Eastern Europe a Decade Later: The Postcommunist Divide

In the West, Turkey is considered a model for a secular democracy in the Muslim world, yet the country finds itself mired in a crisis of civil rights and liberties…

Democracy requires robust political equality, but the persistence of social, economic and cultural inequality complicates its realization.

A wide variety of electoral systems is used around the world, but in recent years the trend has been toward systems based upon greater proportionality.