January 1996
Volume 7, Issue 1
Civil Society After Communism
Civil Society After Communism
The Editors’ introduction to “Civil Society After Communism.”
The New South Africa
What Are Parties For?
A review of Why Parties? The Origin and Transformation of Party Politics in America, by John H. Aldrich.
Documents on Democracy
Excerpts from: the statement of Ken Saro-Wiwa, a critic of the Nigerian government, shortly before his execution; interview with Cambodian prince Norodom Sihanouk; petition by 15 dissidents to China’s legislature demanding freedom for political prisoners; Pope John Paul II’s address for the UN’s fiftieth anniversary.
News and Notes
Dilemmas of Nigerian Democracy Discussed; Briefing Focuses on Transitional Justice; Democracy in the Arab World Examined; Assessing the Communist Legacy; Report on NED’s International Forum.
Election Watch
Reports on elections in Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Egypt, Georgia, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Poland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Turkey.