Democratization in America: A Comparative-Historical Analysis

The essays in this volume examine democracy’s development in the United States, demonstrating how that process has shaped—and continues to shape—the American political system.

Scholars of American politics commonly describe the political development of the United States as exceptional and distinct from that of other advanced industrial democracies. They point to the United States as the longest—lived and most stable liberal democracy in history. What they often fail to mention, though, is th...