Construções Atípicas de Democracia : Qualitative Comparative Analysis de África e dos Balcãs

Abstract

Comparing two different geographical blocks is not easy given their structural differences. This is more pronounced when we compare realities whose data is insufficiently consistent and accurate. That is the case of a large number of African countries but also of some zones on the “Old Continent” whose data is hard to manage, being the Balkans a good example of this. Both regions have or had internal conflicts. Democracy and the democratization processes seem to be the path towards a peaceful resolution of conflicts in these regions, in spite of a persistent geopolitical framework of latent conflict. Will democracy, having as its basis the liberal thesis of peace between States, be a sufficient element to have a stable State? Or, how the theory sees the combination of a recent democracy with existing ethnical divisions in a certain country? Having the previous in mind we will make a comparative study aiming at the understanding of recent third wave democratization processes and ethnic conflicts influence on political stability.