How violent events and autocratic parties trigger democratic change How do democracies emerge? Shock to the System presents a novel theory of Democratization that focuses on how events like coups, wars, and Elections disrupt autocratic regimes and trigger democratic change.
Employing the broadest qualitative and quantitative analyses of Democratization to date, Michael Miller demonstrates that more than nine in ten transitions since 1800 occur in one of two ways: countries d.
How violent events and autocratic parties trigger democratic change How do democracies emerge? Shock to the System presents a novel theory of Democratization that focuses on how events like coups, wars, and Elections disrupt autocratic regimes and trigger democratic change