Democratic transition explained

A democratic transition describes a phase in a country's political system as a result of an ongoing change from an authoritarian regime to a democratic one.^{[1] [2] [3]} The process is known as democratisation, political changes moving in a democratic direction.^[4] Democratization waves have been linked to sudden shifts in the distribution of power among the great powers, which created openings and incentives to introduce sweeping domestic reforms.^{[5] [6]} Although transitional regimes experience more civil unrest,^{[7] [8]} they may be considered stable in a transitional phase for decades at a time.^{[9] [10] [11]} Since the end of the Cold War transitional regimes have become the most common form of government.^{[12] [13]} Scholarly analysis of the decorative nature of democratic institutions concludes that the opposite democratic backsliding (autocratization), a transition to authoritarianism is the most prevalent basis of modern hybrid regimes.^{[14] [15] [16]}

Typology

Autocratization

See main article: Autocratization.

Democratisation

See main article: Democratization.

Factors

Decolonization

See main article: Decolonization.

Democratic globalization

See main article: Democratic globalization.

Democracy promotion

See main article: Democracy promotion.

Outcomes

Democratic consolidation

See main article: Democratic consolidation.

Stalled transition

Hybrid regime

See main article: Hybrid regime.

Measurement

See main article: Democracy indices.

See also

• Energy transition
• Anti-authoritarianism
• Types of democracy
• Peaceful transition of power
• Radical politics
• Transition economy
• List of freedom indices

Further reading

• Book: Coale, Ansley J. . Social Economics . Demographic Transition . Palgrave Macmillan UK . London . 1989 . 16–23 . 978-0-333-49529-2 . 10.1007/978-1-349-19806-1_4.
• Book: Croissant . A. . Haynes . J. . Twenty Years of Studying Democratization: Vol 1: Democratic Transition and Consolidation . Taylor & Francis . 2015 . 978-1-317-61900-0 .
• Epstein . David L. . Bates . Robert . Goldstone . Jack . Kristensen . Ida . O'Halloran . Sharyn . Democratic Transitions . American Journal of Political Science . [Midwest Political Science Association, Wiley] . 50 . 3 . 2006 . 0092-5853. 3694234 . 551–569 . 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2006.00201.x .
• Haggard . Stephan . Kaufman . Robert R. . Inequality and Regime Change: Democratic Transitions and the Stability of Democratic Rule . The American Political Science Review . [American Political Science Association, Cambridge University Press] . 106 . 3 . 2012 . 0003-0554. 23275430 . 495–516 . 10.1017/S0003055412000287 . 28273700 .
• Book: Glaser, E. . Anti-Politics: On the Demonization of Ideology, Authority and the State . Watkins Media . 2018 . 978-1-912248-12-4 .
• Book: Huntington, S.P. . The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late 20th Century . University of Oklahoma Press . The Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series . 2012 . 978-0-8061-8604-7 .
• Kirk . Dudley . Demographic Transition Theory . Population Studies . Informa UK Limited . 50 . 3 . 1996 . 361–387 . 0032-4728 . 10.1080/0032472031000149536. 11618374 .
• Book: Stoner . K. . McFaul . M. . Transitions to Democracy: A Comparative Perspective . Johns Hopkins University Press . 2013 . 978-1-4214-0877-4 .

External links

• Democracy data: how do researchers measure democracy? -Our World in Data
• Democratic Transition publications - Jstor

Notes and References

1. Book: Arugay, Aries A. . The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies . Democratic Transitions . Springer International Publishing . Cham . 2021 . 978-3-319-74336-3 . 10.1007/978-3-319-74336-3_190-1 . 1–7. 240235199 .
2. Book: Munck, G.L. . International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences . Democratic Transitions . Elsevier . 2001 . 10.1016/b0-08-043076-7/01135-9 . 3425–3428. 9780080430768 .
3. Cassani . Andrea . Tomini . Luca . Authoritarian resurgence: towards a unified analytical framework . Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica . Cambridge University Press (CUP) . 49 . 2 . 2019 . 0048-8402 . 10.1017/ipo.2019.14 . 115–120. 199298876 . 2434/666535 . free .
4. Huntington . Samuel P. . How Countries Democratize . Political Science Quarterly . [The Academy of Political Science, Wiley] . 124 . 1 . 2009 . 0032-3195 . 25655609 . 31–69 . 10.1002/j.1538-165X.2009.tb00641.x . 2023-04-17.
5. Gunitsky. Seva. 2014. From Shocks to Waves: Hegemonic Transitions and Democratization in the Twentieth Century. International Organization. en. 68. 3. 561–597. 10.1017/S0020818314000113. 232254486. 0020-8183.
6. Book: Gunitsky, Seva. Aftershocks. 2017. Princeton University Press . 978-0-691-17233-0.
7. Cook . Scott J . Savun . Burcu . New democracies and the risk of civil conflict . Journal of Peace Research . SAGE Publications . 53 . 6 . 2016 . 0022-3433 . 10.1177/0022343316660756 . 745–757. 114918000 .
8. Book: Crocker . C.A. . Hampson . F.O. . Aall . P. . Managing Conflict in a World Adrift . McGill-Queen's University Press . 2016 . 978-1-928096-48-1 . 2023-04-23 . 156.
9. Sönmez . Hakan . Democratic Backsliding or Stabilization? . Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science . International Association for Political Science Students . 46 . 2020-09-30 . 2414-6633 . 10.22151/politikon.46.3 . 54–78. free .
10. Geddes . Barbara . What Do We Know About Democratization After Twenty Years? . Annual Review of Political Science . Annual Reviews . 2 . 1 . 1999 . 1094-2939 . 10.1146/annurev.polisci.2.1.115 . 115–144. free .
11. Törnberg . Anton . Combining transition studies and social movement theory: towards a new research agenda . Theory and Society . Springer Science and Business Media LLC . 47 . 3 . 2018 . 0304-2421 . 10.1007/s11186-018-9318-6 . 381–408. 255015393 . free .
12. Book: Leonardo Morlino . Dirk Berg-Schlosser . Bertrand Badie . 6 March 2017 . Political Science: A Global Perspective . SAGE . 112– . 978-1-5264-1303-1 . 1124515503 .
13. Brownlee . Jason . Portents of Pluralism: How Hybrid Regimes Affect Democratic Transitions . American Journal of Political Science . [Midwest Political Science Association, Wiley] . 53 . 3 . 2009 . 0092-5853. 25548135 . 515–532 . 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2009.00384.x . 2023-04-23. free .
14. Web site: Home - IDEA Global State of Democracy Report . International IDEA . Nov 26, 2022.
15. Hameed . Dr. Muntasser Majeed . Hybrid regimes: An Overview . IPRI Journal . Islamabad Policy Research Institute - IPRI . 22 . 1 . Jun 30, 2022 . 1684-9787 . 10.31945/iprij.220101 . 1–24. 251173436 . free .
16. Book: Caballero-Anthony, M. . Political Change, Democratic Transitions and Security in Southeast Asia . Taylor & Francis . Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series . 2009 . 978-1-135-26840-4 . 2023-04-27 . 7.