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The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes: Crisis, Breakdown and Reequilibration. An Introduction

by Juan J. Linz (Editor), Alfred Stepan (Editor)
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    Johns Hopkins University Press
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    September 1, 1978
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A rich collection of challenging studies that, in addition ot supplying useful data on the performance of democratic institutions in a variety of settings, gives us a good example of how collaborative, cross-national explanatory research can be conducted.
―Journal of Politics

About the Author

Juan J. Linz is Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political and Social Science at Yale University. In addition to the works coauthored and coedited with Professor Stepan, Professor Linz has published works on democracy, democratization, and comparative politics, including Sultanistic Regimes, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Alfred Stepan is the Wallace Sayre Professor of Government at Columbia University. His books include Democracies in Danger, Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation, and The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes, all also published by Johns Hopkins, the last two with Juan J. Linz.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 1, 1978
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 080182009X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0801820090
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.33 x 9 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #1,142,564 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
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  • MSaxton
    5.0 out of 5 stars Life Could be Much, Much Worse
    Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2025
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    Linz and Stepan offer a clear, concise and well written introductory explanation of the process of the death of democratic regimes. Pull this one out and go down the list when you think you have a clue about what is going on, big picture, in a regime and you'll likely discover you were mistaken or possibly greatly over exaggerating. Perfect gift for the hysterical pundants in your life (if for nothing else than to let them know that you know they're full of it).
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  • Duane P.
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Must read.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2018
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    Sounds like we are there given the current situation. Therefore, a must read.
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  • Stephen Zielinski
    5.0 out of 5 stars A timeless classic
    Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2024
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    Juan Linz is one of the great political sociologists of the 20th century. A Spainard who was nurtured by Franco's authoritarianism, his work addressed totalitarian, authoritarian and democratic regimes -- that is, autocratic and modern democratic political systems This research led him examine the nature of regime change, which he calls transitions. In The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes, he provides an introduction to a book series that addressed the decay and collapse of a democratic regimes in Souther Europe and the Americas. He uses a vocabulary designed to define and identify the political actors present when a democracy is in crisis, specifying their potential for action in critical situation, their interrelations and their significance.

    I intend to reacquire this book in order to reacquaint myself a democratic crisis theory. The need for his work should be obvious given the emerging crisis in the western democracies.
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  • AB
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2015
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    This is a good book. I received it before expected. The conditions were as described.
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  • Kevin W.
    1.0 out of 5 stars Read “How Democracies Die” instead.
    Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2021
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    Nearly incomprehensible academic speak. And I’m a law student and a former editor of a legal blog.
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