Selected essays originally published in the Journal of Democracy have been collected into a series of books and published by The Johns Hopkins University Press. Journal of Democracy books and articles have been used widely in university courses on political science, international affairs, and sociology, and have earned accolades from experts in the field.

Journal of Democracy books bring together essays concerning particular topics on democracy or the democratic experiences of different regions in the world. Examples of topics covered in the series include democracy's relation to religion, free markets, political parties, and globalization.

The latest volume in the Journal book series, Democracy: A Reader, is now available. Be sure to look for our upcoming volume on democratization in Africa, due out in March 2010.

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The Journal of Democracy Book Series

Democratization in Africa: Progress and Retreat, 2nd edition (2010)
Edited by Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner

Democracy: A Reader (2009)
Edited by Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner

How People View Democracy (2008)
Edited by Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner

Latin America's Struggle for Democracy (2008)
Edited by Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, and Diego Abente Brun

The State of India's Democracy (2007)
Edited by Sumit Ganguly, Larry Diamond, and Marc F. Plattner

Electoral Systems and Democracy (2006)
Edited by Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner

Assessing the Quality of Democracy (2005)
Edited by Larry Diamond and Leonardo Morlino

World Religions and Democracy (2005)
Edited by Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, and Philip J. Costopoulos

Islam and Democracy in the Middle East (2003)
Edited by Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, and Daniel Brumberg

Emerging Market Democracies: East Asia and Latin America (2002)
Edited by Laurence Whitehead

Democracy After Communism (2002)
Edited by Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner

Political Parties and Democracy (2001)
Edited by Larry Diamond and Richard Gunther

The Global Divergence of Democracies (2001)
Edited by Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner

Globalization, Power, and Democracy (2000)
Edited by Marc F. Plattner and Aleksander Smolar

The Democratic Invention (2000)
Edited by Marc F. Plattner and João Carlos Espada

Democratization in Africa (1999)
Edited by Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner

Democracy in East Asia (1998)
Edited by Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner

Consolidating the Third Wave Democracies (1997)
Vol. 1: Themes and Perspectives
Vol. 2: Regional Challenges
Edited by Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, Yun-han Chu, and Hung-mao Tien

Civil-Military Relations and Democracy (1996)

The Global Resurgence of Democracy, Second Edition (1996)

Economic Reform and Democracy (1995)

Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Democracy (1994)

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy Revisited (1993)

The Global Resurgence of Democracy, First Edition (1993)

Consolidating Democracy in South Korea (2000)
Edited by Larry Diamond and Byung-Kook Kim

The Self-Restraining State: Power and Accountability in New Democracies (1999)
Edited by Andreas Schedler, Larry Diamond, and Marc F. Plattner

Democracy in Developing Countries: Latin America, Second Edition (1999)
Edited by Larry Diamond, Jonathan Hartlyn, Juan J. Linz, and Seymour Martin Lipset