Democratization in the South: the jagged wave

Introduction: democratising The South. Geoffrey Hawthorn - constitutional democracy in the south: the origins of constitutional democracy the inherent strains of democratic theory the fragility of constitutional democracy in the south the conditions for sustaining democratic politics democratic politics and developmental efficiency Mick Moore - is democracy rooted in material prosperity? measuring democracy contradictory evidence? - Hadenius, 'democracy and development', Arat, 'democracy and human rights in developing countries', Vanhanen, 'the process of democratisation' democracy and material prosperity - cause and effect time series data why does statistical analysis not tell us more? can we explain how material prosperity generates democracy? new theoretical insights? concluding comments annex 2.1 - time series analysis of the connection between democracy and income Mark Robinson - economic reform and the transition to democracy: economic reform and political liberalisation South Korea - economic policy under authoritarian rule, economic and political reform in the late 1980s, the transition from authoritarian rule Chile - economic liberalisation under Pinochet, 1973-1981, economic recession and popular resistance in the early 1980s, economic adjustment and the transition to democracy, democracy and adjustment in the 1990s Ghana - radical populism, 1981-83, economic orthodoxy and authoritarian rule 1983-89, institutional and political reforms in the early 1990s, sustaining economic reform under civilian rule, economic reform and political liberalisation under Rawling Robin Luckham - Faustian bargains: democratic control over military and security establishment - introduction: the military factor in transitions to democracy - the contradictory relationship between democracy and military power, the uncertainties of democratic transition, consolidating democratic control in new democracies, the case studies South Korea: democratisation within a garrison state - the consolidation of developmental dictatorship, cracks in the monolith bringing the military and security establishments under control, evaluation: has democratic control over the military been consolidated? Chile - military prerogatives within a liberal democracy - the transition from civilian rule and the mechanisms of military dictatorship, authoritarian rule and capitalist restructuring, Pinochet's plan of retreat, a slow and incomplete demilitarisation, evaluation: consolidation of democracy but not civilian control? (Part contents).