Democratization in the Global South

Part I. Transformative Politics in Historical and Comparative Perspective

1. Transformative Democratic Politics
Kristian Stokke, Olle Törnquist

2. The Relevance of the Scandinavian Experiences
Kristian Stokke, Olle Törnquist

3. Participation and Democratic Transformation: Building Effective Citizenship in Brazil, India and South Africa
Patrick Heller

4. Social Movements and the ‘Pink Tide’ Governments in Latin America: Transformation, Inclusion and Rejection
Benedicte Bull

5. Paradigmatic Failures of Transformative Democratic Politics: Indonesia and Sri Lanka in Comparative Perspective
Kristian Stokke, Olle Törnquist

Part II. Transformative Politics in the Context of Growth Economies

6. Accumulation and Inequality in China: What Spaces for Inclusion and Welfare?
Kristen Nordhaug

7. Globalization and Democracy: The Equivocality of a Relationship
Neera Chandhoke

8. Transformative Democratic Politics in Liberalizing India?
John Harriss

9. Trade Unions and Democratic Transformative Politics: Political Representation and Popular Mobilization during Local Government Reform in South Africa
David Christoffer Jordhus-Lier

10. Transformation Institutionalized? Making Sense of Participatory Democracy in the Lula Era
Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Einar Braathen, Ana Claudia Teixeira

Part III. Potentials for Post-clientelist Transformations

11. Post-clientelist Initiatives
James Manor

12. From Populism to Democratic Polity: Problems and Challenges in Solo, Indonesia
Pratikno, Cornelis Lay

13. Re-Politicizing Local Government for Politics of Transformation: Arguments from Sri Lanka
Jayadeva Uyangoda

14. Experiences and Strategic Interventions in Transformative Democratic Politics
Kristian Stokke, Olle Törnquist

Keywords: Social Sciences, Political Sociology, Political Economy, International Relations, International Organization, Political Communication, Development Studies