【作者】西摩·马丁·李普塞特

【内容提要】

Because new democracies have low levels of legitimacy,there is a need for considerable caution about the long-term prospects for their stability. In many countries during the 1980s and early 1990s, political democratization occurred at the same time as a profound economic crises. Such conditions have already caused the breakdowno f democratizationin a numbero f countries.To attain legitimacy,what new democracies need……

【关键词】civil society，political parties，institutionalization of democracy