Sustainable Democracy

by Adam Przeworski

• ISBN13: 9780521483759
• ISBN10: 0521483751
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-08-25
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Sustainable Democracy is a joint report of twenty-one social scientists, from eleven countries and four academic disciplines, who collaborated over the period of two years under the name of the Group on East-South Systems Transformations (ESST). Their report identifies the principal political and economic choices confronting new democracies in Southern and Eastern Europe and South America, while evaluating their merits and feasibility in the light of current social science knowledge. The scientists explore the social, political and economic conditions under which democracy is likely to generate desirable and politically desired objectives, as well as, whether it is likely to last. It is argued that the state has an essential role in promoting universal citizenship and in creating conditions for a sustained economic growth. Special emphasis is placed on the interdependence between political and economic reforms.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(1)
The Background: Modernization via Internationalization	1	(9)
A Preview: The State, Democracy, and the Economy	10	(9)
PART I. DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
Transitions to Democracy and Territorial Integrity	19	(15)
Democracy, Citizenship, and the State	34	(6)
Democratic Institutions	40	(13)
Civil Society	53	(14)
PART II. MARKETS, PROPERTY SYSTEMS, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Economic Reforms in New Democracies	67	(24)
Criteria of Success of Market-Oriented Reforms	67	(4)
Evidence	71	(14)
An Alternative Strategy	85	(6)
Privatization and Its Alternatives	91	(16)
The Pitfalls of Large-Scale Privatization	91	(4)
Alternatives to Privatization	95	(12)
Conclusion	107	(6)
Notes	113	(8)
References	121	(12)
East--South Systems Transformations Working Papers	133	(2)
About the Authors	135	(2)
Author Index	137	(3)
Subject Index	140