprozessen

Cited by 11 publications

References 3 publications

Domestic and Transnational Perspectives on Democratization

Domestic and Transnational Perspectives on Democratization

What has Eastern Europe taught us about the Democratization literature (and vice versa)?

Old Concepts, Newly Combined—And a New Dataset

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