Author : Rudolf Martin Rizman
Release : 2006
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 439/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Uncertain Path by : Rudolf Martin Rizman
Download or read book Uncertain Path written by Rudolf Martin Rizman. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this case study of the politics of transition in Eastern Europe, Rudolf Martin Rizman provides a careful, detailed sociological explanation and narrative on the emergence of independent statehood and democracy in Slovenia. In his focus on the transition from an authoritarian to a democratic regime, Rizman analyzes social processes and political issues in the context of the Third Wave of democratization, identifying "zones of certainty and uncertainty." Challenging many generally accepted ideas about small states and their transitions to democracy, this book places Slovenia's pattern of democratization in the wider regional context of eastern and central European post-communist transitions.