The Dynamics of Democratic Exclusion

In recent years, Mexico has stumbled into an encounter with collective violence, this time in the form of the “drug war.” Among its many harms is the damage it is…

The history of many of today’s established democracies shows that “out-of-sequence” democratization can lead to eventual success.

Historical and other evidence from around the world suggests that Protestantism has helped to create a web of mediating factors—from higher literacy to lower corruption to active civic groups—that encourage…