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Nära mumsar ingen banan: En jämförande fallstudie av demokratiseringsprocesser i Centralamerikas bananrepubliker

Alemo, Filip LU (2024) STVK04 20241
Department of Political Science
Abstract
How do countries become democratic? By employing process tracing this comparative case study strives to test the sufficiency of Jean Grugel’s alternative theoretical framework for explaining democratic transition and consolidation. The framework explains democratization as the result of interacting mechanisms within three different dimensions of society; the state, the civil society and the global order. By applying the framework to my cases - Guatemala and Nicaragua during the 1940s - I uncover that their dissimilar outcomes largely can be explained by differences in the control of civil society, unequal levels of respect for democratic norms within the apparatus of the state, as well as the United State’s willingness to hinder the spread... (More)
How do countries become democratic? By employing process tracing this comparative case study strives to test the sufficiency of Jean Grugel’s alternative theoretical framework for explaining democratic transition and consolidation. The framework explains democratization as the result of interacting mechanisms within three different dimensions of society; the state, the civil society and the global order. By applying the framework to my cases - Guatemala and Nicaragua during the 1940s - I uncover that their dissimilar outcomes largely can be explained by differences in the control of civil society, unequal levels of respect for democratic norms within the apparatus of the state, as well as the United State’s willingness to hinder the spread of communism during the cold war. I also find that democracy's stability seems to depend largely on its support within the military. (Less)
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author
Alemo, Filip LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK04 20241
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Demokratisering, Guatemala, Nicaragua, bananrepublik, institutionell design, civilsamhälle, globalisering
language
Swedish
id
9152934
date added to LUP
2024-07-18 11:04:05
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2024-07-18 11:04:05
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  abstract     = {{How do countries become democratic? By employing process tracing this comparative case study strives to test the sufficiency of Jean Grugel’s alternative theoretical framework for explaining democratic transition and consolidation. The framework explains democratization as the result of interacting mechanisms within three different dimensions of society; the state, the civil society and the global order. By applying the framework to my cases - Guatemala and Nicaragua during the 1940s - I uncover that their dissimilar outcomes largely can be explained by differences in the control of civil society, unequal levels of respect for democratic norms within the apparatus of the state, as well as the United State’s willingness to hinder the spread of communism during the cold war. I also find that democracy's stability seems to depend largely on its support within the military.}},
  author       = {{Alemo, Filip}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Nära mumsar ingen banan: En jämförande fallstudie av demokratiseringsprocesser i Centralamerikas bananrepubliker}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}