Democracy Books this Week Maybe I'm late to the party to celebrate Amartya Sen's memoir, Home in the World. It was released in the UK back in August, but took until this week to be published in the US. It's coming out on audiobook as well next month, so it's past time for us to celebrate... Continue Reading →
Political modernization for Samuel Huntington involved the creation of political institutions designed to facilitate the professionalization and organization necessary for an expanded role of governance. Note it is the institutions which are central for political modernization. Political parties, for example, became vehicles for mass political participation not just within democracies but even within nondemocratic political... Continue Reading →
