ABSTRACT
Do political leaders determine whether a polity will receive a democratic future or not? Research and advocates of democracy agree on the significance of political elites for democratization, yet there is a need for a more specific understanding of their role.
This book develops a theory of political leadership at the point of nascent statehood to explain the emergence of resilient democracies. It employs four diverse case studies to examine the role of leadership and democratic consolidation. In doing so, the book identifies certain capacities of political leaders at the critical moment of nascent statehood as decisive to the future democratic quality of their state.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, democratization studies, state building, leadership, nationalism, Middle Eastern studies and South Asian studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |23 pages
Political leadership matters
chapter |11 pages
The success and failure of democratic state building
chapter |10 pages
Situating the study
part |136 pages
Case studies
chapter |12 pages
Introduction to the cases
chapter |34 pages
India
chapter |27 pages
Pakistan
chapter |33 pages
Israel
chapter |28 pages
Palestine
part |17 pages
Implications of political leadership for democratic state building