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There is international consensus among scholars that democratic
transitions are multicausal processes in which both internal and international
variables are involved (Pridham 1991, 1995; Whitehead
1996; Schmitter 1996; Linz and Stepan 1996; Carothers 1999; Morlino
and Magen 2008; Grilli di Cortona 2009). This chapter is limited,
on the one hand, to the dependent variable consisting solely of the
crisis/breakdown/transformation of non-democratic regimes in the
Third Wave of democratization, and, on the other hand, to an independent
variable identified solely with the international dimension
of democratic transition. This factor, which can be termed the
Proactive International Dimension (PID), specifically concerns that
combination of actions or processes, produced by one or more international
actors, that, intentionally or not, cause or contribute to
the crisis/breakdown/transformation of a non-democratic regime.
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Democratic transitions Non-Democratic Regimes Third Wave of democratization
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Castaldo, A. (2016). The Proactive International Dimension and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes. In Grilli Di Cortona, Pietro, Pisciotta, Barbara and Terzuolo, Eric T. (Eds.), Crisis and Breakdown of Non-Democratic Regimes: Lessons from the Third Wave (pp. 165- 208). Washington: New Academia Publishing