2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Comparative studies on political transition : relations between preconditions and the costs of democratization, consolidation of democratic institutions
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20252002
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Politics
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| Research Institution | Hosei University |
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Principal Investigator |
TANG Liang Hosei University, 政治経済学術院, 教授 (10257743)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 体制移行のコスト / 民主政の成熟度 / 初期条件の成熟度 / 二重移行 / 中産階級 / 社会的亀裂 / 民主化戦略 / 市民社会 |
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| Research Abstract |
Depending on the cost of political transition, democratization process can be divided into such patterns as soft landing, hard landing and a hybridin-between soft landing and hard landing. Even after regime transition, the quality of democracy after the transition in different countries is not necessarily the same. The preconditions for democratization, including level of economic development, the political consciousness of the middle class, the provisional status of rule of law, and the maturity of civil society, has monumental impact on the cost of political transition and the maturation of the democratic polity. In extant literature, democratization process is divided into two stages, the political transition and the consolidation of democracy thereafter. This research find it necessary to expand our scope of research to include the building of democratic infrastructure."
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