Talk:Democratic consolidation

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I think it would be helpful to have a list of states that underwent the process with those that succeeded or failed. I'm by no means an expert in this area, I just wanted to propose it. Coinmanj (talk) 03:36, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I think the overall structure of the article is good, however some of the sections could do with some further explanation in my opinion. First off, the definition needs an academic source. I think the definition of Linz & Stepan (1996)^[1] could be used. They state that there is democratic consolidation when no significant political group seriously attempts to overthrow the democratic regime. In the consolidation theories section, I would add to “institutionalization” the five conditions for a consolidated democracy, also by Linz & Stepan (1996); civil society, political society, rule of law, bureaucracy, economic society. In “informal rules”, I would add a source to back up O’Donnell’s ideas on consolidation; O'Donnell (1996)^[2] In the examples section, I would add more explanation as to why countries like UK and Netherlands are unlikely to revert to authoritarian monarchies, so can be labelled “consolidated”. 145.109.61.58 (talk) 14:01, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dear (talk),

I write this feedback for the assigned CP peer reviews. Firstly, your ideas seem to be well substantiated, using reliable sources within the Wikipedia general article guidelines. I do not have much critique, solely the idea of maybe adding non-western countries to the empirics that you plan to provide in the examples section. Therewith, you will sustain a certain balance and provide an even less biased approached to this article as you include multiple possible empirics. FefeliceUva (talk) 12:45, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ -Linz, J. J., & Stepan, A. C. (1996). Toward consolidated democracies. Journal of democracy, 7(2), 14-33.
^ - O'Donnell, G. A. (1996). Illusions about consolidation. Journal of democracy, 7(2), 34-51.

[1] -Linz, J. J., & Stepan, A. C. (1996). Toward consolidated democracies. Journal of democracy, 7(2), 14-33.

[2] - O'Donnell, G. A. (1996). Illusions about consolidation. Journal of democracy, 7(2), 34-51.

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