Using concrete examples, empirical evidence, and insightful analysis, Huntington provides neither a theory nor a history of the third wave, but an explanation of why and how it occurred. Each of the two previous waves was followed by a reverse wave in which some countries shifted back to authoritarian government. The recent transitions, he argues, are the third major wave of democratization in the modem world. Huntington analyzes the causes and nature of these democratic transitions, evaluates the prospects for stability of the new democracies, and explores the possibility of more countries becoming democratic. This global democratic revolution is probably the most important political trend in the late twentieth century. Between 19 more than thirty countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe shifted from authoritarian to democratic systems of government.
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