Author: Robert A. Pastor | Journal of Democracy

Robert A. Pastor, professor of political science at Emory University, founded and (until 1998) directed the Latin American and Caribbean Program and the Democracy Program at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. At the request of the Latin American and Caribbean Program’s current director, Jennifer McCoy, he organized the Center’s mission to monitor the Mexican elections.

October 2000, Volume 11, Issue 4

Mexico’s Victory: Exiting the Labyrinth

Robert A. Pastor

The beauty of Mexico’s transition to democracy lay in the way it evolved gradually and peacefully over the course of a decade.

January 1998, Volume 9, Issue 1

Mediating Elections

Robert A. Pastor

Fall 1991, Volume 2, Issue 4

Pollwatching and Peacemaking

Summer 1990, Volume 1, Issue 3

Nicaragua’s Choice: The Making of a Free Election

Robert A. Pastor

The Self-Restraining State: Power and Accountability in New Democracies

"[This] elegantly written and rigorously structured volume … constitutes an important landmark in the comparative study of democratization."—Carlos Santiso, Forum for Development Studies