Supplemental Materials | Page 10 | Journal of Democracy

July 2000, Volume 11, Issue 3

The Kurdish Question in Turkey

Dogu Ergil

One of the greatest obstacles to democratic consolidation in Turkey has been the country's treatment of its Kurdish citizens. The root of the problem lies in the very nature of the Turkish state, which confuses unity with uniformity.

Document of Mutual Understanding: A Proposal for the Democratisation of the Political System and Solution of the Kurdish Problem

April 2000, Volume 11, Issue 2

Democracy, Dictatorship, and Infant Mortality

Patricio Navia
Thomas D. Zweifel

A country's political regime, regardless of its level of development, affects its social performance. Fewer children die in democracies than in dictatorships.

Statistical Explanations of the authors’ study