From Ethnic clash to Stillborn Reform is the 1st entire remedy of the most important post-communist conflicts in either the previous Yugoslavia— Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia—and the previous Soviet Union—Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Tajikistan. it's also the 1st paintings that focuses now not on factors yet particularly on outcomes for democratization and marketplace reform, the 2 most generally studied political results within the constructing world.
construction on latest paintings emphasizing the consequences of financial improvement and political tradition, the e-book provides a brand new, complete therapy of the way struggle impacts political and fiscal reform.
writer Shale Horowitz employs either statistical proof and ancient case reviews of the 8 new international locations to figure out that ethnic clash entangles, distracts, and destabilizes reformist democratic governments, whereas making it more straightforward for authoritarian leaders to grab and consolidate strength. As anticipated, monetary backwardness worsens those developments, yet Horowitz reveals that robust reform-minded nationalist ideologies can functionality as antidotes.
The comprehensiveness of the therapy, use of either qualitative and quantitative research, and concentrate on regular innovations from comparative politics make this booklet a superb software for lecture room use, in addition to a ground-breaking research for scholars.
