Fifty Years of the Third Wave

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Session Description

The Third Wave of democratization, which began in 1974 with the Greek transition to democracy, turns fifty years old in 2024. The panel will explore the causes, processes, and consequences of this wave of democratization, as well as its impact on the world today. Panelists whose works cover many of the areas of the world transformed by the Third Wave will discuss the challenges and opportunities that democratization has brought to their regions of interest and the rest of the world, and the lessons that can be learned from the successes and failures of the Third Wave. The panel will also examine the current state of democracy around the world, and the prospects for further democratization in the future.

Sub Unit

• Division 44: Democracy and Autocracy

Chair

• Fernando Bizzarro Boston College

Presenters

• Nancy Bermeo University of Oxford

• Scott Mainwaring University of Notre Dame

• Dan Slater University of Michigan

• Rachel Beatty Riedl Cornell University