April 2001, Volume 12, Issue 2
Revisiting Florida 2000: Lessons from Mexico
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Articles
January 2000, Volume 11, Issue 1
Postmodern Prophet: Tocqueville Visits Vegas
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October 1998, Volume 9, Issue 4
George Washington and the Founding of Democracy
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January 1996, Volume 7, Issue 1
What Are Parties For?
A review of Why Parties? The Origin and Transformation of Party Politics in America, by John H. Aldrich.
July 1995, Volume 6, Issue 3
The Western Allies 50 Years Later: Malaise and Resiliency in America
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January 1995, Volume 6, Issue 1
Bowling Alone: America’s Declining Social Capital
Something happened in America starting in the mid-to-late twentieth century to diminish civic engagement and social connectedness. What could that “something” be? Why were fewer and fewer Americans going the polls, the pews, and town halls?
July 1993, Volume 4, Issue 3
International Organizations & Democracy: Toward a Global “Guarantee Clause”
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Fall 1991, Volume 2, Issue 4
Political Corruption: Historical Conflict and the Rise of Standards
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Fall 1991, Volume 2, Issue 4
Democracy & Foreign Policy
A review of Exporting Democracy: Fulfilling America’s Destiny, by Joshua Muravchik and Exporting Democracy: The United States and Latin America, edited by Abraham F. Lowenthal.
April 2026, Volume 37, Issue 2
When Populism Can Be Good
Populism is too often treated as if it is all one thing. But what if populist politics and democratic backsliding didn’t have to go together? A closer look reveals two kinds of populism, one of which is less threatening to liberal democracy.