Latin America’s Imperiled Progress: Chavez and the End of “Partyarchy” in Venezuela

What can be done with regimes that proclaim their devotion to democratic principles but violate them in practice?

For the past few decades, scholars have been focusing on the causes of democratization. It is now time to devote systematic attention to analyzing the costs and benefits that democracy…

Thanks to a disputed presidential election and a narrowly divided parliament, Taiwan's politics remains tense. Yet the worst of the conflicts that gripped the island seem to have eased, and…