Author: Richard Rose | Journal of Democracy

With Austria’s and Switzerland’s leading political parties having “rigged the political marketplace” by forming Grand Coalitions, voters have turned to the radical right as the only available alternative.

January 2001, Volume 12, Issue 1

How People View Democracy: A Diverging Europe

Richard Rose

Citizens of postcommunist countries not only want to be free to say what they think and to vote their conscience; they also want a government that obeys the rules it lays down and is not steeped in corruption.

October 2002, Volume 13, Issue 4

How Muslims View Democracy: Evidence from Central Asia

Richard Rose

What do Muslims think about democracy? Although reliable evidence is hard to come by, survey data from Central Asia open a window on this matter of vital concern in the Muslim world and beyond.

July 2007, Volume 18, Issue 3

The Democracy Barometers (Part I): Learning to Support New Regimes in Europe

Richard Rose

After a decade and a half, how do citizens of postcommunist Europe now feel toward their new governing regimes?

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The Global Resurgence of Democracy

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Democracy after Communism

Is the challenge of building and consolidating democracy under postcommunist conditions unique, or can one apply lessons learned from other new democracies? The essays collected in this volume explore these questions, while tracing how the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have fared in the decade following the fall of communism.

How People View Democracy

No serious student of democracy can afford to be without this book. It offers an original and comprehensive view of what citizens around the world think as democracy's global "third wave" prepares to enter its fourth and perhaps most challenging decade.