{"product_id":"9780761956785","title":"Democracy and Democratization: Post-Communist Europe in Comparative Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis wide-ranging overview of the processes of democratization in post-Communist Europe, places the transitions in East-Central Europe within a broad European and global context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors begin with a introduction to the concept and theories of democracy and then examine the emerging politics of the new democracies to set the post-Communist transitions in longer-term comparative perspective with earlier and existing processes of democratization in \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouthern Europe, Latin America, and East and Southeast Asia. Finally the politics of EU accession are introduced to place the transitions within the wider context of European integration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConcluding with a summary of recent critiques of modern democ\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007716475120,"sku":"9780761956785","price":161.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780761956785_p0.gif?v=1763662097","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780761956785","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}