Representational Models and Democratic Transitions in Fragile and Post-Conflict States

Proposes that poor pre-industrial countries, including those just recovering from or even struggling with violent conflicts, should be encouraged and aided in quickly setting up democratic institutions.Following the fall of the Soviet Union, building democracy in war-torn and corrupt states has offe...

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Main Author:	Goldstone, Jack A.
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	World Development Report 2011
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9190

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spelling	okr-10986-91902021-04-23T14:02:44Z Representational Models and Democratic Transitions in Fragile and Post-Conflict States Goldstone, Jack A. World Development Report 2011 Proposes that poor pre-industrial countries, including those just recovering from or even struggling with violent conflicts, should be encouraged and aided in quickly setting up democratic institutions.Following the fall of the Soviet Union, building democracy in war-torn and corrupt states has offered hope for addressing key problems such as corruption and ineffectiveness.For practical purposes, democracy assistance has generally taken a two-part approach: (1) holding free and fair elections and (2) developing the broader functional perquisites of democracy, including a strong civil society, rule of law, political equality, fighting corruption, and provision of essential education, health, and infrastructure. Two particularly important issues that domestic and international democracy reformers face: the timing or sequencing of elections in relation to other political and social changes, and the choice made among different electoral and representation systems. 2012-06-26T15:40:33Z 2012-06-26T15:40:33Z 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9190 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Africa Latin America & Caribbean
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description	Proposes that poor pre-industrial countries, including those just recovering from or even struggling with violent conflicts, should be encouraged and aided in quickly setting up democratic institutions.Following the fall of the Soviet Union, building democracy in war-torn and corrupt states has offered hope for addressing key problems such as corruption and ineffectiveness.For practical purposes, democracy assistance has generally taken a two-part approach: (1) holding free and fair elections and (2) developing the broader functional perquisites of democracy, including a strong civil society, rule of law, political equality, fighting corruption, and provision of essential education, health, and infrastructure. Two particularly important issues that domestic and international democracy reformers face: the timing or sequencing of elections in relation to other political and social changes, and the choice made among different electoral and representation systems.
author	Goldstone, Jack A.
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title	Representational Models and Democratic Transitions in Fragile and Post-Conflict States
title_short	Representational Models and Democratic Transitions in Fragile and Post-Conflict States
title_full	Representational Models and Democratic Transitions in Fragile and Post-Conflict States
title_fullStr	Representational Models and Democratic Transitions in Fragile and Post-Conflict States
title_full_unstemmed	Representational Models and Democratic Transitions in Fragile and Post-Conflict States
title_sort	representational models and democratic transitions in fragile and post-conflict states
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Representational Models and Democratic Transitions in Fragile and Post-Conflict States

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