Pathways to Democracy: The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions

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Psychology Press, 2000 - 336 pages

The legendary Greek figure Orpheus was said to have possessed magical powers capable of moving all living and inanimate things through the sound of his lyre and voice. Over time, the Orphic theme has come to indicate the power of music to unsettle, subvert, and ultimately bring down oppressive realities in order to liberate the soul and expand human life without limits. The liberating effect of music has been a particularly important theme in twentieth-century African American literature.

The nine original essays in Black Orpheus examines the Orphic theme in the fiction of such African American writers as Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, James Baldwin, Nathaniel Mackey, Sherley Anne Williams, Ann Petry, Ntozake Shange, Alice Walker, Gayl Jones, and Toni Morrison. The authors discussed in this volume depict music as a mystical, shamanistic, and spiritual power that can miraculously transform the realities of the soul and of the world. Here, the musician uses his or her music as a weapon to shield and protect his or her spirituality. Written by scholars of English, music, women's studies, American studies, cultural theory, and black and Africana studies, the essays in this interdisciplinary collection ultimately explore the thematic, linguistic structural presence of music in twentieth-century African American fiction.

 

Table des matières

Democracy and Its Enemies
21
On Markets and Democracy
37
Transitions to What? The Social Foundations of
53
The End of Authoritarianism in South and Central America
71
The Transformation of LaborBased OnePartyism at the
93
External Actors in the Transitions to Democracy in Latin America
116
Democracy and Civil Society in Korea
133
toward Democratic Consolidation
147
The Longest Transition
213
International Influences on Democratization
226
The Colonial Legacy and Sponsored Transitions in Africa
243
A Virtuous Circle? Democratization and Economic
259
Democratization International Relations and U S Foreign Policy
275
About the Contributors
290
Bibliography
301
Index
322

Democratic Inauguration and Transition in East Asia
178
The Challenge of Consolidation in Russia and Eastern Europe
193

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