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July 2007, Volume 18, Number 3
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- The Sequencing "Fallacy"
Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder
Premature, out-of-sequence attempts to democratize may make later efforts to democratize more difficult and violent than they would otherwise be.
- Liberalism versus State-Building
Francis Fukuyama
In certain circumstances, both liberalism and popular rule can obstruct rather than promote state-building.
- The Vain Hope for "Correct" Timing
Sheri Berman
The history of many of today's established democracies shows that "outof- sequence" democratization can lead to eventual success.
- Misunderstanding Gradualism
Thomas Carothers
Unlike pessimistic scholars and recalcitrant autocrats, most ordinary citizens are inclined to take the risks of choosing democracy when they can.
Andrew M. Mwenda
For more than two decades, President Yoweri Museveni has been building an authoritarian regime that answers closely to his personal will.
When Will the Chinese People Be Free?
Henry S. Rowen
Rising levels of wealth and schooling make it highly likely that China will be a "Partly Free" country by 2015 and a "Free" one ten years after that.
Comment
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How Will China Democratize?
Minxin Pei
No one should underrate the will and skill that the ruling Chinese Communist Party will put into keeping its grip on power.
- China's Long March to Freedom
Dali L. Yang
China is gradually changing. In the coming years, the pursuit of individual dignity and human rights will increasingly come to the fore.
The Democracy Barometers (Part I)
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Authoritarian Nostalgia in Asia
Yu-tzung Chang, Yun-han Chu, and Chong-Min Park
East Asia's "third-wave" democracies are in distress, and the economic success of nondemocratic regimes in the region creates a tough standard for comparison.
- The Rise of Populism and the Left in Latin America
Mitchell A. Seligson
By world standards, Latin Americans ideologically are slightly to the right. But their attitudes are moving leftward, a trend with potential implications for democratic stability in the region.
- Formal versus Informal Institutions in Africa
Michael Bratton
Survey data indicate that Africans support democracy and its formal institutions, but also point to the importance of the informal realm, particularly when formal institutions fail to meet popular expectations.
- Learning to Support New Regimes in Europe
Richard Rose
After a decade and a half, how do citizens of postcommunist Europe now feel toward their new governing regimes?
Daniel N. Posner and Daniel J. Young
Sub-Saharan Africa has been traditionally depicted as a place where formal institutional rules are largely irrelevant-yet in the past fifteen years these rules have come to matter, and this trend is unlikely to reverse.
Communism's Many Legacies in East-Central Europe
Anna Seleny
Democracy is facing hard times in the region, but the shape of the problems varies according to the differing informal legacies of communism in individual countries.
Books in Review
- Democracy contra Politics
Clifford Orwin
A review of A World Beyond Politics? A Defense of the Nation-State by Pierre Manent.
Election Watch
- Reports on recent elections in Algeria, Armenia, Bahamas, Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo (Brazzaville), Estonia, Jordan, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Senegal, Timor-Leste, and Togo.
Documents on Democracy
- Excerpts from the Berlin Declaration released by the European Union on March 25, the fiftieth anniversary of the Treaties of Rome which established the European Economic Community.
- Excerpts from an interview with Thich Quang Do—winner of the 2006 Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize for Human Rights Defenders—broadcast on March 16 by Radio Free Asia's Vietnamese Service.
- Excerpts from a speech delivered by President Traian Băsescu on 18 December 2006, at the presentation of a report by the newly established Presidential Commission for the Analysis of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania.
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