Identifying Determinants of Democratization Among Liberalizing Countries

• In Event: Democratic Advances and Setbacks

Brief Overview

We take a medium-N, qualitative approach through structured focused comparisons and process tracing of a carefully selected set of cases to develop theoretical arguments about why some cases failed to transition to democracy while others succeeded.

Authors

• Matthew Charles Wilson, University of South Carolina

• Amanda B. Edgell, The University of Alabama