Boundary Control: Subnational Authoritarianism in Federal Democracies

Boundary Control: Subnational Authoritarianism in Federal Democracies
ISBN-10
0521192234
ISBN-13
9780521192231
Category
Political Science
Pages
192
Language
English
Published
2013-01-07
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Edward L. Gibson

Description

The democratization of the national government is only a first step in the diffusion of democracy throughout a country's territory. Even after a national government is democratized, subnational authoritarian "enclaves" often continue to deny rights to citizens of local jurisdictions. This is a common but little-understood problem in the post-communist and developing world and was a key facet of American politics until the fall of the "Solid South" in the mid-twentieth century. This book explains how subnational authoritarianism is part of normal democratic politics and strategic interactions between local authoritarians and national democratic leaders.

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