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1. Shock to the system: Coups, elections, and war on the road to democratization: By Michael K. Miller, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2021, 362 pp. $29.95 (paper).

Subjects
*DEMOCRATIZATION, *ELECTIONS, *COUPS d'etat, *COMPARATIVE government, *POLITICAL parties, *REFORMATION
Abstract

In the second I electoral continuity path i , transitions are initiated by stable ruling parties confident of their ability to thrive under democracy. Were these stable ruling parties created by a violent shock and an unsuccessful push toward democracy? For instance, protests, civil society forces, and sanctions can expedite the process of democratization but are more likely to do so after a violent shock or in the presence of a stable ruling party.[2] A structural factor such as economic development reduces the chances of shocks but enhances the probability of democratization if a shock occurs. [Extracted from the article]

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2022
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3. Paper Emperors: The rise of Australia's newspaper empires: by Sally Young, Sydney, UNSW Press, 2019, 654 pp., $28.75 Australian (paperback), ISBN: 9781742234984.

Author

Tsokhas, Kosmas

Subjects
NEWSPAPERS, PRESS, ELECTIONS, IMPERIALISM, PRICE fixing
Abstract

In I Paper Emperors i , Sally Young provides a magisterial account of the interrelations between the corporate interests and political connections of Australia's major newspaper proprietors to the 1940s. All in all, Young concludes that "The daily newspapers were so unusually politically homogeneous" that they had "a major impact upon the nature of political debate" and upon "political elites" (p. 125). [Extracted from the article]

Published
2021
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6. Taiwan in Dynamic Transition: Nation Building and Democratization.

Author

Schak, David

Subjects
*NATION building, *DEMOCRATIZATION, *POLITICIANS, *COLONIES, *ELECTIONS, *POLITICAL parties
Abstract

With democratization, the Taiwanese were able to freely express their Taiwanese identity, especially in opposition to efforts to bring Taiwan closer to China. This book derives from a wide-ranging conference on Taiwan at the University of Alberta from which the editors chose papers dealing with democratization and nation building. Ashley Esarey examines relevant events in the creation of the nation from the Japanese colonial period, through authoritarian Kuomintang (KMT) rule, and the democratization process up to the 2018 elections. [Extracted from the article]

Published
2021
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