TY - BOOK AU - Cole,Benjamin R. TI - Democratization and the Mischief of Faction SN - 9781626377363 AV - JC423 U1 - 321.8 23 PY - 2022///] CY - Boulder : PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers, KW - Democratization KW - Failed states KW - New democracies KW - Political parties KW - Regime change KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables and Figures --; Acknowledgments --; 1 Democratization and the Mischief of Faction --; 2 Factionalism in the Post–World War II World --; 3 Avoiding Factionalism: Senegal, Taiwan, Uruguay --; 4 Persistent Factionalism: Bangladesh, Bolivia, Zimbabwe --; 5 Overcoming Factionalism: Chile, Comoros, Estonia, Tunisia --; 6 Factionalism and Autocratization: Belarus, Central African Republic, Egypt, Thailand --; 7 Managing the Mischief of Faction --; Appendix: The Societal-Systems Process Model --; References --; Index --; About the Book; restricted access N2 - Why do new democracies succeed in some cases and struggle, backslide, or revert entirely to autocracy in others? What are the specific policies and practices at play? To answer these questions, Benjamin Cole turns to James Madisons "mischief of faction," drawing on a broad array of detailed case studies to demonstrate that factionalism is the most powerful predictor of adverse regime change and state failure in emerging democracies—and an existential threat to mature democracies, including the United States UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781626377363 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781626377363 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781626377363/original ER -