A Theoretical and Methodological Proposal for Analysing the Effects of Political Change on Political Regimes

Inmaculada Szmolka

doi:10.36250/00983_00

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A Theoretical and Methodological Proposal for Analysing the Effects of Political Change on Political Regimes

Szerzők

Inmaculada Szmolka

University of Granada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36250/00983_05

Absztrakt

Political change is one of the most important fields of study in Comparative Politics. In particular, the scholar interest has traditionally focused on democratisation processes and the breakdown of democratic regimes. Nevertheless, both processes do not cover all the possibilities of political change. Political transformations can occur, without affecting the democratic or authoritarian nature of the political regime, but increasing or decreasing the degree of authoritarianism or democracy. Therefore, it is essential to categorise the different pathways in which political change can take place and their consequences on the nature of the political regimes.