Transitionsforschung zu Lateinamerika: Ansätze, Konzepte, Thesen

Nohlen, Dieter; Thibaut, Bernhard

doi:10.1007/978-3-663-01303-7_8

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“…The notion that the debate on transition toward democracy does not hold the rank of an independent theory (Nohlen and Thibaut 1994:195) is still topical. Pure theory is not useful when dealing with transitions because, as Merkel (1994:321) argues, “a single theoretical approach, no matter how impressive its epistemological elegance and frugality might be, cannot explain the modification and change of political systems.” Authors with a pure theoretical orientation tend to shield themselves from too much “disturbing” empiricism—in doing so theory becomes an incestuous end in itself.…”

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Regime-Hybridity in Developing Countries: Achievements and Limitations of New Research on Transitions

Zinecker

2009

International Studies Review

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Research on transitions has reached a crossroad. Should it be abandoned because the third wave of transitions to democracy has ended, or should it continue because so much remains unaccounted for regarding the third wave? This paper suggests that regime hybridity constitutes a widespread institutional setting resulting from incomplete transitions. Regime‐hybridity is defined as a specific regime type in which “partial regimes” within the “political regime” are democratic while others are nondemocratic, although not necessarily authoritarian. Underlying the concept is the assumption that the “political regime” stretches beyond the institutions of the state to include civil society. It is at this level that the work on transitions can be connected to the research on the dynamics of economic exclusion in the context of rent economies. This paper develops a checklist for identifying “partial regimes” that constitute regime‐hybridity and applies it to the case of Colombia to identify linkages between political transition and socioeconomic transformation.

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