Democracy, Conflict and Human Security: Pursuing Peace in the 21st Century (Volume 1)

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Democracy, Conflict and Human Security: Pursuing Peace in the 21st Century tackles questions on how democracies can deliver social and economic rights, include all citizens in decision making and reduce poverty. This new publication is a two-volume set that explores ways in which democratic practice can contribute to the management of contemporary conflicts and promote the realization of security and development objectives.

• Volume I contains analysis and recommendations based on wide-ranging research and evaluation of lessons learned from democratization processes, past and ongoing.
  
• Volume II presents essays and case studies by leading specialists from around the world that further develop the themes and findings presented in Volume I.

Democracy, Conflict and Human Security argues that effective democracy building moves beyond the process of elections and technical assistance and examines how democratic practice relates to human security. Governments may hold free elections but fall short in other democratic measures such as the separation of powers, the freedom of the press, and guarantees of human rights.

These two volumes are aimed at practitioners, parliamentarians, politicians, government officials and policy makers concerned with problems such as social exclusion, the quality of democracy and new forms of authoritarian regimes. They are intended to be a basis for continued debate, dialogue and options for change.

Foreword

Preface

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Introduction: Confronting 21st-century Challenges

Chapters:

1. Democracy and Human Security
2. Democratization after the Cold War: Managing Turbulent Transitions
3. Democratic Practice: Managing Power, Identity and Difference
4. When Democracy Falters
5. Democracy in War-Torn Societies
6. International Democracy Building: Pursuing Peace in the 21st Century

About the Authors

About International IDEA

Index

"There are few things more important in the imperfect and fragile world in which we live than an adequately broad understanding of the demands of democracy. The necessities go well beyond prescribed elections and formal institutional politics. The need for public reasoning in an inclusive form, woven around basic concerns of ordinary people, has never been more intense. By examining some of the central issues of participatory democracy in an illuminating way, the authors of this book have made a very substantial contribution to the cause of democracy - and of human security - in the world today."

Amartya Sen, Lamont University Professor, Harvard University

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