January 1996

On Modern Individualism

• Pierre Manent
• Philip J. Costopoulos

What Makes Democracies Endure?

• Michael Alvarez
• José Antonio Cheibub
• Fernando Limongi
• Adam Przeworski

Estonia’s Success Story

• Mart Laar

Thailand: Toward Democratic Stability

• Jim LoGerfo
• Daniel King

Nation Building in the Former USSR

• Pål Kolstø

The Question of Citizenship in the Baltics

• Lise A. Truex

Cambodia’s Fading Hopes

• Julio A. Jeldres

Combatting Corruption Around the World

• Peter Eigen

What Are Parties For?

• Seymour Martin Lipset

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.

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Egypt, Georgia, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Poland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Turkey.