Overview
- Uses new data to test different aspects of the connection between state-formation and democratization
- Is based on a model that predicts the democratization in new states based on information about how and where a new state emerges
- Provides the first systematic classifications of state-formation since 1946
Part of the book series: Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century (CDC)
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“The book by Denk and Lehtinen is a new approach to the relation between state formation and democratization. It provides a well-designed argument to support a thesis that both analysed processes are linked, and utilizes clearly triangulated methods to show it. Many scholars will appreciate the study for its clarity and consistency – a valuable point of departure especially for more contextual and dynamic analyses of fundamental political processes in the times of global flux.” (Krzysztof Kasianiuk, Democratization, Vol. 27 (2), 2020)
“The question how processes of state formation affect the creation of states has been surprisingly overlooked in the literature. This new book constitutes an important contribution in the field of research as it presents a coherent framework for analyzing processes of state formation. Denk and Lehtinen have compiled an impressive global data set, which contains valuable information about the conditions characterizing states at the time of their independence. The authors show that state formation characteristics play a vital role in explaining whether the initial regime of the newly independent state becomes democratic or not. In addition, prospects for democratic success or failure are highly dependent on the mode of the initial regime of the newly formed state. The book and its dataset will have a profound impact in the comparative study of state formation and democratization.” (Carsten Anckar, Professor of Political Science and Comparative Politics, Åbo Akademi University, Finland)
“In this comprehensive study, Thomas Denk and Sarah Lehtinen provide a systematic classification and a wide-ranging empirical test of the connection between state formation and democratization. The comparative approach is exemplary and sophisticated throughout and very well served by illustrative tables and figures. By creating and applying their new analytical framework on a dataset including 132 cases of state formation, Denk and Lehtinen’s study is indeed a major contribution to the democratization literature. This will certainly be a standard reference for future studies on state formation.” (Thomas Sedelius, Professor of Political Science, Dalarna University, Sweden)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Sarah Lehtinen is Research Analyst at the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (BRÅ) and former Researcher in Political Science at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. She has examined how political institutions during state-formations are developed and democratized, investigated the conditions of democratic diffusion, and developed quantitative databases.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: State-Formation and Democratization
Book Subtitle: A New Classification
Authors: Thomas Denk, Sarah Lehtinen
Series Title: Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91749-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-91748-1Published: 25 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06291-0Published: 04 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-91749-8Published: 16 July 2018
Series ISSN: 2946-3416
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3424
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 177
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Theory, Democracy, Comparative Politics, Governance and Government, Political History