Democracy and Political Change in the Third World

This book examines the experience of democracy in developing countries such as Mexico, Zambia, India and Indonesia. It considers the patchy democratic record of such countries, as well as investigating the relationship between external and domestic factors to democratisation. The contributors assess the importance to democratic progress of a number of key variables, including:
*the institutionalisation of political parties and electoral systems
* the role of civil society
*the influence of external actors, such as the European Union

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Table of contents : 1. Introduction: The 'Third World' and the 'Third Wave of Democracy' Jeff Haynes
2. Quality Assessment of Democracy in the 'Third World' Bruce Baker
3. Illiberal Democracy in the 'Third World' - An Empirical Enquiry Jan Engberg and Svante Ersson
4. Electoral Institutional Change and Democratisation - Or: Election Administrative Quality and the Legitimacy of 'Third World' Elections Jorgen Elklit
5. Party Institutionalisation and the New Democracies Vicky Randall and Lars Svasand
6. External Actors in Processes of Democratic Consolidation: the European Union and Malawi Armin K. Nolting
7. Democratic Transition and Consolidation in Mexico Darren Wallis
8. Taking Stock of Democracy in Zambia Peter Burnell
9. Political Parties and the Development of Indian Democracy Andrew Wyatt
10. Indonesia's Democratisation Olle Tornquist
11. Conclusions Jeff Haynes